MARKET PLACE
Liquid silicone injection mouldings
Primasil manufactures liquid silicone injection moulded components and platinum cured extrusions under the brand name of Medisil. The company works with partners at all stages from concept through design and development to full production and will assist in product validation.
Primasil Silicones Ltd, Weobley, UK.
Tel. +44 1544 312 607, www.primasil.com
PVC granulates for extrusion
S.I.F.RA. EST Spa specialises in the production and transformation of medical grade PVC. Products include PVC granulates for extrusion, PVC tubing for IV and dialysis sets, PVC lay-flat-tubing with various dimensions, PVC empty bags for infusion, dialysis and drainage, and injection moulded stoppers for the IV bag industry. For example, as a first production step, PVC granulates for extrusion are transformed into tubing and lay-flat-tubing. These two components then become medical grade PVC bags for infusion and dialysis.
S.I.F.R.A. EST Spa, Trieste, Italy.
Tel. +39 040 823 602, www.sifraest.com
Precision parts
Samaplast specialises in the development, tool manufacture and production of technical precision parts and assemblies. The company operates state of the art microprocess steered die casting machines from 150 to 3500 kn clamping force. Parts weighing 0.01–1000 g can be manufactured in all thermoplastics except PVC. The company offers clean room (Class 7) production of medical parts and implants including final packing and sterilisation.
Samaplast AG, St. Margrethen, Switzerland.
Tel. +41 71 747 27 27, www.samaplast.ch
Extrusion lines
Acuradmin specialises in the development and implementation of extrusion equipment. Its product range includes complete medical extrusion lines, cast film, layflat blown film, tubing lines (single- and multi-lumen), high speed servo-cutters and automatic coilers for tubes; and standard and custom-made stainless steel equipment for clean-rooms.
Acuradmin, Oud-Vossemeer, The Netherlands.
Tel. +31 6 2080 7418, www.acuradmin.com
Injection moulding
AK Industries provides injection moulding solutions, including clean room assembly and insert moulding, gas-assisted moulding and two-shot moulding of different polymers or colours. A wide range of inhouse processes, assembly operations and finishes are offered as well as a choice of materials, including ABS, polyesters, polysulphone and polycarbonate blends up to high-temperature, high-performance polymers such as copolyamides with special properties for special applications.
AK Industries Ltd, Hereford, UK.
Tel. +44 1432 375 100, www.aki.co.uk
Micromoulders
Rondol Technology, a designer and manufacturer of micro and nano technology equipment, is supplying micro moulders. The company has an experienced team of materials, mechanical, production and electronic engineers designing and constructing equipment to customer specifications for clean room applications. R&D, pilot plant and production lines can be supplied to include dryers, feeders, compounding extruders, tools, downstream equipment with links to comprehensive touch screen computer control and data acquisition packages.
Rondol Technology Ltd, Stone, UK
Tel. +44 1785 812 234, www.rondol.com
Clean room injection moulding
GEMÜ Switzerland’s range of services extends from engineering, injection mould tooling, clean room injection moulding and laser welding through to completely assembled, tested and packaged system solutions in plastic. Core competencies include clean room processing of polymers such as PEEK, PFA and PVDF and clean room assembly (up to ISO Class 5).
GEMÜ GmbH, Rotkreuz, Switzerland.
Tel. +41 41 799 0505, www.gemue.ch
Silicone moulding operations
AdvantaPure has recently tripled the size of its clean room facility to allow for the increased production of moulded silicone components. The new space houses several liquid injection moulding stations used in the production of silicone manifolds, together with work tables, storage areas and a research and development section.
AdvantaPure, Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA.
Tel.
+1 215 526 2151, www.advantapure.com
Component manufacture
Donatelle is a full service component manufacturer. Its facilities house more than 44 moulding machines ranging from 5 to 300 ton capacity. Services include moulding of engineering grade thermoplastic and elastomeric materials, micromoulding, liquid silicone injection moulding, insert moulding, over moulding, white room moulding and Class 100000 and Class 10000 clean room assembly.
Donatelle, New Brighton, Minnesota, USA.
Tel. +1 651 746 2919, www.donatelle.net
Servo extrusion cutters
Gillard offers cutting machines and downstream equipment for extruded plastic and rubber tube. Its range of Servo-Torq rotary cutters includes table-top machines for cutting tubing offline through to units capable of tube cutting inline at high linespeed. An updated version of the rotary cutters is also available called Servo-Torq ULTRA, which the company claims can hold accuracies to within ±0.1 mm at high line speeds.
Gillard Cutting Technology, Tewkesbury, UK.
Tel. +44 1684 290 982, www.gillard.co.uk
Mouldmaker
Techcut is a contract mouldmaker providing moulds to the injection industry. Its ISO 9001 factory has 23 injection moulding machines with capability of 80 to 1000 tons and includes a mould making workshop, a plastic injection workshop, an assembly workshop and a decoration workshop.
TECHCUT Industrial (H.K.) Ltd, Shen Zhen, China.
Tel. +86 755 2706 8750, www.techcut.cn
Insert and injection moulding services
Aberdeen Technologies offers speciality insert moulding and injection moulding services. The manufacturing process is suitable for moulding complex design configurations that require close tolerances and special handling of delicate inserts such as cannulae, tubing, filter membrane and headers with glass seals. Material-processing capabilities range from engineering polymers and TPEs/ TPUs to commodity resins.
Aberdeen Technologies Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois, USA.
Tel. +1 630 665 8590, www.aberdeentech.com
Moulding divisions
Top Clean Packaging, a specialist in plastics processing, is comprised of five companies located in France, The Netherlands and China. Each company has a strong technical expertise: Top Clean Injection specialises in plastics injection moulding (from polypropylene to implantable PEEK) and packing; and Top Clean Silicone focusses on the injection moulding of technical parts in liquid silicone rubber. Other areas of the group include thermoforming company Cartolux-Thiers, and Top Recycling, which recycles plastics.
Top Clean Packaging, Peschadoires, France
Tel. +33 4 73 80 32 52, www.topcleanpackaging.com
