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Generic ambulatory infusion pump. Image courtesy of NPPO China.
Carpinteria, Calif.-based Helix Medical LLC has added capabilities for thin-wall injection
molding with PEEK (polyetheretherketone) and silicone materials at its facility in Gloucester, Mass. The company also provides other specialized molding services including implantable thermoplastic and silicone specialty components, biopharmaceutical components, and fully-automated molding of tight-tolerance silicone bellows.
“We have made a significant investment in technology over the last year to continually expand our portfolio of services allowing us to provide our customers with a total manufacturable design solution,” said Edward Callahan, vice president and general manager of Helix Medical in Gloucester. “Our range of capabilities includes product design support, quick turn prototypes, and low-volume tight tolerance tooling concepts which are… available for both thermoplastic and silicone.”
For high-volume projects the team employs dedicated automated cells using standardized multi-cavity direct gated systems. Added Callahan, “our approach is to validate each tool using scientific injection molding methodology for both silicone and thermoplastics to ensure the process is repeatable and continually controlled in production.”
Helix Medical is a division of Germany-based Freudenberg Group.
