Sam Brusco, Associate Editor09.07.18
The medical industry’s demands are continually challenging suppliers and manufacturers to stretch their technical competencies into areas where they may fear to tread. Doctors and surgeons urge instruments for less invasive procedures and quicker recovery times, devices are shrinking and becoming more complex, and designers seek out smaller, high-precision components with materials and tolerances that years ago were deemed impossible.
To further advance minimally invasive device designs and reduce part sizes, manufacturers are turning to micromolding. By definition, micromolding is an injection molding process, but the manufactured components require magnification to view details on or within the part. It can also be defined as parts with sizes or tolerances that are so small they are unable to be manufactured correctly with a high degree of precision using traditional injection molding equipment and standard thought processes. Micromolded parts usually weigh a gram or less, with a typical range from one gram to less than 0.004 grams. The required tolerances are often tighter than 0.0001 inches, or 2.54 microns.
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To further advance minimally invasive device designs and reduce part sizes, manufacturers are turning to micromolding. By definition, micromolding is an injection molding process, but the manufactured components require magnification to view details on or within the part. It can also be defined as parts with sizes or tolerances that are so small they are unable to be manufactured correctly with a high degree of precision using traditional injection molding equipment and standard thought processes. Micromolded parts usually weigh a gram or less, with a typical range from one gram to less than 0.004 grams. The required tolerances are often tighter than 0.0001 inches, or 2.54 microns.
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