Spang & Brands: Precision and micro injection-moulding technology for medical applications

Those interested in injection-moulding precision for medical device technology and pharmaceutical applications will find a complete array of technical solutions for specific uses - also including 2K technology - at Spang & Brands (www.spang-brands.de) presentation at COMPAMED 2009. The company offers syringes, hollow needles, puncturing membranes, implant parts and components for keyhole surgery, componentry for infusion and blood bags, transfer and connection systems as well as assembled componentry and ready-for-sale systems, whose geometry and characteristics (e.g. rated break points responding to twisting or breaking power) must comply with the highest demands for precision. A specific highlight will be the mixing and dosing systems for bone cement, which are used in orthopaedic surgery.

The highly filigreed parts must not exceed very tight micro-tolerances and must withstand constant load while guaranteeing the required cleanness, hygiene and safety for the use with, on and inside patients. Therefore special plastic compounds are preferred (TPU, TPE, TPV, resomer materials etc.) that can only be processed using high performance moulds. "We have been specialising on precision and cleanroom injection-moulding technology for the medical and pharmaceutical industry for 25 years...," explains Friedrich Echterdiek, Managing Director at Spang & Brands GmbH, "...especially for certain customer projects, we offer the right solutions, supported by CAD-3D design, MoldFlow analysis and 50 fully electric and hydraulic injection-moulding machines, and we can rely on continuously expanding engineering know-how."

The fully automated and manual assembly and packaging of the parts and the components - from pre-production to just-in-time batch sizes, from small series to million-piece batches - takes place in cleanrooms of various classifications. Strategically positioned testing stations with 3D control technology and visual and tactile control support quality assurance.

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"We offer the entire range, from moulds to the final product. The systems developed in cooperation with our customers and produced by us are extremely complex; we control the entire value-added chain," emphasises Friedrich Echterdiek, CEO, Spang & Brands.

COMPAMED 2009, 18.-20.11.2009, Düsseldorf, Hall 8A, St. M 33

Spang & Brands GmbH, Friedrichsdorf, Germany

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