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Applications for the Medical and Pharmaceutical Industries
The medical industry demands product durability and cleanliness down to the sub-molecular level. AIP machines only plastic, with absolutely no use of petroleum-based coolants in our machines. Our "Plastics-Only" policy assures the customer of no metallic cross-contamination. Most other shops mix and match coolants and materials on their machines resulting in the increased likelihood of unintended contamination of components. This policy also opens the door to the possibility of metallic fragments embedding into a customer's plastic component. In the medical industry this unintended metallic contamination could result in disaster if the component is used during X-ray, CT Scan, MRI, or open surgical procedures. AIP designs, heat-treats, and machines only plastics. Any sub-assemblies requiring metal work are processed at an outside facility.
The Radio-lucent nature and dimensional stability of carbon fiber filled materials makes these materials ideally suited for trauma nail guides, surgical targeting fixtures, and surgical retractor systems. AIP has perfected the science of machining these challenging materials to exacting tolerances not to mention reining-in the un-predictable movement nature of some carbon filled PEEK materials during machining. Resulting in complex geometries to near perfect positional tolerances while maintaining autoclave stability for thousands of cycles.
AIP houses dedicated and validated lines and processes for machining PEEK Optima implants. Our company is ISO 13485:2003 registered and has been audited by some of the most stringent OEMs in the orthopaedic and medical industry.
Materials such as Tecanyl MT, RADEL R-PPSU, ULTEM-PEI, and PEEK can outperform metals in continuous steam and harsh European sterilization environments. The wear-resistance of Torlon, Vespel, and PEEK makes these materials ideal candidates for pump rollers, slide guides and bushings for internal wear components within medical equipment.
We offer precision machining of: ULTEM-PEI®, Celazole-PBI®, Ryton-PPS®,
Vespel-PI®, Torlon-PAI®, Techtron-PPS®, RADEL-PPSU®, Polysulfone-PSU®,
KEL-F®, PEEK®, Duratron®, KYNAR -PVDF®, Propylux HS2®, TecaPRO MT®,
Tecanyl MT®, TecaTec PEKK CW60®, Orthtek®, UHMW-PE®, and many more
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