Progressive Metal Stamping for Medical Devices

CEP Technologies Corporation is a global supplier of progressive die stamped, miniature to small parts for customers in many industries. Our experience with a wide variety of part geometries and metals means we can provide the highest quality parts to your specifications. Here we’ll focus on our progressive metal stamping capabilities for the medical and healthcare industries.

Progressive Metal Stamping in the Medical Industry

 

The medical industry evolves at a rapid pace, developing new therapies, tools, and technologies to treat patients and manage their care all the time. As a result, there is a constant need for the parts that go into the latest devices and equipment. What’s more, single-use and other disposable medical and healthcare products require an ongoing supply of components.

Whether you manufacture a finished product, supply an assembled component that goes into devices or equipment, or both, you need a stamping partner who is reliable and knowledgeable about your industry and your needs. CEP Technologies specializes in progressive die stamping of the tiny, complex parts that are critical to safe and effective medical devices. We can also provide finishing, cleaning, and packaging of finished parts and components.

Medical Device Components Created With Metal Stamping

When it comes to medical and healthcare applications, the quality of raw materials, such as stainless steel, cold rolled steel, or copper, is just as important as ensuring parts are free from defects. We have the ability to source the materials you need from our network of metal suppliers.

CEP Technologies can manufacture custom components for a variety of medical equipment and devices, as seen in these interactive hospital rooms.

Diagnostic Room Medical Grade Computers Xray, ultrasound, and other imaging equipment are connected to medical grade computers. Precision stamped parts are commonly found on printable circuit boards (PCBs), including EMI shields and pins. Small and miniature tabs, clips, brackets, heat sink plates, and switches found inside the computer’s housing as well as components for power supply and battery backup systems are also made with progressive stamping.
Diagnostic Room Operating Room Pacemaker Pacemakers, as well as other implantable devices, require tight tolerances and complex part geometries. Precision stamped components in these applications include battery contacts, switches, and others. External wearable devices such as external pacemakers or insulin pumps also utilize stamped components. Operating Room EKG Monitor Progressive stamping is often used for battery terminals, brackets, clips, and switches found in electrocardiogram machines (EKG or ECG machines) - they are used in hospitals and medical offices and in portable, ambulatory devices like Holter systems. In addition to stamping, plating with conductive materials like copper makes stamped parts cost-effective. Operating Room Defibrillator Precision stamped components include battery terminals and contacts, as well as other small parts found in the electronics that power defibrillators and monitor activity while they are in use. Operating Room Surgical Lights Progressive stamping is used to manufacture switches, contact plates, other tiny fasteners and components in light fixtures. Medical lighting applications include headlamps, overhead and free-standing examination room lighting, and overhead surgical lighting. Operating Room Read Now Patient Room IV Pump With the rise of disposable and single-use medical devices and tools, manufacturers need ready supplies of components. These parts have exceptionally tight tolerances for flatness, dimensional specifications, and part features, which are accomplished with progressive stamping. Both large (LVP) and small volume pump (SVP) components can be stamped, including valve flow-regulation discs.

Learn more about how we create stamped components for IV pumps.
Patient Room Patient Monitoring Devices Digital monitoring devices contain switches, battery terminals, brackets, and other tiny parts that are manufactured efficiently with precision stamping. These components are used in many devices including dopplers, EKG machines, digital sphygmomanometers, tympanometers, thermometers, fetal monitors, and others. Patient Room MRI Imaging Room MRI Machine The computers and other electronics that control and gather data during scanning often contain progressive metal stamped parts. These may include contacts for battery backups, power supplies, EMI shields, switches, heat sinks, as well as clips and brackets and other internal components. MRI Imaging Room

We can manufacture custom components for applications such as:

• Disposable/single-use IV pumps
• Wearable devices
• Imaging equipment
• Device housings
• Diagnostic and treatment tools
• Components for instrumentation
• EMI/RFI shielding for medical electronics and wireless devices
• And more

For a real-world example, check out this case study. You’ll see how we worked with a design for a medical pump component that helps regulate fluid drip for an IV line. Our team optimized the manufacturing steps for efficient production, resulting in a minimum annual production volume of 20 million parts.

Benefits of Medical Metal Stamping

Medical device metal stamping with progressive dies is a highly automated process, which makes it an excellent choice for medium and large production runs. Our metal stamping capabilities offer you these benefits:

• High-speed, medium- to high-volume production with tight tolerances. Presses can run hundreds of parts per hour for quick turnaround.
• Engineering expertise. We have a team of engineers who will review your part prints for manufacturability and to find ways to use less material and reduce manufacturing steps. Small “tweaks” add up to savings without sacrificing functionality.
• Precision cleaning for safety and performance. Parts used in medical devices and equipment must meet strict requirements for cleanliness in addition to quality. We can clean precision stamped parts to specifications, including holding particle sizes to less than 200µm for parts that have pre-plated raw material.
• Protective tape and reel packaging. We use tape and reel packaging to encapsulate individual parts, which ensures they remain in clean, ready-to-use condition during shipping and in storage. We can also design custom packaging depending on your needs. Read how we helped one of our customers with their packaging needs here.
• In-house tooling, dies, and maintenance. CEP Technologies will build tooling and dies for your unique project and maintain them for the lifetime of your production run. That means prompt turnaround and consistent part quality, even with extremely tight tolerances. You also have the option of transferring your existing tooling.
• Production and finishing from a single source. All parts are stamped to your specifications with highest-quality materials. Several finishing processes are also available including plating, polishing, heat treating, and anodizing. Finished stampings are cleaned and packaged for shipping to your facility in ready-to-use condition.

High-quality, Efficient Progressive Die Stamping with CEP Technologies

Part quality and cleanliness directly contribute to how well a finished device performs. Part and device failure are simply not options in medical and healthcare settings, which is why working with an experienced progressive die stamping supplier like CEP Technologies is a smart choice. As a link in your supply chain, we’ll help you reduce the risks of part or product failure, and improve your ability to supply your own customers with quality products and assemblies.

Whether you need 25,000 or 100,000,000 pieces a year, our company, IATF 16949:2016 and ISO 14001:2015 certified with TUV Rheinland of North America, can meet or exceed your requirements. Please contact us, request a quote, or request a free sample kit to see some examples of what we can manufacture for you.