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INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
Plastics for Life Sciences
Colorado's bioscience corridor builds precision instruments, and precision instruments are full of machined plastic: chemically inert, sterilizable, dimensionally stable, electrically insulating. We supply instrument-grade materials with certs and machine components under our ISO 9001:2015 system.
Common Life Science Applications
- Laboratory equipment — tubing, seals, hoses, optics, fluid handling
- Pharmaceutical — tablet production, packaging,
- Dental — instruments, grips, drilling/ suction equipment, polishing equipment
- Medical — instruments, syringes, catheters
- Prosthetic/orthopedic appliances
- Surgical applications —minimally invasive equipment, surgical trays/grips
- Diagnostic equipment — MRI, CAT, X-ray machines, ultrasound/radiation equipment
- Safety equipment
- Corrosion-resistant equipment
Why Plastics Win
- Transparency to X-rays
- Traceable from raw material to finished product
- Stable under most sterilization techniques
- Withstands a wide temperature range
- Dimensionally stable
- Resistant to corrosion and radiation
- Biocompatibility per ISO 10993-5, FDA compliant
- High impact strength
- Easy to machine
- Lightweight
- Availability in numerous colors for color-coding
- Wears well, even without lubrication
- Quieter than metal
- Comfortable feel (instrument handles are softer, warmer to the touch than metals)
Materials We Supply for Life Science
- Acetal Polyoxymethylene (POM)
- Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)
- Acrylic (PMMA)
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyetherimide (PEI)
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polymethyl Pentene (PMP)
- Polysulfone (PSU)
- Polyphenylsulfone (PPSU)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polypropylene (PP)
- Polyester Terephthalate Glycol Modified (PET-G)
- (PETG Copolymer)
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
- PVC/Acrylic Alloy Sheet
- Styrene Acrylonitrile Copolymer (SAN)
- Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE)
- Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMW-PE)
- High-Pressure Laminates (HPL)
- Thermoplastic Composites (phenolics)
HOW WE SUPPORT LIFE SCIENCE
Stocked, cut to size, and machined to your drawings
Sheet, rod and tube in the grades this industry specs, no full-sheet minimums. CNC routing, laser cutting, bending, welding and machining under our ISO 9001:2015 system (Cert No. 23746), with material certs and first article inspection on request. Prototype to production.
