Medical Devices & Life Sciences Industries
Boston Matthews design and manufacture a range of extrusion lines specifically for the Medical Device and Life Sciences Industry.
The Medical Device & Life Sciences Industries are amongst the most demanding in the World in terms of quality, consistency and product traceability.
It is essential the extrusion machinery used in the manufacturing process must be of the highest quality. Boston Matthews has designed and manufactured extrusion machinery to the medical industry for more than 45 years including specialised turn-key applications as:
- PS (Styrene) Pipette Tubes
- Single & Multi Lumen
Tubing - Burette Tubing
- Bubble ‘Bump’ Tubing
- FEP/PFA Canula
- Fluorocarbons
- PVC Clear & Frosted
Tubing for Catheters etc - Blood Bags
- Multi-Layer Tubing (including Radio
Opaque) - Polyurethane & Nylon
Tubing - Peristaltic Tubing
Technical Brochure
Boston Matthews is proud to have served the Medical Device manufacturing sector for a considerable period of time. We fully understand the specific requirements of this demanding sector.
The latest technology is incorporated throughout every element of the extrusion line including AC, Servo and PLC technology for complete control, consistency and accuracy at every stage of this critical production operation.
Precision accuracy and consistency is essential for medical tube production.
Tube Quality Management Systems have been incorporated to ensure that tube quality is constantly monitored and maintained providing:-
- Closed Loop Laser Diameter Control
- PLC Line Control
- Wall Thickness Monitoring
- Out of Tolerance Tube Rejection Systems – Loss in Weight; Lump Recognition; Diameter Measurement; etc
Boston Matthews Medical Extrusion Lines are designed and manufactured for operation within clean-room environments.
Brushless direct-Drive AC Technology operation for the elimination of static and dust whilst the extensive use of stainless steel and non-corrosive components ensures contamination is prevented.
All areas of Boston Matthews Medical Extrusion Lines are easily accessible for quick and easy cleaning.
Boston Matthews has extensive experience of multi-layer extrusion ensuring the layers are produced with correct thickness and ovality.
Co-Extruders are easy to position for exact alignment and small flow adapters further enhances tube quality.
Extrusion lines are sized specifically for production output with small footprint.
Many Medical Devices require the processing of specialised and complex polymers.
The extrusion of Fluorocarbons is a specialist area and Boston Matthews have manufactured extruders and extrusion equipment into this field for many years.
We are experienced with the specialist materials that need to be associated with machinery manufacture of these polymers and understand their processing requirements.
The Boston Matthews Colour Touch Screen PLC SMART Extrusion Control System allows production data and quality to be recorded and exported for complete traceability.
The ability to log production operating conditions and export to various platforms such as Ethernet, SCADA, Excel, etc gives you and your customers the information you need when you need it.
A range of Cutters designed to exactly meet the product requirements from the cutting of very flexible, sticky products through to the cutting of PS Pipettes.
A range of coilers and Winders to ensure a neat, close coil is formed.
These can utilise Coil Formers, Reels or Cardboard Reels.
High Speed Automatic Change-Over Winding is also available.
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