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Applications

UPCOA is an industry leader in manufacturing Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) for medical, high-end electronics and military applications. UPCOA is ISO-9001-2000 certified by TUV registrar. UPCOA offers product design support and pro-actively works with its customer to design the product for manufacturability and cost-effective production. The essence of our enduring relationships with customers is open and honest, people-based service. We offer the latest manufacturing techniques with small company responsiveness.

Our customers enjoy working with us, year after year, project after project.

Medical

 

Advantages of LIM Silicone Parts

Examples

Medical:
General

  • LIM is a closed manufacturing process that is inherently protected to outside contamination.
  • Silicone is hypoallergenic, inherently resistant to bacteria and is easy to sterilize.
  • Silicone retains its flexibility and resilience indefinitely.

Catheter tip over-molding,, nasal septal buttons, skin contact devices, dental applications, cap liners, bottle and vial plugs & bungs, prosthetics, stoppers, septum, gaskets, diaphragms

Specialized: Peristaltic Pump Tubes

  • Molded-in integral ferrules
  • Consistent concentricity
  • Predictable tube-to-tube flow rates

Peristaltic pump tubes with integral ferrules

UPCOA Silicone components provide contamination-free solutions for devices used in medical applications, including general diagnostics, drug-delivery, imaging and endoscopy, angioscopy, arthroscopy and laparoscopy.

  • LSR materials are bio-inert and highly suitable for medical applications. Medical grade LSRs comply with ISO 10993, USP Class VI, and RoHS standards.
  • Customized solutions for every stage including product development, short runs, scale-up, and high volume manufacturing
  • Expertise in producing Peristaltic tubes. UPCOA molded Peri-Tubes offer design freedom.  As compared to extruded tubes, molded tubes are lower in cost, more concentric, and can meet more demanding dimensional tolerances.
  • Color-matched or radiopaque customized parts
  • Full traceability of work procedures and materials using GMP, SPC and ISO disciplines
  • ISO 9001-2000 certified supplier
  • We offer world-class silicone molding expertise with small company, people-based customer service.  Quality is everyone's responsibility every day, and this is why many medical device companies have made UPCOA one of their key suppliers.

CASE Study: Critical Fluid Diagnostic System Assembly
A medical system manufacturer asked UPCOA to produce an extremely precise coupling component containing a chamber that joins a tiny 0.020-inch diameter capillary orifice with a 0.080 orifice. The intersections of the capillary openings and the chamber must be flashless coming out of the tool, with no secondary operations of any kind.
We created a unique tool and a proprietary, innovative heat transfer system to ensure that the silicone was able to cure fully at the critical internal intersections, eliminating the potential for flashing to form. Contact us for details.


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