Manufacturing Capabilities
Sterling provides complete, end-to-end solutions, and we regularly manufacture all or most of our clients’ devices’ components. From simple devices, to disposables, to complex electronic devices… we have the tooling, skills, and experience to meet our customers’ diverse manufacturing requirements; we’re proud to have produced a broad spectrum of products in our decades-long history as a top contract manufacturer for the medical device industry.
CNC Machining
- CNC Milling – 3, 4 & 5 axis milling
- CNC Turning – up to and including 7 axis turning with live tooling and sub-spindles
- CNC Threading
Welding
Robotic, Manual & Ultrasonic
- MIG and TIG (both Robotic and Manual)
- Laser Welding (small format)
- Ultrasonic Welding
- Ultrasonic Heat Staking
Metal Finishing
- Polishing – Wet and Dry
- Bead blasting
- Chrome plating
- Anodization
- Powder Coating
- Anti-Microbial Painting
- Electro-polishing
- Ultrasonic washing
Injection Molding & Low Pressure Molding
- Multi-cavity insert molding
- Complex Over-Molding (metals and plastics)
- Low Pressure Over-Molding of electronics (encapsulation for biocompatibility)
- Liquid Silicone Rubber molding
Assembly & Packaging
White Room & Clean Room (Class 7)
- Sterile pouch and tray sealing
- High speed packaging lines
- Full packaging development including box types, labeling, artwork, etc.
- ESD Safe (Electro Static Discharge)
- Robotic Pick and Place
- Shrink tube application
Class 7 (10,000) Clean Room
- Sterile pouch and tray sealing
- Assembly – kitting and packaging, IFUs, labeling
- Low to High Volumes
- Sterilization Management (Gamma and ETO)
- Pad printing, laser marking
Laser Tube Forming & Processing
- Large format 3KW 3-D fiber tube laser
- Small format for metal needles and tubing
- High throughput, high repeatability
- CNC tube forming and bending
- Laser marking
Electronics
- Soldering
- ESD assembly (Electro Static Discharge)
- PCB testing
- Post assembly testing
- Maintain multiple partners to assist with design and manufacturing of PCBs
- Optics
Automation
- Robotics
- High speed assembly
- High speed packaging
- Robotic Pick and Place
- Vision Inspection
- Inter-process Integration
Logistics, Supply Chain & Sterilization Management
- End-to-end Supply Chain Management
- 3PL and Distribution Management
- Sterilization Management – Gamma and ETO
- Real-time supply chain optimization tools
- Materials procurement and management of outside service providers
- Materials Management expertise
