Medical Device Manufacturing Capabilities
Sterling provides complete, end-to-end solutions, and we regularly manufacture all or most of our clients’ medical devices’ components. From single-use disposables to complex electronic devices… we have the technologies, skills, and experience to meet our customers’ diverse medical device manufacturing requirements; we’re proud to have produced a broad spectrum of market-disrupting 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
Injection Molding & Low Pressure Molding
- Multi-cavity insert molding
- Class 7 Clean Room Capability
- Complex Over-Molding (metals and plastics)
- Low pressure Over-Molding of electronics (encapsulation for biocompatibility)
- Wide array of Medical-Grade Resins
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
Welding
Robotic, Manual & Ultrasonic
- MIG and TIG (robotic and manual)
- Laser Welding (small format)
- Ultrasonic Welding
- Ultrasonic Heat Staking
Metal Finishing
- Polishing – Wet and Dry
- Bead blasting
- Anodization & Chrome Plating
- Powder Coating & Anti-Microbial Painting
- Electro-polishing
- Ultrasonic washing
Electronics
- Soldering
- ESD assembly (Electro Static Discharge)
- PCB testing
- Post assembly testing
- Multiple partners for design & production of PCBs
- Optics
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
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
Automation
- High speed assembly
- High speed packaging
- Robotic Pick and Place
- Vision Inspection
- Inter-process Integration
