Progressive die stamping services are used to create many essential parts and products. Medical progressive stamping services are used to create small parts that feature tight tolerances for medical devices where consistency and reliability are essential.
Winco Stamping breaks down common applications of medical progressive stamping services, as well as key ways to maximize product lifespan.
Common Applications of Medical Progressive Stamping Services
Medical progressive stamping services create parts that can be found on life-saving equipment. Common applications of stamped parts created through progressive tooling can include the following.
- Electrical contacts, brackets, springs, infusion pumps, and clips for single-use and disposable IVs
- Battery contacts, shield cans, mounting brackets for sensor and PCB components, and connector components for equipment such as wearable and home-care devices
- Grounding springs, internal brackets, and shield cans for imaging equipment like MRI and X-ray
- With diagnostic and treatment devices, medical progressive stamping services can create parts such as blades and jaws, linkages, and internal frames for handles
Why Progressive Stamping Works for Medical Applications
It’s essential to understand why progressive stamping is ideal for medical applications. With progressive operations, repeatability, speed, timeliness, and consistency are all packaged into one singular manufacturing operation.
- Progressive operations combine multiple aspects of stamping into one production method. Blanking, coining, forming, piercing, and cutting off are all performed. simultaneously in one pass, which reduces handling time, work-in-progress flags, and misload risk.
- Tight tolerances and high repeatability are achievable in progressive operations, especially once the die has settled. Every stroke creates identical pieces, and in medical applications, mismatches or deformities can be costly.
- Stamped parts created through progressive operations feature smoother finishes and require less handling, which ultimately leads to cleaner pieces.
Key Ways to Enhance Part Longevity
Many products and equipment used in the medical industry are manufactured to be used once and then disposed of. For equipment that needs to last, however, medical progressive stamping creates parts that won’t fail.
- Material selection is one of the best ways to enhance part longevity and maximize the lifespan. Stainless steel is one of the most popular choices for medical applications as it features many resistant properties, including chemical and corrosion resistance, and requires minimal maintenance.
- During your team’s design process, bends must feature proper radii to avoid fatigue cracks during production.
Contact Winco Stamping for Medical Progressive Stamping Services Today
Since 1948, Winco Stamping has created the high-quality and reliable metal stamped parts OEMs and other customers have needed for their day-to-day operations. While we specialize in low- to medium-volume runs, our in-house progressive tooling operations allow our team to create high volumes of parts in a fraction of the time compared to normal stamping services.
Our team has a long history of serving the medical industry. From stamped parts for syringes and thermometers to reflex hammers and more, we have the experience, knowledge, and capabilities to handle your projects. And with our longstanding ISO 9001 certification, quality management is part of our everyday mission.
Need medical progressive stamping services? Contact our team today.
