Micro Molding

Micro molding is a specialized manufacturing process used to create small, precise parts for the medical device & life science markets. The demand for micro-molded components in the medical device and life science markets is growing as devices become smaller and more complex, increasing the need for precision and accuracy.

Mastering Micro Molding Managing Every Micron

At PDC, we're passionate about micro molding. We offer a specialized type of plastic injection molding that produces extremely small parts, typically with dimensions on the order of a few millimeters or less. In addition, our vertically integrated facility provides you with the highest level of expertise you need.

  • Complex material experts
  • State-of-the-art automated equipment and technology
  • In-house tooling design & fabrication
  • Exclusively cleanroom production
  • ISO 13485:2016

Key Design Considerations

Design for Manufacturing (DFM) is crucial in micro injection molding as it ensures that the part, tooling, and process design considers the manufacturing constraints and requirements specific to this process. Manufacturers can enhance production efficiency, reduce costs, and consistently produce high-quality micro-injection molded components and products by considering DFM principles, such as optimizing part geometry, material selection, and tooling design.

The top five considerations for design for manufacturing in micro injection molding are as follows:

  1. Part Design
  2. Material Selection
  3. Tooling Design 
  4. Process Optimization 
  5. Measurement & Inspection
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Quality is importantwhen it comes to your micro molding needs.

When you work with PDC to meet your micro molding needs, you’ll have access to our team of professionals from start to finish. PDC has superior design for manufacture and prototyping capabilities to perfect your molded part specifications through development to commercialization cycles.

PEEK
  • Implantable
  • Biocompatible
  • Good strength and stiffness
  • Chemically resistant
Pebax

PEBA

  • Implantable
  • High tensile strength
  • Flexural resistance
  • Capable of over-molding
PSU

Polysulfone

  • Rigidity
  • Optical clarity
  • Stability at high temperatures
  • Excellent processability

We offer more than 30 years of expertise in the micro molding field. Our modern, integrated tooling and manufacturing facility is dedicated to the needs of the medical and biotech industries.

Micro Molding Solutions For Your Industry

Within the medical sector, micro molding has applications across both the medical device and life sciences markets. Learn more about the industries PDC proudly serves.

Medical Devices

The human heart is one of the body’s most vital organs. Modern medical science has made it possible to repair heart health issues using advanced technology, microcatheter devices & delivery systems capable of restoring proper organ function. At PDC, we offer manufacturers micro molding that enables them to create the cardiovascular medical devices needed to provide critical patient care.

Medical Devices

A patient’s quality of life is dependent on their ability to live a pain-free, independent life. The ability to move freely is an important aspect of that, and orthopedics plays an important role. Technological advancements in the field of orthopedic device manufacturing have made it so surgeons are able to offer a broader scope of life-improving procedures. As an orthopedic device manufacturer, you need quality components from a trusted company. At PDC, we offer the micro molding capabilities that manufacturers need when producing these surgical devices.

Medical Devices

In recent years, many innovations have been made in the advanced surgical device field. As advanced surgical devices become more complex, it becomes increasingly necessary to develop micro molded components that are both high-quality and effective. At PDC, we offer the micro molding capabilities that manufacturers need when producing these surgical devices.

Medical Devices

The field of ophthalmology is devoted to helping people maintain and improve their vision, often through surgical procedures. As technology improves, more advanced opthalmic surgical equipment and devices are being developed every day. The precise nature of this equipment and these devices calls for the highest quality micro molded components. As a manufacturer, you need a company you can trust to provide you with the components you need, to your exact specifications.

Medical Devices

When people think about drug delivery systems, they often think about the needle and syringe used to deliver immunizations and medications. However, numerous types of drug delivery systems are used in the medical field. Solutions can include designing and manufacturing devices used to deliver drugs and biologics, such as pumps, injectors, and implantable devices.

Life Sciences

When diagnosing an illness or disease, time is often of the essence. Point-of-care diagnostic devices help to obtain diagnostic results while the healthcare provider is with the patient or in a nearby laboratory setting. At PDC, we help those who manufacture point-of-care diagnostic devices to advance PCR and clinical chemistry testing.

Life Sciences

The pharmaceutical research industry is constantly growing. Advanced pharmaceutical applications are helping to address health concerns ranging from autoimmune diseases to cancer. In order for effective research to take place, high-quality, advanced devices are required. At PDC, we help those who manufacture pharmaceutical research devices get the components they need.

Medical Devices

Cardiovascular

The human heart is one of the body’s most vital organs. Modern medical science has made it possible to repair heart health issues using advanced technology and microscopic devices that are capable of restoring proper organ function. At PDC, we offer micro molding to manufacturers that enables them to create the cardiovascular medical devices needed to provide critical patient care.

Medical Devices

drug delivery

When people think about drug delivery systems, they often think about the needle and syringe used to deliver immunizations and medications. However, there are numerous types of drug delivery systems used in the medical field, and as a drug delivery manufacturer, you know how crucial it is that the components you use in developing these devices is of the highest quality.

Medical Devices

Advanced Surgical

Many innovations have been made in the advanced surgical device field in recent years. As advanced surgical devices become more complex, it becomes increasingly necessary to create micro molded components that are both high-quality and effective. At PDC, we offer the micro molding capabilities that manufacturers need when producing these surgical devices.

Medical Devices

Opthamology

The field of ophthalmology is devoted to helping people maintain and improve their vision, often through surgical procedures. As technology improves, more advanced opthalmic surgical equipment and devices are being developed every day. The precise nature of this equipment and these devices calls for the highest quality micro molded components. As a manufacturer, you need a company you can trust to provide you with the components you need, to your exact specifications.

Medical Devices

orthopedics

A patient’s quality of life is dependent on their ability to live a pain-free, independent life. The ability to move freely is an important aspect of that, and orthopedics plays an important role. Technological advancements in the field of orthopedic device manufacturing have made it so surgeons are able to offer a broader scope of life-improving procedures. As an orthopedic device manufacturer, you need quality components from a trusted company. At PDC, we offer the micro molding capabilities that manufacturers need when producing these surgical devices.

Life Science

When diagnosing an illness or disease, time is often of the essence. Point of care diagnostic devices help to obtain diagnostic results while the healthcare provider is with the patient or in a nearby laboratory setting.. At PDC, we help those who manufacture point of care diagnostic devices get the components they need.

Life Science
 
pharma research
 

The pharmaceutical research industry is constantly growing. Advanced pharmaceutical applications are helping to address health concerns ranging from autoimmune diseases to cancer. In order for effective research to take place, high-quality, advanced devices are required. At PDC, we help those who manufacture pharmaceutical research devices get the components they need.