Plastic machining and injection molding

Medical-Grade Plastics

Precision Machined and Injection Molded. Orchid offers over 30 years of orthopedic implant and instrument manufacturing experience in medical grade plastics, including PEEK, UHMWPE and PMMA. Skilled in both precision machining and injection molding, Orchid is a full service partner that can also provide value-added assembly and packaging in its permanent Class 10,000 controlled environment clean room.

Plastic Machining Capabilities

  • CNC plastics machining: over 40 pieces of equipment ranging from five-axis milling to like-tool turning centers with sub-spindles
  • Access to a wide range of medical grade plastics; including implant grade UHMWPE, high temperature resistant engineering plastics, thermoplastic resins and biodegradable polymers
  • Plastics injection molding: multiple presses with 30-150 tons of clamping force for small, medium and high volume runs
  • Portable Class 10,000 controlled environment rooms: offering a high degree of protection from particulate contamination
  • Product cleaning and assembly: conducted within our permanent Class 10,000 controlled environment room
  • Product packaging: including pouch or blister sealing
  • Boxing, labeling and shrink-wrapping: additional services that produce a product ready for sterilization

Typical Projects

  • Medical devices
  • Implants
  • Trial components

Why Orchid?

  • A leader in orthopedic plastic manufacturing
  • Single sourcing
  • Custom packaging and labeling
  • Vendor managed inventory programs
  • ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 certified
  • A full service partner

Relevant Facility
Orchid MACDEE

 
 
 
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