Machine tool has a broad application prospect in medical device manufacturing

At present, China’s health care reform is being carried out nationwide. The development of medical-to-medical medical companies provides good opportunities. According to Luo Baihui, secretary-general of the International Mould and Hardware and Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, the average annual market value of the health industry is 800 billion yuan, and it will grow at a rate of 20% per year, far exceeding the growth rate of GDP. With the constant emergence of new technologies, people’s health needs will continue to be stimulated. If related companies can organically integrate these products and services, they can form a systematic industrial chain, reduce costs, and maximize their profits.

Focus on opening up the medical product market According to Liu Fengyu, Director of Marketing Department of Shenzhen Changhong Mould Technology Co., Ltd., the company's main business scope is, in terms of the type of mold, OA (OA mainly refers to office supplies, printers, copiers, etc.) On the one hand, in this respect, the company is very strong and is the traditional strength of the business; the second is mainly the car's built-in parts, and the large red car door bumpers, headlights and similar Changhong molds will not The third aspect is medical products. This is a market that the company is currently focusing on and is also a judgment based on the broad medical market prospects. For this purpose, in 2003 Changhong Mould set up a medical division. There are currently 85 employees, 100,000 dust-free production workshops, advanced biochemical laboratories, and major R&D and production of high-end medical consumables. The products are mainly suitable for biological companies, clinical diagnostic laboratories, university research institutes. High-end medical consumables such as biological gene preservation plates, tubes, bioengineering containers, high-content screening and analysis. Specific medical products include molecular sieves, test tubes, syringes, blood collection needles, DNA storage plates, measuring cups, and so on. Director Liu Fengji stated that Changhong Model has its own brand of medical products. Nowadays, the LOGO for syringes and test tubes in many places is Changhong, because these molds are all independently developed by themselves. Changhong Mould also registered a new company specializing in the production of medical devices at the end of 2009. The plant has five floors and covers an area of ​​20,000 square meters.

Referring to the understanding of the medical industry, Liu Fengxi said: "As we all know, medical equipment has high requirements for production equipment. At present, many domestic manufacturers do not meet the injection molding requirements for precision medical equipment, and most of our equipment is imported from Japan. The syringe production line and the blood collection needle production line and several other related medical production lines also show that we attach importance to the medical product market. At present, Changhong Mould's medical workshop has passed the US FDA certification and the factory environment has passed. ISO13485 certification.

Advantages in the production of huge medical products According to Luo Baihui, secretary-general of the International Mould and Metal and Plastic Industry Suppliers Association, Changhong Mould has three advantages in the production of medical products. First, as early as 2006, the company began to cooperate with Thermo Fisher of the United States, a company that enjoys worldwide reputation in the fields of medicine and biology. During the entire cooperation process, Thermo Fisher also gave them many good suggestions, and the company has gradually accumulated a lot of valuable experience. Second, Thermo Fisher has its own R&D team and has its own medical laboratory. Many of Changhong's molds, syringes, and test tubes are all successfully developed and meet the requirements of each other. This has greatly improved The company's technical strength. Finally, after more than a decade of training, Changhong Mould has accumulated a lot of experience in the mold industry from mold design to production to commissioning. The medical industry has a large amount of consumables, which are often thrown away after being used up. Because of the need to take into account safety issues, if the quantity is large, the quality of the mold must be made very good and a very long life is achieved, so as to reduce the cost of the entire product. At the same time, Changhong pays great attention to the cooling system in the mold design. It also pays great attention to saving waste and outlet materials. It is not allowed to add water outlet materials in medical treatment. The company will want to reduce the number of outlet materials and save injection molding under the premise of ensuring quality. cycle. From this perspective, the optimization of the mold is an advantage of Changhong.

With the high-end equipment for medical production at the site of Changhong Mould Company, we saw a complete set of high-end production equipment for medical production, including many brands such as Japanese Fanuc, Mori Seiki, Sodick and German Dema.

According to Luo Baihui, secretary-general of the International Mould, Hardware and Plastics Industry Suppliers Association, the medical industry is an industry closely related to people's lives. It is indispensable for humans, past, present and future, and we believe in medical-related production. The field will also continue to develop steadily, including of course the machine tool industry. As the basis for the production of medical devices, it is believed that such machine tools will also have a broader and broader future. With the development of the medical industry, machine tools will also have more and more applications in the medical field.