Medical Implants Surface Finishing
Clean, Safe and Consistent manufacturing processes, and surface treatments for medical implants creating biocompatible implants
Wet blasting provides several benefits when applied to the manufacturing and surface treatment of medical implants.
Our process and solutions can add consistency to cleaning and surface roughness requirement applications that alternative methods cannot, giving the highest levels of cleanliness and accuracy within the industry. Wet blasting offers the ability to truly monitor and control every step of the process. Other features offer washing of components as part of the process or via our washing solutions.
Wet blasting Applications for Medical Implants
Wet blasting offers several benefits for the medical implant industry, making it a preferred method for various applications. We supply the global industry and have been doing so for over 30 years.
Here are some key advantages:
Biocompatibility: Creates a clean and biocompatible surface on the implant, minimizing the risk of adverse reactions when in contact with bodily tissues.
Surface Cleaning: Removes contaminants, residues, and impurities from the implant's surface, ensuring a sterile and safe product for implantation.
Deburring and Edge Radiusing: Eliminates sharp edges, burrs, or irregularities from the edges of implants, improving safety during insertion and reducing the risk of tissue irritation.
Surface Smoothing: Smooths out rough surfaces on implants, minimizing friction with surrounding tissues and enhancing patient comfort.
Surface Finishing: Achieves a controlled and uniform surface finish, improving aesthetics, tissue integration, and the overall performance of the implant.
Preparation for Coating: Creates an optimal surface for coatings or treatments, enhancing adhesion, corrosion resistance, and the durability of coatings applied to the implant.
Quality Control: Allows for inspection and removal of defects, irregularities, or imperfections, ensuring high-quality implants that meet regulatory standards.
Surface Texturing: Enables controlled surface texturing for specific functionalities or to promote tissue integration, allowing for customized implants with tailored biological responses.
Controlled Material Removal: Provides a precise and controlled method for removing material, allowing for the creation of complex implant structures while maintaining required material properties.
Optimized Implant Performance: Enhances the overall performance of the implant, contributing to its longevity, reliability, and effectiveness in its intended medical application.
Wet blasting parameters can be adjusted to suit the specific characteristics of different implant materials and designs. This flexibility allows manufacturers to achieve precise control over the surface characteristics of medical implants, meeting the stringent requirements of the medical industry and ensuring the safety and well-being of patients.
Wet blast process benefits
Our wet blasting process offers several inherent benefits that add to it being the prefeed surface processing method for many industries and applications. Some of the key process benefits are listed below.
Highly controllable Surface Treatment: Wet blasting is a highly controllable process compared to other methods, such as dry blasting. It can effectively remove contaminants, coatings, Burrs and rust without causing damage to delicate automotive components, ensuring the integrity of the surfaces.
No Dust Emission: The addition of water in wet blasting suppresses dust formation, resulting in a cleaner and safer working environment. This is crucial in the medical industry where cleanliness is essential for maintaining high-quality standards and ensuring the health and safety of workers. This also means no static build up or hazardous environments that can occur with some materials.
Environmentally Friendly: The use of water in wet blasting minimizes the environmental impact compared to dry blasting methods. It reduces airborne dust and facilitates easier containment and disposal of waste, contributing to environmental sustainability.
Versatility in Abrasive Media: Wet blasting can utilize a variety of abrasive media, such as glass beads, aluminium oxide, Ceramics, or others, and due to the high level of control the process, can also work wider a wider range of media sizes, from large coarse media to very fine if the requirement calls for it. This versatility allows manufacturers to choose the most suitable media for specific applications, providing flexibility in surface preparation.
Improved Surface Finish: Wet blasting not only cleans surfaces but also leaves them with a smoother finish. This is particularly beneficial for applications where a high-quality appearance is crucial, such as in the production of automotive parts with aesthetic requirements.
Uniform Surface Finish: Achieves a consistent and uniform surface finish across the entire implant, contributing to improved aesthetics and performance.
Minimized Heat Generation: Wet blasting generates less heat compared to some methods. This is advantageous for components that are sensitive to heat, preventing potential damage or distortion during the process.
Reduced Media Consumption: Wet blasting uses abrasive media more efficiently compared to other methods. The water cushions the impact and creates the ability to control and filter to a very fine level, allowing the media to be reused for a longer duration before replacement and adds consistency and repeatability to process resulting in potential cost savings on other methods and a more accurate level of control over your process.
Enhanced Worker Safety: The reduction of dust and the generally lower abrasive impact contribute to a safer working environment for operators. Wet blasting helps mitigate health risks associated with exposure to airborne contaminants, improving overall workplace safety.
In summary, wet blasting provides a combination of precision, environmental responsibility, cost-effectiveness, and safety benefits, making it a superior method and attractive option for various industry applications
Process Driven Solutions for Medical Implant surface finishing
Our aim is to work with you and supply you the process and solution(s) to meet your requirements.
Our equipment is designed to best utilise our process to meet your requirements. By utilising our years of experience and process knowledge, and combining it with our automated technology, we can provide a complete solution that delivers control and consistency to give you the perfect finish every time.
Contact us to discuss your requirements, and how we can work with you. Or have a look at our solution pages for more information.
We also design and manufacture washing equipment which in many cases complements our wet blasting solutions.
In many applications we have implemented solutions that incorporate both blasting and washing in a one step process which can remove handling steps and increase efficiency.