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Medical Plastic Division – Virtual Technical Forum & Networking Event – FEBRUARY 2022
February 2, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
FreeTitle: Manufacturing of Micro Medical Parts without Cold Runners
Abstract:
Micro medical parts are often molded out of expensive resins such as PEEK or PLGA. Conventional technology requires molders to use cold runners to mold micro parts. The weight of the cold runner volume can be 2X to 50X the weight of the part. The cold runner also significantly increases the cycle time and secondary molding operations. The combination of increased material usage and length cycle times results in higher part costs, increased waste, and higher energy consumption.
In this presentation, Westfall will present how a proprietary molding machine and process was used to eliminate cold runners from micro molding of medical parts. Case studies showing micro molding of bioabsorbable resins and PEEK bone screws will be presented – which resulted in a significant reduction in part costs, material usage, and energy consumption.
Speaker:
Bio:
| Vijay Kudchadkar is the Director of Advanced Engineering for Westfall Technik. Vijay is a Plastics Engineer with 16 years of experience in injection molding, specializing in material properties, hot runners, screw design, micro molding, and flow simulation. Vijay also has 8 years of experience in extrusion, thermoforming, and blow molding, and has numerous publications and 9 patents in the field of polymer processing. Vijay is an active member of the Society of Plastics Engineers and is currently the Councillor of SPE Ontario and Newsletter editor for the SPE Medical Plastics Division.
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Vijay Kudchadkar BEng (Polymer); MS (Plastics)
Director of Advanced Engineering
Westfall Technik, Inc.
This is a free event open to anyone interested in informally meeting and networking with the Medical Plastics Division.
Please email Louis Somlai <somlai_louis@lilly.com> or Pierre Moulinie <pierre.moulinie@covestro.com> to be added to the distribution or if you are interested in presenting
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