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Luer Fittings And Connectors
Micro Luer Fittings
Very small molded fittings and adapters for compact fluidic assemblies where a standard luer body will not physically fit.
Product Overview
What This Component Is
Very small molded fittings and adapters for compact fluidic assemblies where a standard luer body will not physically fit. At this size the mold is the product: almost nothing can be corrected after the steel is cut.
Key Benefits
- Micro cavity detail cut by EDM and high speed machining rather than hand work
- Handled by a tool room whose ground surface accuracy is 0.002 to 0.005 mm
- Automatic handling so tiny parts are never picked by hand
Molded on tooling we cut ourselves in Shenzhen. Certification covers the site doing the work: ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016.
Who It Is For
- Point of care device developers
- Instrument fluidics engineers
- OEMs miniaturising an existing device
Problems It Solves
- Micro parts that no general molder wants to tool
- Detail lost between CAD and steel on very small features
- Handling damage on parts too small to inspect by eye at line speed
Application Scenarios
- Compact instrument fluidics
- Point of care device internals
- Miniature sampling assemblies
Technical Features
How It Is Engineered
- EDM detail for features below conventional cutter size
- Cavity layouts designed for automatic drop and collection
- Sampling measured under magnification rather than with hand gauges
Materials
- Medical grade resin selected against your specification rather than substituted by us
- Customer nominated grades accepted where a device master record already fixes the material
- Colourants and additives confirmed in writing before the first sampling run
Specifications
Documented Figures
| Part Family | Micro fittings and adapters |
|---|---|
| Process | Injection molding on in house built tooling |
| Mold Machining Accuracy | 0.002-0.005 mm on ground surfaces |
| Molding Environment | ISO 8 clean room or conventional workshop |
| Quality System | ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 |
| Country Of Manufacture | Shenzhen, China |
Figures above are plant and tooling capabilities recorded on our own site. Part level tolerances are confirmed against your drawing at mold flow review rather than quoted as a blanket number.
Manufacturing Process
- Mold design review
- Steel machining and EDM
- Mold trial and cavity sampling
- Clean room or conventional molding
- In process dimensional check
- Clean room packing
Quality Control
- Cavity by cavity dimensional sampling before a tool is released
- In process checks during the molding run rather than only at the end
- ERP system records the lot, tool and machine behind every shipment
Customization Options
- Cavitation sized to your annual forecast instead of a fixed standard tool
- Colour and resin grade to your specification
- Clean room packing format and labelling agreed before the first shipment
Comparison
Compared With Other Routes
| Machining micro fittings from bar | Machining suits tens of parts. Once the annual volume is in the hundreds of thousands, a micro cavity tool is both cheaper and more repeatable. |
|---|---|
| A molder without a tool room | Micro features fail in the steel, not in the molding. A molder who cannot recut the cavity has to send the tool away and wait. |
Use Guide
How To Handle It
- Inspect incoming lots under magnification, not by eye
- Keep parts in the supplied packaging to avoid loss and contamination
- Fix the assembly fixture geometry before scaling the volume
Questions Buyers Ask
Questions About Micro Luer Fittings
How small a feature can you mold?
The honest answer depends on the geometry and the resin. Send the 3D data and our tool room will tell you what can be cut and what cannot before you commit to a tool.
Do you inspect micro parts?
Sampling is measured under magnification against the drawing, cavity by cavity, before the tool is released.
Is EDM done in house?
Yes. We run Makino and GF spark machines in our own tool room.
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Send the drawing, the annual volume and the resin your device file specifies. You will get a feasibility review rather than a price with conditions buried in it.