Plastikos Medical boosts capacity with new Arburg molding press

 Plastikos Medical installed a new Arburg 720 injection molding press on its ISO‑7 cleanroom production floor, bringing the total number of 720s to four in total. Two additional Arburg 470 machines are on order and scheduled for installation in February and April, expanding capacity to 25 total presses for tight tolerance medical components, which enables Plastikos and Plastikos Medical to further support its growing medical device OEM customer base.

The newly added 720 capacity supports additional medical device production that is currently in the qualification stage, which requires the larger platform cleanroom molding machine.  It will be equipped with an integrated 3-axis robot and the eDART monitoring system to perfectly align with Plastikos Medical’s existing fleet of Arburg presses.

“Adding another injection molding machine gives us the extra horsepower to respond faster and reduce customer lead times,” says Danielle Bentley, medical molding manager and junior partner, Plastikos Medical. And with two more machines arriving early next year, we’re expanding even further to keep pace with our customers’ medical production demand and stay ahead of the continued growth curve.

What this means for our customers:

• Additional production capacity: standardized, ISO7 cells increase production capacity.
• Repeatable quality: cavity level monitoring and closed‑ loop process ‑control.
• Audit‑ready documentation: shot-by-shot records mapped to part and cavity streamline audit‑reviews.

Specifications:

• Cleanroom class: ISO‑7 (Class 10,000) production cell
• Press tonnage window: 66–350 tons (cleanroom injection molding machine ‑range)
• Recently installed press model: Arburg 720; November 2025
• Additional scheduled molding machine installations: (2) Arburg 470; scheduled February & April 2026
• Automation: 3-axis robot + RGJ eDart quality monitoring + custom mold‑ protect vision‑ systems
• Process & quality monitoring: Arburg ALS system + RJG eDART cavity pressure on every workcell
• Validation: Supports IQ/OQ/PQ; Cpk/Ppk reporting available
• Metrology: CT, CMM, OGP, and optical inspection