Beacon MedTech forms manufacturing partnership with Sumitomo Demag
Beacon MedTech Solutions, formerly Built-Rite, Reliance & LSR Engineering and Acromatic Plastics, has formed a partnership with Sumitomo (SHI) Demag to support increased production in its 110,000 sq. ft. facility in Leominster, Mass.
The addition of new machines through this partnership will increase the company’s overall capacity to expedite the production and delivery of complex, critical precision plastic and silicone components.
This investment in new machinery will enable the Beacon team to further scale medical moulding operations to support increased customer demand for Single-Use Technology applications in the Bio-Pharma and Life Sciences markets. Following an initial installation of two SE-EV-A series injection moulding machines, Beacon MedTech plans to install additional presses in the first half of 2022. Each Sumitomo (SHI) Demag presses comes standard with:
- Direct-drive servo motors on clamp and injection movements.
- Mould parallelism to ensure the mould is square and assembled correctly.
- Front flow control (FFC) to provide precision control to ensure consistent filling.
- Interchangeable screw and barrels.
- Easy integration with automation in dedicated work cells to increase efficiencies.
Each press is outfitted with automation – including standard robots, guarding and conveyors – sourced from Massachusetts-based suppliers with national and global reach. These complement Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s sophisticated injection moulding technologies and leverage relationships that Beacon MedTech Solutions senior tooling and program manager Robert Gove has across the regional medical supply chain.
Michael McGee, president of Beacon MedTech Solutions, said: “Sumitomo (SHI) Demag worked directly with our technical and engineering departments to optimise the presses to meet demanding, complex medical product specifications. This partnership will allow our team to maximise productivity while maintaining the commitment to operational efficiency that allows us to deliver the speed and responsiveness our customers expect.”
As Beacon MedTech Solutions grows, the company will continue to invest in additional machinery, allowing the team to scale operations and expedite the delivery of vital innovations in biopharma and life science technologies, LSR and Class II medical devices.
Bob Brady, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag medical business development manager, said: “Beacon MedTech Solutions is an ideal manufacturer to leverage Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s technologically advanced injection moulding equipment given its focus on complex, highly engineered parts for the medical, life Sciences and Bio-Pharma industries. We look forward to continuing to work together to specify and build additional machines that will expand capacity for high-quality, high-precision components.”