Electropolishing & Passivation for Medical

Medical devices, tools and surgical implants have to function flawlessly within a life or death context. Every component of these products has to be manufactured to a microscopic level of precision and consistency. There is no metal finishing process that can achieve better results than electropolishing.

Whitepaper: Electropolishing for Safer, Cleaner, More Durable Medical Parts

Small microburrs, fissures, cracks, and other defects left behind by machining on the surface of metal parts create an environment susceptible to bacterial and viral growth. Without a defect-free, ultraclean finish, metal instruments, medical implants, and other devices pose a risk to patient health and safety. Read our whitepaper to learn why electropolishing creates the most passive, pathogen-resistant surfaces.

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FINISH FIRST: Electropolishing in the R&D Process

Our Finish First methodology enables world class design and manufacturing engineers to approach metal finishing challenges from the beginning, as an advantage in the design and prototyping stage.

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Technical Guide: Metal Finishing for the Medical Industry

Download our technical guide and discover how electropolishing can enhance corrosion resistence and improve microfinish benefiting medical device industry applications, including implants, cutting tools, drills, blades, surgical tools, and disposable devices.

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Whitepaper: Advantages of Electropolishing for Deburring Metal Parts

Electropolishing, with its ability to remove a microscopically precise layer of surface material with consistent results, is the finishing process of choice for such parts, for many reasons. Learn why electropolishing is more effective than other methods for removing burrs.

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Whitepaper: Electropolishing for Significantly Improved Corrosion Resistance

Learn why enhanced corrosion resistance is one of the most common reasons engineers across a variety of industries rely on electropolishing to finish their critical metal parts, especially for parts made of stainless steel. Three included case studies show the difference electropolishing makes.

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Precision Electropolishing

Electropolishing's ability to remove a microscopically precise surface layer with absolute consistency leaves critical metal parts with an ultraclean and ultrasmooth surface that inhibits the growth of pathogens and makes reusable devices easier to clean, without burrs, micro cracks and other surface imperfections that can trap liquids and debris and give harmful bacteria a place to hide.

In fact, electropolishing is so effective at optimizing the surface of medical devices and parts that we are often consulted for help in the prototyping phase to ensure that features are designed in ways that make electropolishing even more effective and avoid common design flaws.

Optimize Surface Finish, Cleanability & Pathogen Resistance

Ultracleaning for Metal Parts
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Benefits of Microfinishing Metal Parts
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Improve Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel & Aluminum Parts
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Benefits of Electropolishing | Metal Deburring for Microburrs
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Electropolishing Blog

Electropolishing for Improved EV Battery Parts

Whatever the bumps along the road, the future of the automobile industry is electric – and the future of the EV auto industry is built on the reliability, safety and performance of its batteries.

New Guide: Solution to Metal Surface Problems

From stubborn burrs and other microscopic defects to cleanability, corrosion, and premature part failure, metal surface issues are a common manufacturing challenge. 

Reduce Pathogen Risk in Food Processing

Metal parts used in food processing machinery, including cutting blades, mixing tanks, and fittings face constant exposure to corrosive substances such as salts, acids and moisture, in addition to aggressive cleaning methods.

Custom Racking for Precision Electropolishing

Manufacturers that specify electropolishing for metal parts used in medical devices, pharmaceutical production equipment, semiconductors and food processing components need more than an ultrasmooth and defect-free surface; they need those results consistently – part after part, and across the surface…