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Medical Adapters CNC Machining for Medical Industry
Medical adapters are precision machined interface components that connect and turn incompatible medical devices and tubing systems. At Zintilon, we use CNC machining of medical adapters with advanced Swiss-type turning for thread accuracy, sealing, and clinical connection biocompatibility in diagnostic and therapeutic applications to be leak-proof.
- Machining for complex adapter geometries and interface standards
- Tight tolerances up to ±0.0005 in
- Precision Swiss turning, thread grinding & seal integration
- Support for rapid prototyping and full-scale production
- ISO 13485-certified medical device manufacturing
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Why Medical Companies
Choose Zintilon
Fast Delivery
A professional engineering team that can respond quickly to customer needs and provide one-stop services from design to production in a short period of time to ensure fast delivery.
High Precision
We are equipped with automated equipment and sophisticated measuring tools to achieve high accuracy and consistency, ensuring that every part meets the most stringent quality standards.
ISO13485 Certified
As a ISO13485 certified precision manufacturer, our products and services have met the most stringent quality standards in the automotive industry.
From Prototyping to Mass Production
Zintilon provides medical adapters and connection components for CNC machining that connect to a variety of medical devices for hospitals, surgical centers, and medical device manufacturers across the globe.
Prototype Medical Adapters
Zintilon provides high-precision adapters, verifiable to final design for use in tests that assess connection compatibility and seal performance.
Key Points:
Key Points:
- Rapid prototyping with high precision
- Tight tolerances (±0.0005 in)
- Test design, compatibility, and sealing early
EVT – Engineering Validation Test
Iterate quickly on safety and interface requirements for adapter prototypes. Anticipate issues early for a seamless transition during full-scale manufacturing of the medical devices.
Key Points:
Key Points:
- Validate prototype functionality
- Rapid design iterations
- Ensure readiness for production
DVT – Design Validation Test
Before mass production, validate the design accuracy and connection performance of medical interfaces using different materials, ensuring the reliability of the interfaces and the design accuracy.
Key Points:
Key Points:
- Confirm design integrity and standards compliance
- Test multiple materials and configurations
- Ensure production-ready performance
PVT – Production Validation Test
Before full-scale production, verify the production feasibility of the adapters, refining manufacturing processes to enhance efficiency and consistency.
Key Points:
Key Points:
- Test large-scale production capability
- Detect and fix process issues early
- Ensure consistent part quality
Mass Production
Deliver precisely and on time, medical connectors for healthcare facilities and medical instrument distributors. These connectors are produced in large quantities, and of medical grade, ensuring quality and precision.
Key Points:
Key Points:
- Consistent, high-volume production
- Precision machining for medical-grade quality
- Fast turnaround with strict quality control
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the Medical Industry
Our precision manufacturing capabilities are widely used in the medical industry. CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication and other technologies ensure high precision and heat resistance in the application of medical grade materials such as titanium alloy and PEEK.
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Medical Device Adapters Machining Capabilities
Equipped with Swiss-type CNC machines, thread grinding tools, and seasoned medical device machinists, we provide Medical Adapters CNC Machining for Medical Industry. We design a range of components, from luer-to-tubing adapters and NPT-to-luer converters to custom interface adapters with intricate threaded engagements. All components are designed for connection security, universal compatibility, and long term sterilization durability.
We practice quality Swiss turning and thread grinding, seal groove machining, and electropolishing to perfect interface standards and biocompatible surfaces, leak testing, and dimensional validation. Each medical adapter, fabricated from medical-grade stainless steel (303, 316L), polycarbonate, polypropylene, PEEK, or brass, maintains exceptional biocompatibility and chemical resistance through repeated sterilization cycles and clinical use.
We practice quality Swiss turning and thread grinding, seal groove machining, and electropolishing to perfect interface standards and biocompatible surfaces, leak testing, and dimensional validation. Each medical adapter, fabricated from medical-grade stainless steel (303, 316L), polycarbonate, polypropylene, PEEK, or brass, maintains exceptional biocompatibility and chemical resistance through repeated sterilization cycles and clinical use.
Aerospace
Materials & Finishes
Materials
We provide a wide range of materials, including metals, plastics, and composites.
Finishes
We offer superior surface finishes that enhance part durability and aesthetics for applications requiring smooth or textured surfaces.
Specialist Industries
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Materials for Medical Adapters Components
We use a broad range of materials for Medical Adapters Machining for Medical Industry. CNC machine shop for Medical Adapters Machining for Medical Industry contains 18+ medical-grade metals, plastics, and biocompatible materials. These enable rapid prototyping and precision interface component manufacturing within consistent quality and FDA-compliant materials.
High machinability and ductility. Aluminum alloys have good strength-to-weight ratio, high thermal and electrical conductivity, low density and natural corrosion resistance.
Price
$ $ $
Lead Time
< 7 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.003 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Stainless steel alloys have high strength, ductility, wear and corrosion resistance. They can be easily welded, machined and polished. The hardness and the cost of stainless steel is higher than that of aluminum alloy.
Price
$ $ $
Lead Time
< 7 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Steel is a strong, versatile, and durable alloy of iron and carbon. Steel is strong and durable. High tensile strength, corrosion resistance heat and fire resistance, easily molded and formed. Its applications range from construction materials and structural components to automotive and aerospace components.
Price
$ $ $ $ $
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.001 mm (routing)
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Titanium is an advanced material with excellent corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, and strength-to-weight characteristics. This unique range of properties makes it an ideal choice for many of the engineering challenges faced by the medical, energy, chemical processing, and aerospace industries.
Price
$$$
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Highly resistant to seawater corrosion. The material’s mechanical properties are inferior to many other machinable metals, making it best for low-stress components produced by CNC machining.
Price
$ $ $ $ $
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Brass is mechanically stronger and lower-friction metal properties make CNC machining brass ideal for mechanical applications that also require corrosion resistance such as those encountered in the marine industry.
Price
$$$
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Few metals have the electric conductivity that copper has when it comes to CNC milling materials. The material’s high corrosion resistance aids in preventing rust, and its thermal conductivity features facilitate CNC machining shaping.
Price
$$$
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Zinc is a slightly brittle metal at room temperature and has a shiny-greyish appearance when oxidation is removed.
Price
$ $ $ $ $
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Iron is an indispensable metal in the industrial sector. Iron is alloyed with a small amount of carbon – steel, which is not easily demagnetized after magnetization and is an excellent hard magnetic material, as well as an important industrial material, and is also used as the main raw material for artificial magnetism.
Price
$ $ $ $ $
Lead Time
< 10 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
Due to the low mechanical strength of pure magnesium, magnesium alloys are mainly used. Magnesium alloy has low density but high strength and good rigidity. Good toughness and strong shock absorption. Low heat capacity, fast solidification speed, and good die-casting performance.
Price
$ $ $ $
Lead Time
< 7 days
Tolerances
Down to ±0.005 mm
Max part size
3000*2200*1100 mm
Min part size
2*2*2 mm
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FAQs: Medical Adapters for Healthcare Applications
Medical adapters are precision interface components connecting incompatible medical devices, tubing standards, and equipment systems. These include luer-lock-to-tubing barb adapters, luer-slip-to-thread converters, NPT-to-luer adapters for gas systems, metric-to-imperial thread converters, male-to-male and female-to-female gender changers, reducing adapters for different tubing sizes, anesthesia equipment adapters including 15mm and 22mm respiratory connections, vacuum adapter fittings, enteral-to-luer adapters with color coding preventing misconnections, and specialty adapters including needleless valve adapters and closed system transfer device interfaces.
Stainless steel 303 and 316L are medical grade stainless steel materials. 316L stainless steel is durable and reusable adapter stainless steel, it possesses corrosion resistance to bodily fluids. It withstands corrosion from sterilization chemicals, and is biocompatible. 316L stainless steel is electropolished to surfaces below 0.2 all Ra microns. Polycarbonate, for disposable single use adapters, is inexpensive, impact resistant, transparent for flow visualization, and autoclave resistant to 121 sterilization grade. Polypropylene is inexpensive to produce, and withstands autoclave sterilization, possesses adequate strength and chemical resistance to medications and disinfectants and is widely used for high-volume production. PEEK is biocompatible for blood contact, provides superior chemical resistance, withstands repeated autoclave sterilization of more than 1000 cycles, and maintains tight tolerances and dimensions for PEEK. It withstands high grades of chemical resistance and biocompatibility. For brass, it is inexpensive, and has great machinability for complex thread geometries. It is used for non-patient contact gas system adapters.
Complete adapters can be produced through Swiss-type CNC turning from bar stock in one operation, including dual-ended threaded, barb, and sealing features. Thread grinding accomplishes ISO 594 luer taper dimensions, reducing the taper angle by 6 percent, and achieving thread pitch accuracy of ±0.0005 inches, allowing universal compatibility. NPT thread cutting brass pipe threads with a taper angle of 1 degree 47 minutes. Seal groove machining creates O-ring grooves of controlled dimensions. Knurling creates hand-grip surfaces for finger-tight connections. Cross-drilling performs venting and side port holes. Electropolishing the surfaces to below 0.2 microns achieved the removal of micro-burrs and venting holes, and side ports. Laser marking made permanently identification that includes the adapter type and standards.
dimensions of ±0.0005 inches within ISO 594 luer taper standards for universal compatibility, NPT threads dimensions within ±0.001 inches per ASME B1.20.1, thread pitch diameter ±0.0003 inches, O-ring seal groove ±0.002 inches for O-ring groove closure, bore ±0.001 inches for tubing attachment, and concentricity 0.0005 inches for dual-ended leak interfaces, lock seam closure, and pipe thread taper of 1 degree 47 minutes.
Yes, we provide rapid prototyping to verify fit and test assembly, with same-day CAD-to-part capability available for critical projects. For custom automation cells and research platforms, we perform low-volume production of 20 to 500 brackets. For standardized robot models, we perform high-volume production of thousands to tens of thousands of brackets annually, incorporating complete dimensional inspection, flatness verification, and material certifications.
All components are manufactured under ISO 13485 certified quality management systems for medical devices, ensuring full compliance with FDA Class I and Class II medical devices, European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) requirements, ISO 594 standards for luer connectors global interoperability, ASME B1.20.1 for NPT threads, material biocompatibility testing per ISO 10993, complete traceability from raw material to finish product, and Good Manufacturing Practices for reliable connection and prevent misconnections and cross-contamination.
We provide comprehensive finishing solutions tailored to aerospace requirements:
Anodizing (Type II and Type III)
Passivation for corrosion resistance
Precision polishing for aerodynamic surfaces
Custom protective coatings and thermal barriers
Anodizing (Type II and Type III)
Passivation for corrosion resistance
Precision polishing for aerodynamic surfaces
Custom protective coatings and thermal barriers
Standard luer-to-tubing and thread converter adapters require 8–12 business days including Swiss turning, thread grinding, and quality verification, while custom multi-standard adapters with integrated valves need 3–4 weeks. Prototype adapters for compatibility testing can be completed in 6–9 days depending on material availability and thread specifications.
Yes, we do design enteral-specific adapters with ENFit connections which prevents dangerous IV misconnections per ISO 80369-3, high-pressure adapters for angiography systems which withstand 1200 psi, sterile disconnect adapters for the pharmaceutical transfer, multi-port manifold adapters that distribute fluid to 3 to 6 outlets, gas-specific adapters that have indexed connections to prevent wrong-gas hookups, autoclave-compatible plastic adapters that withstand 134°C for over 1000 cycles, low-dead-volume adapters which reduce the waste of medication and specialty designs for dialysis, anesthesia delivery, respiratory therapy, and laboratory automation that require standards compliance and misconnection prevention.
Precision machining ensures that luer taper dimensions match the needed standard of ±0.0005 inches. This guarantees that luer connectors will be universally compatible with syringes, luer connectors, and IV sets produced by different manufacturers. This not only ensures and meets ISO 594 standards but also guarantees leak proof and secure luer fittings. Precision machining also guarantees that threaded fittings will not decouple even with pull force exceeding 5 pounds and the clinical staff will be able to connect and disconnect sealed systems with ease. Gas systems with closed sealed systems use compressed gas at high pressure and shielded NPT thread machining permits gas leakage free control at 150 psi and above. Seal groove machining guarantees that O-ring pressure is maintained and leak rates are below 0. This guarantees that the drug delivery system is free from dead volume to reduce drug waste from 0.5 to 0.1 milliliters and the risk for bacterial colonization is also offset when the system is not compromised by internal surfaces of the system. Electropolishing surfaces improve system colonization and enhance dead volume. Selection of quality system surfaces improves safe chemical exposure to medications, anesthesia gas, and disinfectants ensuring safety for clinical staff. Versatile adapters enhance clinical performance, ensuring IV therapy, anesthesia delivery, enteral feeding, and respiratory support systems are safely instrumented. This performance increases safety for patients receiving treatment in critical care units.
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