EProKry

When using medical devices, cleanliness is of paramount importance. Current manufacturing processes for these components require considerable subsequent cleaning efforts to eliminate manufacturing-related contamination. With the help of new process chains, this two-year research project aims to enable clean manufacturing through the use of cryogenic cooling. This will drastically reduce the current downstream and costly cleaning processes.

Against the backdrop of an aging society, particularly in Germany, and the associated increasing demand for instruments, implants, and components for medical devices, the innovations targeted here for efficient clean manufacturing are of great importance.

Four small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and WHZ as a research partner are jointly developing plant and process technology to implement the newly planned cryogenic process chain and will subsequently transfer this to a real production environment. The consortium is supported by associated partners such as the market-leading medical company B. Braun SE/Aesculap, the machine manufacturer Chiron Group SE, and the NMI.

Project partners:

Westsächsische Hochschule Zwickau (Fakultät Automobil- und Maschinenbau)

acp systems AG

Eggers Components GmbH

OTT-JAKOB Spanntechnik GmbH

IPlaCon GmbH