
Bentec: Providing the next generation in silicone
manufacturing
Bentec specializes in manufacturing the highest
quality silicone products for the medical device
industry. The company has ISO 13485: 2003, FDA
and CE Registrations for our products. Bentec manufactures
silicone medical components including molded, extruded,
calendered, and assembled products. Our professional
services can assist in the areas of design, engineering,
prototyping and small to high volume production.
Understanding
your business is our business. Bentec has a history
of innovative thinking, the ability
to meet significant design challenges, and an
understanding of cost and value. Our customers
are our partners
and we take a team approach to meeting your needs;
involving every department from engineering to
customer service. Our unique approach to custom
manufacturing allows for flexible, rapid and
cost efficient solutions to meet our customers
needs.
Since
1985, Bentec has been one of the few completely
integrated suppliers of custom manufactured medical
devices. Our Northern CA facility offers the
most up-to-date in-house capabilities for design,
prototype,
and fabrication of the highest quality silicone
components and assemblies. This means that when
you have an unusual or difficult component need;
we can help develop the product that precisely
meets your strictest specifications. Coming up
with solutions to meet even the most challenging
design problems is one of our greatest strengths.
The key to our success has been a philosophy
of “not
leaving well enough alone”.
Bentec provides a wall to wall solution for your
project needs. \
Extrusion
Bentec has extensive extrusion
capabilities ranging from single lumen tubing
to co-extrusions and multi-lumen
tubing with up to 22 lumens and more possible.
Our proprietary extrusion processes allow us
the ability of easily holding tolerances of +/-
.001” and
in some instances +/- .0005”.
Extruded profiles
are limited only by your imagination, plus some
laws of physics. Additional equipment
includes multiple-axis laser micrometers and
on-line cut-to-length machinery.
Molding
With a variety of state of the art molding presses,
Bentec has the option for utilizing the optimum
molding method for your product design and
budget. Bentec uses the following methods for
silicone
molding: liquid injection, gum injection, transfer
molding and compression molding. Our molding
philosophy is to minimize secondary operations
by always build
the best mold and running it on the best equipment.
Calendering
Bentec has some of the most extensive calendering
experience in the industry with unparalleled
quality and consistency. Utilizing the silicone
formulation
of your choice, Bentec has the ability of
fabricating thicknesses ranging from .003” to
.125” for
non-reinforced sheeting and .006” to
.150” for
reinforced sheeting. We can supply both vulcanized
and un-vulcanized silicone sheeting in both
sheet stock or as a continuous roll.
Assembly
Bentec performs assembly and sub-assembly
of medical devices with the capability
of utilizing
our certified
Class 10,000 and Class 100,000 clean rooms.
Bentec assembles specified silicone and
non silicone products and provides all
necessary
testing in-house.
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