Pilot and clinical builds
Real parts in the intended grade, without the full production tooling cost.
Compression moulding · Medical compression
Medical compression moulding.
Not every medical part needs an LSR injection tool. For early device builds, low-volume products and larger components, compression moulding in a documented medical grade is often the proportionate answer.
The detail
Proportionate tooling for medical parts
Medical device programmes often start small: clinical builds, pilot batches, niche devices with modest annual demand. Committing to a full LSR injection tool at that stage can tie up money the programme needs elsewhere.
Compression moulding in a medical-grade HCR lets you build with a documented material from the start, then move to LSR later if volume justifies it. The paperwork carries across; only the process changes. See our medical-grade manufacturing page for how we handle documentation.
Where it fits
Where it fits
Low-volume devices
Specialist products where annual demand never justifies LSR tooling.
Larger components
Pads, bellows and covers too large to make sense in LSR.
How we run it
How we handle it
Grade agreed and documented
Supplier, grade and data sheets recorded at the start.
Batch traceability
Material batch recorded against every production batch.
Clean handling and packing
Parts handled with gloves and packed in sealed bags to your specification.
Change control
No grade, supplier or process change without your written agreement.
To quote it
To quote it
The drawing
With the features that matter clinically marked.
The grade, or its requirements
Skin contact, duration of contact and any sterilisation method.
Volumes now and later
So we can plan whether and when to move to LSR.
Your documentation needs
What your quality system expects to receive with each batch.
At a glance
The idea in a picture.
Which route suits your quantity
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Questions
What people usually ask.
Do you hold medical device certification?
We manufacture components for device makers using documented medical-grade materials with batch traceability. The device certification itself sits with you, the manufacturer. We'll support your file with the records you need.
Can you sterilise parts?
We don't sterilise in-house. We pack to suit your sterilisation route and can work with your chosen sterilisation partner.
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Get in touch
Tell us the part, the volume, and the timeline.
Rough annual volume, target unit price, and any deadlines. That's enough to work out whether compression, LSR injection or something else is the right tool.
Real people, a real workshop
You deal with the people who make it.
No call centre and no middlemen. When you contact TCI Products, you speak to the team who design, build and check your mould.
- A real Warwickshire workshopUnit 15, Waterloo Park, Bidford-on-Avon, Alcester B50 4JG.
- Real people on the phoneCall the team on 01789 224228, Monday to Friday.
- The same team on every jobDesign, production and aftercare come from the people you see here.
- Part of TCI GroupFive specialist brands, one engineering team. Visit TCI Group.
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