The manufacturing of medical devices requires precision. After all, lives, lawsuits, and reputations are at all stake when manufacturing anything more complex than a tongue depressor. Exposure to risk increases in especially critical applications, such as implantable medical devices. As such, all medical devices are regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. To meet production standards, medical manufacturers must use tools that can effectively measure and limit torque delivery.

Medical Torque Matters: Choose Mountz

Meeting Medical Torque Standards

Manufacturers must adhere to published standards for process quality. Following standards ensures manufacturers that their medical products will perform up to specifications, do no harm to patients, and incite no penalties from the FDA. In order to meet standards, fasteners like screws and bolts must be torqued to proper values.

Fasteners which are tightened too far, or over-torqued, may warp, defom, or shear. Fasteners which are not tightened far enough, or under-torqued, may back out and fall out of their assembly. When a single fastener fails, it increases stress on all the other fasteners in the assembly, creating the potential for a cascading failure.

Choosing Medical Torque Tools

In order to be certain your fasteners receive the right amount of torque, you must use a tool which accurately measures the amount of torque it delivers. To remove the possibility of error, this tool should also mechanically prevent its operator from delivering too much torque.

Consider the following torque tools for medical manufacturing.

Hand Tools for Medical Device Manufacturing

Break Over Wrenches

Break-Over Wrenches

Precisely delivers and limits small amounts of torque.

Cam over Wrenches

Cam-Over Wrenches

Precisely delivers and limits torque.

Adjustable screwdrivers

Adjustable Screwdrivers

Precisely limits torque. Useful for assemblies with multiple torque values.

Preset Screwdrivers

Preset Screwdrivers

Precisely limits torque. Useful for assemblies with fixed torque values. Prevents mistakes in torque selection.

Clean Room Screwdrivers

Clean Room Screwdrivers

Exceeds standards for Class 100 clean room environments.

Power Tools and Accessories for Medical Device Manufacturing

DC Control Tools

DC Control Tools

Control system for electric screwdrivers.

Electric Screwdrivers

Electric Screwdrivers

Useful for rapid production. ESD safe screwdrivers are used for medical electronics assembly.

Automation Screwdrivers

Automatoin Screwdrivers

Fully automatic screwdriver system.

Screw Counters

Screw Counters

Tracks screw delivery and detects errors.

Screw Presenters

Screw Presenters

Increases production efficiency over loose bins or shaker trays.

Mountz Inc. knows how critical proper torque is in the medical field. That’s why Mountz hand torque screwdrivers meet or exceed the principal requirements of International Standard ISO 6789. We build our tools to the highest standards so you and the patients you build for can rely on your products. To see our full line of products, download our catalog. To inquire about price, request a quote. To request a demonstration, schedule an appointment. If you have questions, we’re happy to answer them.