Strategies and Technologies for Molding Tight-Tolerance Medical Parts

Thomas Hoerl is the head of expert sales and key account global medical at KraussMaffei Technologies. Thomas holds a degree in mechanical engineering and master's degrees in business and engineering. For more than 20 years, Thomas Hörl has been working in the field of plastic injection molding for the medical market. He has successfully implemented projects in which injection molding machines in the clean room area produce GMP Class A parts and has implemented numerous other projects for the pharmaceutical industry. He has been an active member of the Association of German Engineers in the field of plastics in medical technology for 10 years.

Vijay is a plastics engineer with 18 years of experience in injection molding, specializing in advanced tooling and molding technologies, material properties, hot runners, screw design, micro molding, and flow simulation. Vijay also has eight years of experience in extrusion, thermoforming, and blow molding, and has numerous publications and nine patents in the field of polymer processing. Vijay is an active member of the Society of Plastics Engineers and is currently the councilor and golf chair of SPE Ontario and newsletter editor for the SPE medical plastics division.