Rainbow-Dukane are world leaders in ultrasonic welding and joining solutions for the medical and pharmaceutical industries.

 The Plastics Industry Award, 2009 Winner: Rainbow Medical - Best Technology Application

Rainbow Medical Engineering has a commitment to providing a high quality service, attention to detail and reactivity to your manufacturing problems. We consider no job as too small and our reach is Global. In fact, we support many of our clients in manufacturing sites around the world, in particular in Eastern Europe, South-East Asia as well as the United States.

Application of ultrasonic welding

Examples of applications which Rainbow Medical Engineering has developed include:

  • assembly of inhaler, ocular, parenteral and nasal devices
  • cutting and/or welding of polymeric films (fill/wrap/seal operations) e.g. transdermal patches, enrobing systems
  • assembly of polymeric drug delivery devices
  • assembly of diagnostic equipment and test kits
  • surgical devices
  • production of child resistant or tamper evident packaging systems/pouches/sachets
  • creating apertures

For more information please read our article in Medical Device Technology , The Power of Ultrasonics, Vol 16, Pages 32-34, 2005.

 catheter cutter

 Featured Product

Catheter Cutter

A leading medical company was keen to find a technical solution to particular problems caused to patients by urinary catheters

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medical

 medical

We manufacture ultrasonic welding equipment especially capable of measured performance with all necessary SPC control, enabling the client to continually produce quality products  read more about our medical product range

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pharmaceutical

 pharmaceutical

Working with many major pharmaceutical companies we develop new generation tablet and ultrasonic capsule joining technologies from proof of concept to production  read more about our pharmaceutical product range

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MEDTECIreland2011

 MEDTEC Ireland

MEDTEC Ireland, the knowledge bank for medical device technology professionals, has moved to Cork for 2011. Rainbow Medical Engineering Ltd will have a booth at Medtec so please visit us to discuss your application needs. 5-6 October 2011  read more information about MEDTEC Ireland 2011

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newsandevents

 news and events

The use of ultrasonic welding and processing in medical device manufacturing is gaining momentum. A number of example medical applications are described that demonstrate the utilisation of ultrasonic welding and joining processes in their manufacturing cycle.  read more about news and events concerning rainbow medical

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carbonfootprintreduction

 ultrasonic welding reduces your CO2 footprint

Some estimates put the energy saving to well over 1000 times more efficient due to conventional heat sealing operations being operated continuously i.e. the sealing heads are always hot which is not the case with ultrasonic welding