Medical CNC Machining for Surgical, Orthopedic and Dental Parts
Send your drawing. We match it with machining suppliers that already work under ISO 13485, not shops that will learn your paperwork on your part. Reply within 24 business hours.
We are a matching service. We do not own machines and we do not hold ISO 13485 ourselves. This is what we check.
Why buyers send medical machining work here
It comes down to the match: suppliers that fit your part, from the first quote.
Matched by specialization
Your RFQ goes to up to 3 suppliers that run medical work, picked for your part family, material and tolerance. Not a general directory.
Professional suppliers
Suppliers in the network quote to your drawing, communicate clearly and keep you updated while your parts are made.
You deal with the supplier
Quotes, terms and delivery are agreed between you and the supplier. Free for buyers.
What we match
Machined components and machined sub-assemblies for device companies. Each family below asks a different thing of a shop, which is why a single supplier list rarely covers all of them.
Orthopedic and trauma
Bone screws, plates, rods, spinal cages and instruments in Ti-6Al-4V ELI and cobalt chrome. Usually Swiss turned or 5-axis milled.
Surgical instruments
Handles, jaws, drivers and retractors in 17-4 PH and martensitic stainless, built to survive several hundred autoclave cycles.
Dental
Abutments, prosthetic screws and bases in CP titanium and cobalt chrome, where the connection geometry decides whether the part is usable.
Endoscopy and minimally invasive
Thin wall tubes, tips, couplers and jaw links, small diameter work where a burr is a patient safety issue.
Robotics and capital equipment
Arms, housings, drive components and end effectors where positional tolerance across a large part sets the price.
Diagnostic and lab
Fluidic manifolds, cuvette blocks and fixtures in PEEK, PTFE and 316L, where internal cleanliness matters more than looks.
Critical features by application. Not on this list? Send it anyway. If we cannot match it we say so within 24 business hours instead of leaving you waiting.
What changes with device class
The drawing may be identical. What the supplier has to prove is not. Classification is your call as the device maker, not ours. This is a rough guide to what suppliers are usually asked for.
Most Class I devices are exempt from premarket review. Suppliers are normally asked for lot traceability, a controlled process and a certificate of conformity. A strong ISO 9001 shop with real lot control is sometimes accepted.
- Lot traceability to the mill certificate
- Certificate of conformity per lot
- ISO 9001 as a floor, ISO 13485 preferred
The 510(k) route, and where most machined device components sit. Design outputs are locked, so the supplier has to work under change control and cannot quietly move a tool, a process or a sub-tier.
- Current ISO 13485 certificate
- First article inspection and dimensional report per revision
- Written change control and no silent process change
- Material certificate per heat or lot
Premarket approval, life sustaining devices and high risk implants. Expect a supplier that has already been through a customer or notified body audit and can show validation evidence rather than describe it.
- Process validation records, IQ, OQ and PQ
- Device history record entries per lot
- On-site supplier audit expected
- Validated cleaning and packaging
US FDA classes shown. The EU MDR uses Class I, IIa, IIb and III with a similar escalation in what a supplier has to evidence. The QMSR took effect in February 2026 and changed how you have to control a machining supplier. What it changed.
Implant and instrument materials, and what they cost you in machining
Standards below are the public material standards a part can be released against. They describe the material, never a promise from a shop. The machining notes are what suppliers actually quote against.
| Material | Standard | Where it shows up | What it means on the floor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ti-6Al-4V ELI, Grade 23 | ASTM F136, ISO 5832-3 | Bone screws, plates, spinal cages, trauma hardware | Low thermal conductivity, so heat stays in the cutting edge. Slow surface speed, high pressure coolant and sharp carbide. Tool cost is a real line in the quote. |
| CP titanium, Grade 2 and Grade 4 | ASTM F67, ISO 5832-2 | Dental implants and abutments, cranial mesh, housings | Softer and gummier than Grade 23. It smears and builds up on the edge instead of breaking the chip, so finish and burr control take the time. |
| 316L and 316LVM stainless | ASTM F138 and F139, ISO 5832-1 | Instruments, temporary fixation, fluidic parts | Work hardens quickly. A tool that rubs once makes the next pass harder. Needs passivation after machining and shows every scratch on a polished face. |
| 17-4 PH stainless, H900 or H1150 | ASTM A564, AMS 5643 | Reusable instrument bodies, jaws, drivers | Machined soft then aged, or machined in condition H1150. Not an implant grade. Heat treat condition has to be on the drawing or you get a different part. |
| Cobalt chrome, CoCrMo | ASTM F75 cast, F1537 wrought, ISO 5832-12 | Knee femoral components, hip heads, dental frameworks | The hardest of the group on a tool. Tool life, not machine time, is usually the cost driver, and finishing is often ground or polished rather than cut. |
| PEEK, implant grade | ASTM F2026 | Spinal interbody cages, trials, instrument handles | Cuts easily and deceives people. Heat and clamping stress cause crazing, and any contamination from a steel job on the same machine is a rejection. |
| UHMWPE | ASTM F648, ISO 5834-2 | Knee inserts, acetabular liners | Springs back off the tool and melts at a low temperature. Very sharp tools, light cuts and no heat. Measuring it accurately is its own problem. |
| Nitinol | ASTM F2063 | Guide wires, stents, staples, flexible instruments | Superelastic, so it moves away from the tool and springs back. Often ground, laser cut or EDM cut rather than milled. Ask before you assume a mill can do it. |
Put the material standard on the drawing, not just the alloy name. Ti-6Al-4V and Ti-6Al-4V ELI released to ASTM F136 are not the same purchase. Titanium, 316L and PEEK compared. All grades with ASTM, ISO and UNS designations.
What a medical shop brings that a general shop does not
A good general shop can hold the tolerance. The difference is everything that has to exist around the part before your quality team can accept it.
How to qualify a medical machining supplier
How to read an ISO 13485 certificate properly
What we check before a supplier sees your RFQ
Machining processes, post-processing and what gets validated
- ISO 13485 quality systemDocument control, CAPA, management review and supplier control written down and audited. It is not ISO 9001 with a medical sticker on it.
- Material traceabilityHeat or lot number carried from the mill certificate, EN 10204 3.1 or the ASTM equivalent, through every operation to the finished lot.
- Process validationIQ, OQ and PQ for machining, cleaning and passivation, needed wherever the result cannot be fully verified by inspecting the finished part.
- Passivation and electropolish recordsASTM A967 or AMS 2700 for stainless passivation, ASTM B912 for electropolish, with the bath, time and test result recorded per lot.
- Cleaning and packagingA validated clean, a cleanliness or bioburden limit and a pack that matches your device master record, not whatever bag was on the bench.
- UDI laser markingA permanent mark that still reads after passivation, cleaning and several hundred autoclave cycles, and that does not create a crack starter on a loaded surface.
- Inspection evidenceFirst article inspection, a CMM or vision report against the drawing revision and gage studies where the feature is small enough to need them.
- Change controlNo quiet change to a tool, a process, a coolant or a sub-tier supplier without telling you first. This is where most supplier problems actually start.
How it works
One RFQ from you. A short list of suppliers that fit. No bidding platform and no middleman on the order.
Send your RFQ
Upload a STEP file or PDF drawing and tell us the material standard, quantity, tolerance, surface treatment and the quality requirement. Takes about five minutes.
We match up to 3 suppliers
We read the drawing and pick shops whose machines, materials and certificate fit the request. You hear from us within 24 business hours.
Suppliers quote you directly
Each supplier contacts you with a quote. You run your own qualification, sign your own quality agreement and place the order yourself.
What drives the price of a machined medical component
Six things decide most medical quotes. If a price looks high, one of these is usually the reason, and three of them you can change on the drawing before you ask.
- Material and its certificateELI bar released to ASTM F136 with full traceability costs several times commercial Grade 5. The certificate, not the metal, is a large part of the gap.
- Tool lifeTitanium and cobalt chrome eat carbide. On implant work the tooling line can be larger than the machine time line, and it scales with how tight the finish is.
- Tolerance and surface finishRa 0.4 micrometre or better on a bearing or mating surface means a finishing route and often hand polishing, which does not get cheaper with quantity.
- Documentation and validationFirst article, dimensional reports, validation runs and lot records are real hours. On a small lot they can be more than the cutting.
- Post-processingPassivation, electropolish, titanium anodising, laser marking, cleaning and controlled packaging each add cost, a handoff and a few days of lead time.
- Lot size and setupMedical lots are often small and repeat. Fixturing for a repeat lot is worth paying for once, so tell the supplier the annual quantity and not just this order.
Have a drawing ready?
Send the short version now. We will ask for anything missing. To give full details up front, including traceability and marking requirements, use the full RFQ form.
Your files go only to the suppliers we match. Ask for an NDA and nothing is shared until it is signed.
Run medical work under ISO 13485? Get RFQs that suit it.
Suppliers see a preview of each request before paying for it and talk to the buyer directly. We take no commission on the order.
Run a passivation, marking, sterilization, heat treat or testing service?
List it so a machining supplier we matched can bring you in as a sub-tier. Same disclosed check, no commission.
Questions buyers ask
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Do you machine the parts yourselves?
No. We are a matching service, not a machine shop and not a contract manufacturer. We read your RFQ and pass it to machining suppliers that already run medical work. They quote you directly and you place the order with the one you pick.
Are the suppliers ISO 13485 certified?
We only pass medical component RFQs to shops that give us a current ISO 13485 certificate number, the issuing body and the expiry date at registration. We do not hold that certificate ourselves and we are not a registered device establishment. Verify the certificate with the supplier and its certification body before you release a purchase order.
Is this free for buyers?
Yes. Sending an RFQ and receiving quotes costs you nothing. Suppliers pay us for matched requests. Price, terms, quality agreement and delivery are agreed between you and the supplier.
Who sees my drawing?
Suppliers first see a short preview: part family, material, size, quantity, tolerance, surface treatment and quality requirement. It does not carry your name, your company or your files. Your contact details and files go only to the shops we match, up to 3. If you ask for an NDA we hold the files until it is signed.
Can you match a finished device, not just components?
We match machined components and machined sub-assemblies. A finished device that has to be cleaned, sterilised, labelled and released under your DMR is a different scope. Say so in the RFQ and we will tell you plainly whether we can match it rather than waste your week.
What should I send with the RFQ?
A STEP file plus a PDF drawing with tolerances, the material and its standard, surface treatment, cleanliness requirement, marking requirement and lot size. If the part already sits on a device master record, give the drawing revision so a supplier quotes the right one.
Will you qualify the supplier for me?
No. Supplier qualification, the audit and the quality agreement stay with you, because they are part of your own quality system. We make the introduction and tell you what each shop says it holds, which is where your own check starts, not where it ends.
Guides for device buyers
- Quality and Compliance
Supplier Change Notification: What a Machining Shop Must Tell You and What You Do With It
A machining supplier should tell you before it changes material source, sub-tier, process route, coolant or site. What the notice must hold and your next step.
- Quality and Compliance
ISO 10993 and Cutting Fluids: How Machining Residue Enters the Biological Evaluation
ISO 10993 evaluates the finished device, not the shop, yet cutting fluid residue enters that evaluation. What to ask the machine shop and what to specify.
- Regulatory
EU MDR and Machined Components: The Documents to Request From Your Machining Supplier
The EU MDR names no document list for component shops. It does require sites, validation, control and records. Which supplier documents prove each requirement.