Disposable Syringe Manufacturing

Beauty and Health Industry Pharmacology and Health Products

At the moment, in Russia, 70% of the syringes sold are imported. There will always be a demand for syringes, and if a domestic manufacturer appears in the region, then syringes will most likely be purchased from him, and not from imported suppliers.

A lot of expensive equipment will be needed to make syringes with an injection needle, and the total amount of investments required to start a business from scratch will be about 1 billion rubles. Some companies started by opening the production of disposable syringes without a needle, which saved money. When the business began to make a profit, they launched the release of a complete set. Also, many people buy imported needles for a complete set. It takes about 11-12 months to organize a syringe manufacturing business (equipment purchase, staff training, etc.).

Syringe: types and structure

In medicine, the syringe is widely used: it is used for various injections, for blood sampling, suction of pathological contents from cavities. The modern disposable syringe in structure is two-component (cylinder, piston) and three-component (cylinder, piston, rubber tip, lubricated with liquid for better sliding on the cylinder).

There are syringes in size:

  • small volume (0.3, 0.5 and 1 ml). They are used in endocrinology (insulin syringes), phthisiology (tuberculin syringes), neonatology, for vaccination and allergic intradermal tests.
  • standard volume (2, 3, 5, 10 and 20 ml). Used to perform subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous injections.
  • large volumes (30, 50, 60 and 100 ml). Used for suctioning liquids, introducing substances and washing.

The syringe has a different location of the tip on the cylinder:

  • coaxial (concentric). The location in the center of the cylinder. For a syringe with a volume of 1-11 ml.
  • eccentric. Location on the side. For a syringe with a volume of 22 ml or more.

There are three types of needle attachment:

  • Luer - the needle is put on the cylinder.
  • Luer-Lock - the needle is screwed into the cylinder.
  • non-removable needle integrated into the cylinder body (usually needles up to 1 ml in volume).

Production technology

The production room includes several departments: a cylinder and piston manufacturing line, storage rooms where raw materials are stored and received.

The cylinders and pistons of the syringe are made from polymeric raw materials (polyethylene, polypropylene) by casting on special machines equipped with molds. The raw material is poured into the hopper, the machine melts the mass, and then forms the necessary parts of the syringe. After casting and cooling, a scale is applied to the cylinders by offset printing or silk screen printing. Tips are put on the pistons, after which they are connected to the cylinders. The finished syringe is sterilized and packaged in blisters.

Equipment and raw materials

The syringe production line includes the following equipment:

  • casting machine (injection molding machine) - from 150 thousand rubles for a used one, from 1 to 2 million rubles for a new one;
  • molds (200 thousand rubles - 500 thousand rubles);
  • cooling machine - from 50 to 250 thousand rubles;
  • pneumoforming or vacuum molding machine for packaging - from 60-90 thousand rubles;
  • offset printing machine - about 300 thousand rubles;
  • syringe assembly machine (up to 24, 000 syringes / hour) - from 1 million rubles;
  • sterilizer - about 1 million rubles;

Total: about 4 million rubles.

Required raw materials:

  • polypropylene (30-75 rubles / kg). About 6-7 tons of raw materials will be spent on the production of 3 million syringes per month, the costs will be about 400 thousand rubles .;
  • rubber / silicone for the cuff from the piston (from 240 rubles / kg);
  • ink for printing (3-4 tons per month);

Room and staff

The industrial premises together with the warehouses should have an area of ​​2-5 thousand square meters. m. (depending on the volume of output), the height of the ceilings is at least 6 meters, spans - 12 m. Naturally, communications and electricity must be connected in the building. Location - no further than 500 meters from the nearest accommodation. Number of personnel on the production line:

  • raw materials preparation section (transportation of raw materials to the casting section, reception) - 2 operators, 2-3 workers;
  • casting area (automatic line) - 1-2 masters;
  • plotting scale - 1-2 operators;
  • packing area (automated) - 1-2 operators;
  • sterilization area - 1-2 operators;
  • quality control - 1 specialist;
  • Warehousing - 5-10 workers;

Total: a minimum of 15-20 people.

Requirements

The product must be tested in Rospotrebnadzor and receive a certificate of conformity. The required characteristics of the syringe and test methods are described in GOST R ISO 7886-4-2009.

Investments

The initial investment (when renting a room) will be about 7-8 million rubles. Monthly costs of about 3 million, income - 3, 5 - 6 million rubles. The cost of a syringe without a needle is 50 kopecks -2 rubles / pc.

Cherukhina Kristina

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