Precision Grinding Capability
Precision
Grind
Shaped around your specification.
Centreless-ground wire and slender, controlled profiles: stepped, tapered and multi-diameter core wires and mandrels for medical device, catheter and guidewire applications, with selected aerospace and specialist industrial use cases.
µm-Level Diameters
Tight diameter and roundness control down the full length.
Centreless Grinding
Straight, stepped and tapered profiles ground with repeatable control.
Proven Expertise
Hundreds of years of combined precision wire-grinding experience.
- Stainless Steel
- Nitinol
- MP35N®
- Titanium
- Platinum
- Platinum-Iridium
- Phynox®
- Elgiloy®
- Inconel®
- Alloy C276
- Tungsten
- Palladium
- Precious alloys
01Grinding Capabilities
Precision grinding, engineered end to end.
High-precision ground profiles across a wide range of diameters, materials and geometries. Slender core wires held true along their full length and verified on every run. Configure yours below, or share a few inputs and we’ll advise.
- µm
- Diameter control
- Multi-Ø
- Stepped & tapered
- 100%
- Inspection where required
Why engineers choose SCS
Medical-first grinding
Optimised for core wires, mandrels and slender profiles for minimally invasive devices.
Centreless capability
Straight-through and infeed grinding for controlled diameters, tapers and steps.
Experienced team
Career grinders on the machines, running complex profiles to your drawing.
Prototype to production
From first ground samples to validated, repeatable full-scale manufacture.
Straight diameters, tapers, steps and multi-diameter transitions, ground to your drawing and held consistent along slender lengths, run after run.
- Profiles
- Straight · tapered · stepped
- Diameters
- Multi-diameter, to drawing
- Diameter control
- Held to microns
- Transitions
- Steps & smooth tapers
- Surface
- Fine ground finish
- Lengths
- Slender, to drawing
Precision, quantified
02Configure a Profile · Live
Your precision profile, resolved in real time.
Spec a precision-ground profile (stock, length and the ground zones), watch it resolve to scale in real time, then drag the caliper along the part to read the diameter at any station, and send the spec straight to our engineers.
- Stock Ø
- 2mm
- Min ground Ø
- 0.9mm
- Ø reduction
- 1.1mm
- Overall length
- 120mm
- Ground zones
- 2
- Aspect L/Ø
- 133×
Initial profile for discussion only. Figures are geometric estimates. Final manufacturability, tolerances, surface finish and process route are subject to SCS engineering review.
Discuss this grind profile03Case Studies
Profile problems we’ve solved.
Transport mandrel · supply localisation
High volume transport mandrel, enabling factory transfer and delivering cost reduction
A Tier 1 OEM moving manufacturing out of the US needed a proven European supplier for a high-volume transport mandrel on a critical product.
Irish design site and European manufacturing site supported together.
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Steerable catheter · prototype mandrels
Accelerating R&D innovation: thirty ground profile mandrels, six variants, all in 5 business days
A Tier 1 OEM's Irish R&D team needed complex multi-taper mandrels for a next-generation steerable catheter, across a wide range of spec variations, under tight timelines.
30 ground profile mandrels across 6 variants, shipped in 5 business days.
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Urology · shaped mandrel
Nitinol pig tail mandrels improve catheter production yields
A global urology leader moving a catheter line from the US to Europe needed a pigtail-shaped mandrel. Stainless trials were losing yield to heat damage during forming.
Yields improved, then rolled out to adjacent product lines.
Discuss a similar profile04Quality & Inspection
Built on quality, proven in detail.
Every profile runs under one quality management system, compliant to all three standards. ISO 9001 for Industrial, AS9100D for Aerospace and ISO 13485 for Medical applications. Inspected, documented and traceable from wire certificate to despatch.
05Medical & Other Applications
Profiles ground for every critical field.
Medical
01Precision-ground core wires, mandrels and profiles for catheters, guidewires and minimally invasive programmes.
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02High-reliability ground pins, shafts and slender profiles for selected aerospace systems and assemblies.
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03Specialist ground components for demanding industrial, energy and precision equipment applications.
Explore industrialPrototype to production
Early-stage grind requirements get real engineering input and a clear next step for your drawings.
06Related Services
One partner, multiple solutions.
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Custom coil winding and precision coiled wire components for medical and demanding applications.
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Wire Forming
Complex wire forms, bends and assemblies produced with precision.
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Value Add Services
Secondary operations, assembly, cleaning and packaging tailored to your requirements.
Explore services07Have a grind requirement to discuss?
Let’s engineer your profile.
Share the application, material, profile or drawing/sketch if available. We’ll advise on feasibility, process approach, inspection needs and next steps.
- DFM feedback on your drawing
- Material & tolerance guidance
- A clear next step on feasibility