For over 70 years, Southco has helped Equipment OEMs solve and overcome engineering challenges. Our passion, vision and focus today is to help customers differentiate their products’ with Southco’s durable access hardware products. Southco Medical Equipment solutions offer an enhanced end user experience and increased security to help you meet regulatory requirements and patient needs.
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Why Southco?
Supporting the Medical Industry
Supporting the Medical Industry
For over 100 years, Southco has helped Equipment OEMs solve and overcome engineering challenges. Our passion, vision and focus today is to help customers differentiate their products’ with Southco’s durable access hardware products. Southco Medical Equipment solutions offer an enhanced end user experience and increased security to help you meet regulatory requirements and patient needs.
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Enhance Security & Reduce Infection Risk
Southco’s electronic locking and latching solutions restrict and monitor access to equipment containing controlled substances and patient records, while removing the need for physical keys to help reduce the spread of infection.
Enhance Security & Reduce Infection Risk
Southco’s electronic locking and latching solutions restrict and monitor access to equipment containing controlled substances and patient records, while removing the need for physical keys to help reduce the spread of infection.
Maximum Strength for Small Applications
Compact solutions provide high mechanical strength in a smaller package, providing reliable latching for medical applications with restricted space.
Maximum Strength for Small Applications
Compact solutions provide high mechanical strength in a smaller package, providing reliable latching for medical applications with restricted space.
Durable Equipment Performance
Southco offers engineered access hardware to solve multiple design challenges, with latches, fasteners and hinges designed to reduce vibration, noise and corrosion.
Durable Equipment Performance
Southco offers engineered access hardware to solve multiple design challenges, with latches, fasteners and hinges designed to reduce vibration, noise and corrosion.
Controlled Positioning of Equipment
Southco’s Position Technology Hinges, Display Mounts and Counterbalance Mechanisms enable secure opening and easy positioning of heavy equipment lids and monitors. Reliable position control ensures the prevention of drift and repeated manual adjustment.
Controlled Positioning of Equipment
Southco’s Position Technology Hinges, Display Mounts and Counterbalance Mechanisms enable secure opening and easy positioning of heavy equipment lids and monitors. Reliable position control ensures the prevention of drift and repeated manual adjustment.
Safeguarding Hygiene & Safety
Concealed hardware enables easy cleaning and snag free surfaces, while IP69K graded latches help to comply with hygiene standards. Captive hardware reduces the risk of falling or lost parts on essential guards and panels.
Safeguarding Hygiene & Safety
Concealed hardware enables easy cleaning and snag free surfaces, while IP69K graded latches help to comply with hygiene standards. Captive hardware reduces the risk of falling or lost parts on essential guards and panels.
Innovative Solutions for Healthcare Robotics
Southco’s electronic locking and latching solutions allow for remote access control and monitoring of access panels on Point of Care equipment and sterilization robots.
Innovative Solutions for Healthcare Robotics
Southco’s electronic locking and latching solutions allow for remote access control and monitoring of access panels on Point of Care equipment and sterilization robots.
Products
Counterbalance Hinges
Counterbalance Hinges neutralize the weight of heavy panels and lids, enabling more secure and ergonomic user operation.
Counterbalance Hinges
Counterbalance Hinges neutralize the weight of heavy panels and lids, enabling more secure and ergonomic user operation.
Display Mounts
Learn how Southco’s proprietary Positioning Technology provides the exact operating effort required to position medical equipment and displays without drift or manual adjustment.
Display Mounts
Learn how Southco’s proprietary Positioning Technology provides the exact operating effort required to position medical equipment and displays without drift or manual adjustment.
Electronic Access Solutions
Southco’s electronic locking and latching solutions restrict and monitor access to equipment containing controlled substances and patient records.
Electronic Access Solutions
Southco’s electronic locking and latching solutions restrict and monitor access to equipment containing controlled substances and patient records.
IP69K Compression Latch
Sealed versions of our E3 VISE ACTION® Compression Latch series resist high-temperature, high-pressure power washing and chemical cleaning, and comply with DIN EN1672-2 and IP69K.
IP69K Compression Latch
Sealed versions of our E3 VISE ACTION® Compression Latch series resist high-temperature, high-pressure power washing and chemical cleaning, and comply with DIN EN1672-2 and IP69K.
Captive Fasteners
DZUS® Quarter-Turn Fasteners provide quick access to medical equipment and are available in captive option that reduces the risk of lost or falling parts.
Captive Fasteners
DZUS® Quarter-Turn Fasteners provide quick access to medical equipment and are available in captive option that reduces the risk of lost or falling parts.
Concealed Hinges & Latches
Concealed rotary latches provide high strength latching for security and durability, with easy push-to-close operation. Concealed mechanisms also enable easy cleaning and snag free surfaces.
Concealed Hinges & Latches
Concealed rotary latches provide high strength latching for security and durability, with easy push-to-close operation. Concealed mechanisms also enable easy cleaning and snag free surfaces.
About Southco
150+ experienced sales engineers and 75+ design engineers globally
Provide total program management from design concept to production
17 manufacturing and stocking locations in 9 countries
Global leader in Engineered Access Solutions for over 70 years
Serving 100,000+ customers in 83 countries
Global footprint with sales, distribution, engineering and customer service in 30+ countries