A new implant-grade silicone rubber that allows faster extrusion line speeds has been introduced by Applied Silicone Corp. (Santa Paula, CA), a global supplier of long-term implantable silicones for ...
ANAHEIM, CA (February 12, 2013) – Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) HealthCare Markets, a leading supplier of innovative products that deliver results for the most demanding medical ...
The Guill Series 500 crosshead with Mechanically Assisted Gum Space (MAGS) adjustment was designed for the flow characteristics of elastomeric compounds. Exhibiting at MD&M West 2025, three members of ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. and FORT WAYNE, Ind., Jan. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trelleborg Sealing Solutions highlights innovative silicone processing and medical device solutions, and introduces new ...
Increasingly smaller medical devices require tighter tolerances that make extrusion process control more difficult. Photos courtesy of TEEL PLASTICS INC. As medical devices get smaller and tolerances ...
At Pharmapack, Trelleborg’s healthcare & medical operation will highlight its GeoTrans™ geometric transition extrusion technology. Using High Consistency Rubber (HCR) silicone, this process reduces ...
Guill Tool & Engineering has developed a reciprocal tubing die design. Unique features eliminate the need to weld or otherwise join sections with different profiles together. Traditional tip-and-die ...
The trend toward more minimally invasive surgery has increased the demand for more features to be included in catheters without an increase in their size. Often these new catheters include conductors ...
Extrusion is a process used for creating a product (an extrudate) by forcing a material through a die or an orifice to form a shape, or alternatively an extruder is used to produce semi-finished or ...