When production processes or product requirements change, you frequently have to spec new or different materials. Here are some that could upgrade your customer’s existing products or even help launch new ones. PolyMed composite tubing is a non-conductive, electrically safe, insulating material. Several suppliers have developed materials … [Read more...] about Unique Materials for Medical and Alternative Energy Applications
Tubing Components
Polycarbonate Fittings for Medical
The FitQuik™ product line includes hose barb to hose barb tees, straights, elbows and Ys along with luers, all in medical-grade polycarbonate material. The polycarbonate fittings suit applications requiring biocompatibility, robustness and heat resistance. FitQuik Connectors feature precise hose barbs and thread forms to ensure a secure, … [Read more...] about Polycarbonate Fittings for Medical
Design Team Tackles Connector Challenge
By Jim Brown, Business Unit Manager, Colder Products Company, St. Paul, Minn. Misconnected tubing in medical settings can cause serious problems. However, advances in connection technology can help eliminate these issues. This new connector allows free tubing rotation to prevent accidental disconnection during use. Accidental tubing … [Read more...] about Design Team Tackles Connector Challenge
5 Pitfalls to Avoid when Outsourcing Metal Tubing
When working with metal tubing suppliers, attention to a few key details can ensure your medical device design stays on time and under budget. 1 Watch tolerance stacking. When you are figuring tolerances in terms of upper and lower extremes, also take into account tolerance stacking and the effects of secondary operations and ID clearance issues. … [Read more...] about 5 Pitfalls to Avoid when Outsourcing Metal Tubing
PolyOne’s Custom TPEs Help Eldon James Create RoHS-Compliant Medical Tubing and Fittings
PolyOne’s GLS Thermoplastic Elastomer group recently announced that Eldon James Corporation, a medical products manufacturer, recently selected GLS clear customized thermoplastic elastomers to create a new line of medical tubing and fittings. Eldon James’ strong commitment to technological innovation and anticipation of customer need … [Read more...] about PolyOne’s Custom TPEs Help Eldon James Create RoHS-Compliant Medical Tubing and Fittings
NewAge® Industries Takes Steps to Go Green
Southampton, PA — NewAge® Industries, the maker of AdvantaPure® products for pharmaceutical and biotech industries and a manufacturer of plastic tubing and rubber hose, recently took several steps to support the green effort. It revamped its trash disposal system to increase recycling, completed several building improvements, and … [Read more...] about NewAge® Industries Takes Steps to Go Green
Single Lumen Tubing from Precision Extrusion
Single-Lumen tubing has a single channel running through its interior. Single lumen tubing has an Outer Diameter (OD), an Inner Diameter (ID), and a wall thickness between the ID and the OD. We can extrude single lumen tubing with OD's as large as .5", ID's as small as .002", and walls as thin as .002". Tolerances can be as tight as +/- .0005". … [Read more...] about Single Lumen Tubing from Precision Extrusion
It’s Show Time!
The Medical Design and Manufacturing West exposition and conference brings together the latest advances, leading suppliers, and technical experts in the field, offering engineers a one-stop look at what’s going on in medical design. This year’s show features four special-focus business pavilions: Precision Tec, MEDPAK, and new for 2007, Quality, … [Read more...] about It’s Show Time!
