Tolomatic's new RSX hydraulic-class electric linear rod actuator meets the need for extreme forces and is an ideal choice for replacing hydraulic cylinders. Designed and tested for 100% duty cycle, the actuator's roller-screw drive ensures long, consistent life. Applications include pressing, punching, stamping, riveting, fastening, joining, … [Read more...] about RSX extreme-force actuator designed for hydraulic cylinder replacement
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Bluestar Silicones and Graham Engineering partner for medical tubing testing and development
Graham Engineering and Bluestar Silicones jointly announced that Graham Engineering will lend equipment, including an American Kuhne 1.5 in. ULTRA RS silicone lab extruder and extrusion processing expertise, to create a silicone extrusion line at Bluestar Silicones’s 226,000 square foot technical center in York, S.C. for the collaboration. The … [Read more...] about Bluestar Silicones and Graham Engineering partner for medical tubing testing and development
Trelleborg delivers low-friction seals to support infusion pumps
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions showcases its wide range of medical device and life science solutions including liquid silicone rubber parts, coatings, tubing and hose and an array of rubber-molded and multi-component products used to support advanced infusion devices and transdermal drug delivery at MD&M East in New York City. The choice of … [Read more...] about Trelleborg delivers low-friction seals to support infusion pumps
Simple, yet essential: Innovation in medical tubing design
Like the human bodies they’re designed to treat, medical devices are often composed of disparate systems. Linking those systems, much like the vasculature of the human body, are systems of tubes. Tubing provides passage for gas, fluid, electronics, and even micro-sized devices to travel seamlessly. With modern designs, tubes are often slated to … [Read more...] about Simple, yet essential: Innovation in medical tubing design
What are tubing connectors?
Tubing connectors for medical applications come in an almost endless variety, but the recent thrust in their design is to prevent accidental connections. For instance, by one estimate a hospital room could have nine different fluids in use, making the possibility of a misconnection too high. That makes it important to have a simple and repeatable … [Read more...] about What are tubing connectors?
12-page paper explains thin-wall polyester heat-shrink tubing for medical devices
Vention Medical offers this 12 page brochure to discuss company capabilities. It is written by the company CTO Mark Saab. The Introduction and first page are here. For the rest: http://goo.gl/c6Zqpm The demand for less-invasive medical procedures is a major driving force in the medical device industry today. Smaller and thinner is better, … [Read more...] about 12-page paper explains thin-wall polyester heat-shrink tubing for medical devices
Industry’s broadest range of compounds for tubing to be featured at MD&M West 2016
Teknor Apex Company has developed the industry’s broadest range of compounds for tubing, and it will feature these products at MD&M West 2016 (Booth 2438). Teknor Apex now offers a comprehensive portfolio of medical-grade tubing compounds, including Apex flexible PVC, Flexalloy PVC elastomers, and Medalist® thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs). In … [Read more...] about Industry’s broadest range of compounds for tubing to be featured at MD&M West 2016
CPC quick disconnect products adds dual port couplings
CPC (Colder Products Company), the leading provider of quick disconnect couplings and fittings for plastic tubing, announces the addition of the DPC Series Couplings to its quick disconnect product offering. Designed specifically for use with dual fluid lines, the DPC Series couplings offer intuitive, simultaneous connections and disconnections … [Read more...] about CPC quick disconnect products adds dual port couplings
How tubing innovators are improving minimally invasive surgery
It may not be trending on Twitter, but minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is one of the hottest areas in healthcare today. Since its inception in the mid-1960s, clinicians and medical technology leaders around the world have explored ways to employ MIS in a wide array of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Never has the need for advances in … [Read more...] about How tubing innovators are improving minimally invasive surgery
Helix Medical acquires silicone tubing portfolio
Helix Medical LLC has acquired the silicone tubing product line of W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore). Effective immediately, Helix Medical will supply Gore’s existing pharmaceutical and biotech customers with GORE Silicone Tubing and GORE Reinforced Silicone Hose for fluid transfer and peristaltic pump operations. “This acquisition is a … [Read more...] about Helix Medical acquires silicone tubing portfolio
