HIGH-CONSISTENCY RUBBER PROVIDES VERSATILITY FOR MEDICAL DEVICE MANUFACTURING

This article was written by Brian Reilly, Business Development Director, Biomaterials for NuSil™–part of Avantor® https://www.medicaldesignbriefs.com/component/content/article/mdb/features/articles/34001® With more insight about the characteristics of this versatile silicone material, medical device manufacturers can better understand potential applications and considerations for selecting and using high-consistency rubbers in medical devices. High-consistency rubber silicone (HCR) is a versatile material with a long history of use in medical devices and other industries. Commonly found in a wide variety of end-use applications, such as tubing, [...]

SPECIALTY ELASTOMERS MARKET TO 2023: TOP 10 COMPANIES, TRENDS, GROWTH FACTORS, GLOBAL INDUSTRY OVERLOOK DURING FORECAST PERIOD

MAY 29, 2018 (Heraldkeeper via Comtex) specialty-elastomers-market-to-2023-top-10-companies-trends-growth-factors-global-industry-overlook-during-forecast-period-2018-05-29 Elastomers are the Polymers that shows rubber-like elasticity such viscosity and elasticity; it has low Young’s modulus and high failure strain compared to other materials. Apart from these properties, Specialty Elastomers are resistance to chemical and high temperature; they have high tensile strength with low shrinkage and better design flexibility. They are an amorphous polymer existing above the glass transition temperature, which facilitates its considerable segmental motion. The Specialty Elastomers are [...]

NEW MATERIALS CHANGING THE FACE OF ENGINEERING

This article was written by Marie Donlon | June 01, 2017 https://insights.globalspec.com/article/5334/new-materials-changing-the-face-of-engineering Advances in the 3-D printing, nanotechnology and biochemistry fields have changed the face of engineering with new materials such as graphene, viton and shrilk. So what, exactly, makes theses materials so innovative? GRAPHENE Although 200 times stronger than steel and one million times thinner than a human hair, graphene is almost transparent, flexible and very light. Graphene has recently emerged from the world of nanotechnology. [...]

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