Applied Plastics' PTFE Natural(R) Extrusion Mandrels for producing small diameter catheter tubing allow over 25% elongation without flaking and failure. Click here for high-resolution version Applied ...
While countless tubes are extruded or injection molded each year, these manufacturing techniques are neither the most optimal nor the most cost-effective methods available to medical device ...
Editor?s note: Chris Rauwendaal is a designer, consultant, and seminar instructor who has written extensively on process engineering and extrusion topics. Part 1 of this article (PM&A Nov./Dec. 2002) ...