Guill Medical Tubing Dies

Guill Tool is far ahead of their competition in extrusion tooling for medical tubing. As a company, Guill focuses on high technology, product development, and responsiveness to their customers needs, and it shows up in their product. Guill is one of those unique companies that relishes a challenge and is eager to develop new, innovative . . . → Read More: Guill Medical Tubing Dies

Extruder control options

Extrusion lines are still very often run with what is normally called discrete controls, or separate controls for each temperature zone, for screw speed, and for each piece of downstreme equipment. There has always been the high end, all encompassing control systems available, and for a few years now ther has also been a few systems designed for an intermediate approach. However, the difficulty was always that the computer based HMI systems

EPIC-III Extrusion System Control

An EPIC-III HMI Control Station

seemed to take too large of a step up from the discrete controls with storage and control capabilities that were not needed by a large segment of the marketplace. This adds a fair amount of cost to the system, and many extrusion processors would opt to stay with the discrete systems. This saved on cost, but ease of Continue reading Extruder control options

Extruders for the Rocky Mountain Area

The Rocky Mountain Area extrusion industry leans towards what we call pipe, profile and medical tube processing, with a lot of growth in the medical tube sector. There are some companies manufacturing sheet, blown film, wire and cable, but the main concentration for this type of manufacturing does not tend to be in this . . . → Read More: Extruders for the Rocky Mountain Area

Determine extruder size and screw design

 

If you are planning to: 

expand, improve your process, develop a process for a new product or material, increase throughputs,

the lab resources at Davis-Standard are available to you to help you make an informed decision.

   Available Lab Extruders Smooth Bore  ¾ inch (19mm) – 24/1 and 30/1  1 inch (25mm) . . . → Read More: Determine extruder size and screw design

Draw Down Ratios

Along with modifying polymer properties, choosing the appropriate draw down ratio is also vital to process stability. MedEx Engineering could help your company find the correct solution to a particular problem of inconsistent tubing dimensions.

Here is an example:

Material: Polyether Block Amide

OD x ID: 0.060″ x 0.050″

Problem: Could not hold better than +/-0.001″ . . . → Read More: Draw Down Ratios

Medical Tube off-line Laser Measurement

The BenchMike from Beta LaserMike provides fast and accurate measurements of cut tube samples

Used either in a Quality Control (QC) laboratory or on the plant floor, the BenchMike gives operators a simple and repeatable system for measuring tube samples and immediately 

Beta LaserMike BenchMike

BetaLaserMike BenchMike

Beta LaserMike BenchMike

 knowing whether they meet specifications within tolerances of less than 1 micron (0.000040 in.). Laser scanning technology allows the BenchMike to measure multiple product dimensions without deforming or damaging the part. Unlike other micrometers and mechanical indicators that can err in zero setting, calibration, or sensitivity of the user, the BenchMike gives repeatable measurements regardless of the operator. With the BenchMike, there is Continue reading Medical Tube off-line Laser Measurement