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Guill Medical Tubing Dies

edwardskiba — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:20:41 +0000

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

edwardskiba — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:49:39 +0000

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 . . . → Read More: Extruder control options

Extruders for the Rocky Mountain Area

edwardskiba — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:31:18 +0000

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

edwardskiba — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:32:51 +0000

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

Matt Bills — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:15:57 +0000

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

edwardskiba — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:50:17 +0000

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

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knowing whether they meet specifications within tolerances of . . . → Read More: Medical Tube off-line Laser Measurement