Figure 1. Various interactions take place during the extrusion process. A combination of these interactions can result in material degradation.Figure courtesy of Chris Rauwendaal and Rauwendaal ...

Proper selection and installation optimizes fluid system performance. The heart of any peristatic pump is the tubing. It is the primary fluid-contacting part and is occluded by the pump rotor and ...

Ultra-Small Diameter (USD) capillary tubing plays a key role in terms of enhancing the performance of liquid chromatography and related microfluidics instrumentation. Industry leaders operating at the ...

Frustrated by long lead times for the heat-shrink tubing needed for its catheter production, Putnam Plastics Corp. decided to bring that capability in house. Now, it has added FEP heat-shrink tubing ...

In medical device manufacturing, particularly in catheter and tubing production, precision is not a luxury; it’s a regulatory and performance necessity. Wall thickness and concentricity directly ...

Pipe and tubing are used when rigid lines are preferred. No matter which conductor is used, certain requirements must be met. The line must be large enough to carry the flow required, and it must be ...