wiredinUSA March 2014

Medical elastomers advance Minnesota Wire, a producer of cable assemblies for medical devices, has replaced the standard thermoplastic superior processing, and an enhanced look and feel to the end product.

vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers withnewstyrenicthermoplastic elastomer (TPE-S) compounds from Teknor Apex Company. Minnesota Wire believes that the compounds, a series within Teknor Apex’s Medalist ® product range, provide improved performance (both initially and after autoclaving),

“We’ve tested the new Medalist compounds and found them to have better tensile and elongation properties than TPVs before autoclaving and to retain more of these properties after multiple autoclave cycles— an important advantage in the many medical devices

wiredInUSA - March 2014

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