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wiredInUSA - March 2014
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Medical elastomers
advance
Minnesota Wire, a producer of
cable assemblies for medical
devices, has replaced the
standard
thermoplastic
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),
superior processing, and an
enhanced look and feel to the
end product.
“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