The equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE) process has emerged as a versatile technique to enhance the microstructure and mechanical properties of polymers. Through severe plastic deformation, ECAE ...

Medical microfibers and yarns are the critical building blocks of biotextiles. These specialized fibers are intricately knitted, woven, or braided into the biotextile components that are used in many ...

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While countless tubes are extruded or injection molded each year, these manufacturing techniques are neither the most optimal nor the most cost-effective methods available to medical device ...

Polymers are defined as materials consisting of macromolecules that are made up of small, regularly repeating smaller subunits. The coextrusion process is a manufacturing process that uses different ...

Extrusion die manufacturer Guill Tool & Engineering now offers custom-engineered pultrusion dies for the automotive, aerospace, construction, energy, marine, sporting goods, and telecommunications ...

With nearly half a century in the plastics industry and 14 years of combined active and reserve military service, Mike Krause has built his career around leadership — both in uniform and on the ...

Dickson, Tenn.-based window and door profile extruder Bavarian Polymers Inc. is growing again, this time at its satellite manufacturing site in Abilene, Texas, which is undergoing an expansion that ...

With 4D printing, the objects can change shape or properties using external stimuli such as temperature, light, pH, magnetic field, electricity, and moisture. Additionally, the changes in shape or ...

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Thanh T. Nguyen, a project manager at Innocore Pharmaceuticals, about the mechanisms behind long-acting injectables. Innocore Pharmaceuticals is a drug ...