PolyOne's GLS Thermoplastic Elastomers unit and Teknor Apex Co. both launched elastomer-based alternatives to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) tubing at MD&M West (Feb. 9-11; Anaheim, CA), proactively ...

DENVER — Eldon James Corp. decided to go against the grain 30 years ago, and that decision is paying dividends now that the tubing industry has evolved. The firm decided not to make products using ...

Hytrel-Lined PVC tubing is a coextruded product used in appliances, lawn and garden equipment, laboratories, vending machines, propane-gas delivery, air sampling, computers, floor-care equipment, ...

A medical-grade elastomer was extruded into thin-wall tubing at rates up to 830 ft/minute, showcasing a speedy alternative to polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Extruder manufacturer American Kuhne ran Teknor ...

The Clearflo ® 70 PVC Tubing was developed to transfer fluid products that do not contain leachable phthaltes, such as di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) or bisphenol A (BPA). The manufacturer explains ...

The presence of five plasticizer phthalates in bags and sets for intravenous administration and hemodialyzers (HD), which are made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and of other polymeric materials, was ...

A device designed to remove ovality from medical grade PVC tubing before entering an automated manufacturing process. Terumo BCT required the removal of ovality from blood tubing within a ...