HCR Silicone for Medical Devices: How PEG Improves Processability, Extrusion Quality & Material Performance
Learn more about HCR silicone and how PEG boosts flow, cure behavior and extrusion for medical grade applications.
Answers to Eight FAQs About Molded Rubber for OEMs
Manufacturers in a wide variety of industries rely on molded rubber parts for high performance in their products. With rubber being only one of many materials used in developing a new product, OEM engineers and purchasing managers pose similar questions...
Are You Gambling With Medical Device Compliance?
8 Reasons To Ditch Paper Device History Records What is the probability thousands of handwritten records created by production employees are error free? That’s the gamble OEMs make when they accept handwritten device history records (DHRs) from their contract manufacturing...
Choosing the Right Polymer for Your Medical Device Component
Choosing the right polymer for your medical device component? Choosing the right polymer can determine the durability, use, expense involved and other key factors that will go into producing a medical device. What is the standard decision process a device...
Cleaning Comes First in Sterilizing Medical Silicone Molded Components
The sterilization of medical devices – particularly reprocessed medical devices – has been in the news in recent years, as healthcare associated infections have soared as the result of improper sterilization of medical instruments, such as scopes, by the end...
12 Commonly Used Elastomers for Molded Rubber Applications: Part 1 - General Purpose Elastomers
Thermoset elastomers, commonly known as rubber, are the best materials for a wide variety of industrial applications, due to their ability to provide both flexibility and durability. However, elastomers are complex materials, which must be chosen carefully and compounded to...
Five Benefits of Working with an Experienced CMO
There are five notable advantages when you work with a Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) that has a proven track record of experience.
Effectively Managing the Lifecycle of Medical Devices
For medical device manufacturers, lifecycle management of a device is key. This means that at each stage of the medical device lifecycle, attention to proper procedures, efficient processes, and quality is paramount. For decades now, Flexan has been partnering with...
Flexan announces FDA registration of manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China
Flexan LLC, a leading provider of custom contract manufacturing services for medical device OEM’s world-wide has announced the registration of its manufacturing facility in Suzhou, China with the Food and Drug Administration. Flexan has also successfully registered its first full...
Four Considerations in Designing Molded Rubber Parts Versus Molded Plastic Parts
With the lines blurring between the use of thermoset elastomers or rubber and thermoplastic elastomers in product design, what distinguishes rubber from plastic in the context of micro-precision, molded parts? Although product designers may think that a part design using...