Specialty Additives
A wide variety of specialty additives enhance specific properties of polymers. These include:
NanoMed® – Nanoparticles selectively enhance strength and stiffness properties while maintaining toughness and surface finish ideal for thin-walled catheters.
Lubricants – Reduces friction properties of polymers; ideal for catheter working channels and component surfaces.
Heat Stabilizers – Minimize degradation during compounding or later fabrication processes that involve high temperatures.
UV Stabilizers – Minimize degradation due to UV light exposure, which may occur in later fabrication processes that involve UV cured adhesives, or in clinical use.
Antioxidants – Preserve the chemical and mechanical properties of polymers, extending shelf life.
Processing Aids – Improve dispersion of additives and improve overall quality of compounded polymers.
Fostalink® - Cross linked thermoplastics improve tensile properties and durability for applications such as heat shrink tubing.
Others – Conductive, antiblocks, minerals, magnetic and more.