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 Saint-Gobain
Performance Plastics has over forty years of silicone, PVC and thermoplastic
extrusion experience in the medical industry. We extrude standard
and custom profiles in a variety of thermoset and thermoplastic elastomer
materials. Products can be produced in several manufacturing sites
located throughout the world.
Extrusion Capabilities include: • Single & Multiple Lumen Tubing
Tubing Tubing continues to be an integral part of today's sophisticated medical device. At Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics we understand this and meet these challenges with quality and consistency in existing and new formulations of TYGON® and high performance silicone tubing. We produce standard, metric and custom size tubing products that can be color matched, printed and can be JIT shipped in spools or cut lengths. Materials include Silicone, PVC, Polyurethane, Polyolefin, Thermoplastic Rubbers and custom formulations. Coextrusion The coextrusion process combines two or more materials at the extruder head to produce a single lumen tube. This tube will be a sandwich of materials in tubing form. Coextrusion is done to combine the properties of two or more materials that can't effectively be blended or mixed. For example, it is possible to take a material with excellent chemical resistance and place it in the ID of the tubing and combine it with a material with excellent heat characteristics on the OD of the tube. Profiles Profile extrusions can be tubing, sponges or solids. These profiles can cover an infinite range of shapes, configurations and materials. Multi-lumen A multi-lumen extrusion is tubing with more than one chamber along the ID. Multi-lumen tubing is often used for air, material or fluid transfer. In medical applications, a multi-lumen tube can be used to combine more than one function (i.e.: suction and irrigation) in the same restricted space. Radiopaque A radiopaque extrusion is tubing that includes a barium-blended stripe embedded in the extrusion. The purpose is to provide the surgeon the ability to identify the location of the implanted surgical drain or component using x-rays. Radiopaque stripes can be added to all extrusions Saint-Gobain produces including Silicone, PVC, Polyurethane, Polyolefin and other thermoplastic elastomers. We offer a wide range of color options to help differentiate your product. Paratubing Paratubing is the combining of two or more tubes longitudinally by the use of a heat weld. The tubes can be welded side by side or in the shapes of "Ls" or triangles. The tubes may be of multiple colors so as to help the end user color code material flowing through the lumen of the tubes. The tubes are easily strippable and leave no parting lines so fittings may be injection molded onto the ends of the tubes. Saint-Gobain produces paratubing in all materials we provide. Tapes Flat or elliptical tapes are extruded in various colors and sizes. These silicone extrusions are sold as coils with or without separating layers (Mylar®) between them. Corrugated tubing, Silicone Silicone corrugated tubing manufactured by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is an extruded tube combined with an outside diameter solid silicone reinforcement. The purpose of the reinforcement is to ensure that the inner diameter does not collapse during use. This design will stand up to kinking, twisting and some direct loads while maintaining the inner diameter flow. This product is designed primarily for use as a reusable non-collapsible silicone breathing hose used in assisted breathing devices. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics manufactures three varieties of breathing hose all made from silicone. Silicone's advantage over other materials is that it can repeatedly sterilized for multi-use applications, is biocompatiable and environmentally friendly. Products Available Include: |
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