Conair and Partners Producing IV Tube and 3-D Filament on Medical Extrusion Line

Conair Group, together with technology partners Davis Standard and Zumbach Electronics, are demonstrating production of extruded 4.5-mm (0.18-inch) thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) medical tubing and ABS 1.7mm 3-D-printing filament at MD&M West 2020. The demo line, which will highlight the latest technology in extrusion, vacuum sizing/cooling, gauging, coiling, conveying, and quality control, takes place in Booth 4024 of the annual show, which is being held at the Anaheim Convention Center, February 11-13, 2020.

The demonstration marks the first MD&M appearance of the space-saving Conair HTMP multi-pass vacuum-sizing/cooling tank and the ATC Series coiler. Instead of making a single pass through a long tank, the extrudate follows a Z-shaped path so that the compact, 12-ft-long HTMP tank provides cooling time equivalent to a 30-ft tank while fitting neatly into the 20 x 30-ft Conair tradeshow booth. The ATC Series coiler provides tensionless winding of extruded tubing and filament to prevent damage, and is equipped with an automatic coil-isolation safety feature that prevents user access to moving coils.