by Chris W | Jan 3, 2017 | heat shrinkable tubing
When you look at heat shrink tubing, it seems just like any other type of polymer tubing. It’s flexible and seems simple to use. However, what you don’t know (or maybe you do) is the amount of engineering and chemistry that goes in to creating heat shrink tubing. From...
by Chris W | Dec 8, 2016 | heat shrinkable tubing
One of the most difficult procedures within the polymer space remains to be PTFE tubing extrusion. All sorts of polymers have specific characteristics that play an important role in their processing. But PTFE comes with such a diverse array of process parameters;...
by Chris W | Nov 7, 2016 | heat shrinkable tubing
Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) tubing is one of the most popular Teflon fluoropolymer tubing options. It is an original, so-called gold standard, first invented in 1940s. In contrast to the material’s popularity today, it was difficult to process PTFE a few decades...
by Chris W | Oct 7, 2016 | heat shrinkable tubing
Take a trip down the street and ask someone if they know what fluoropolymers are. Ignore the look they give you and then ask again if they now what Teflon is. You’ll most probably get an answer this time. Teflon is renowned for being used in frying pans to give them...
