Specialty Silicone Fabricators - silicone manufacturing techniques discussed

Trade Show Schedule for 2010

Medtec Shanghai, China
August 25th and 26th, 2010

MD&M Minneapolis
October 13th and 14th, 2010

BioMed Device, San Jose California
November 10th and 11th, 2010

Compamed, Dusseldorf, Germany
November 17 through 19, 2010

News for 2010

SSF Announces Construction of New Facility

Specialty Silicone Fabricators (SSF) is pleased to announce the construction of our new 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility to be built on our campus in Paso Robles, California. The new facility will help the company meet the growing demand for medical silicone device components and support new innovative processing technologies. Building the facility from the ground up provides SSF the opportunity to create a flexible manufacturing environment maximizing lean manufacturing techniques.
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Precision Shape-Shifting Silicone Tubing is a Reality
Published in the January, 2010 issue of Medical Design Technology

Geo-Trans® is a patented process that enables the cross sectional profile of a silicone tube to change "on the fly" during extrusion. The process was invented and patented by Specialty Silicone Fabricators (SSF) in 1996. The technology was originally developed to improve closed wound drainage products. Today, the far-reaching medical, mechanical and manufacturing advantages of transitional extrusion are well known. The process eliminates any secondary bonding operations to mate different tube profiles, thus significantly reducing costs. Download Article (PDF)

Six Pitfalls of Medical Device Packaging Development
Article by Bill Limmer
senior manufacturing engineer at Innovative Surgical Products.

A device's packaging is a critical component as it can protect it, keep it sterile, and help prevent tampering. However, for medical device designers, it is easy to overlook this aspect of the device and either come up short on what's needed or over do it and use too much packaging. This article looks at six items to avoid in packaging development so as to create exactly what's needed.
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