MEDICAL INDUSTRY SUCCESS STORY

Making the Cost-Effective Switch: Machined PTFE to Injection Molded PFA
This Savillex success story begins with our customer – a global medical technology company – that needed to produce large quantities of a small, intricate part used for beta instrument development. 

The part in question was made from machined PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene). Problem was – our customer needed to produce over 8,000 of these parts annually, and machining such large quantities came with a hefty price tag. Learn More...

HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION OF CONSUMABLE PARTS 

Stratasys, located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota is a worldwide leader in the development of 3D printers for rapid prototyping and 3D production systems for direct digital manufacturing. The innovative equipment that Stratasys manufactures allows engineers and technologists to develop new products and concepts in a fraction of the time previously experienced. Learn More...

TOOL TRANSFER TO SOLVE PROBLEM

RMB Products, located in Fountain, Colorado is a well-known supplier of rotationally molded fluoropolymer tanks and containers for use in the semiconductor, biopharmaceutical and chemical process industries. These vessels are used for storage, mixing and processing of high purity chemistries and biopharmaceutical fluids. Learn More...

LOW ENTRY COST FOR SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS

Process Technology, located in Mentor, Ohio is a leading supplier of heaters for process fluids utilized in the semiconductor, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing marketplaces. Their products are capable of safely heating process fluids such as ultrapure water and corrosive chemicals without imparting contamination to the process fluid stream. Learn More...

TRANSITIONING FROM PTFE TO PFA

Levitronix GmbH, located in Zurich, Switzerland manufactures innovative pumps for ultrapure fluid handling in the microelectronics, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical processing industries. They had recently developed a new high flow pump that was capable of extremely low particle generation due to its unique design. Learn More... 

FLUOROPOLYMERS IN AEROSPACE

Fluoropolymers have a long history of being used in a range of lab applications, but we believe they can offer numerous benefits to the aerospace industry. 

Both machined PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) and injection molded PFA (Perfluoroalkoxyalkanes) have been used to a limited extent in creating select plane components. Learn More...

LOWERING THE COST OF FLUOROPOLYMER COMPONENTS IN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING

Cost comparison: PTFE vs. PFA in semiconductor manufacturing fluoropolymers are widely used in the semiconductor manufacturing process due to their chemical inertness, wide temperature working range and low trace metals content. Learn More...

COLD FORMING TECHNIQUE FOR REUSEABLE DIGESTION TUBE LINER

Based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, ColdBlock Technologies has developed an innovative product that performs sample digestion for trace metals analysis with significant speed, safety, and cost improvements over existing technologies. Rather than the “traditional” method that involves heating digestion tubes in graphite blocks with conducted heat, ColdBlock employs focused short wave infrared radiation (FSWIR) to heat sample solutions. Learn More..