Smart Molding International 1-2021

15 newsfeed www.smart-molding.com SABIC presented and exhibited at BIOMEDigital 2020, the virtual expo for the biomedical industry, which was taking place Nov. 4-5, 2020. Also at the expo, the company introduced a new semi-crystalline prod - uct in its recently launched family of LNP™ ELCRES™ CRX copolymer resins. These innovative materials offer exceptional chemical resistance to aggressive healthcare disinfectants and can help prevent premature failure from environmen - tal stress cracking (ESC) in medical equipment hous - ings and devices. The new grade became the fourth product in the LNP ELCRES CRX portfolio, which com - prises amorphous and semi- crystalline materials. Nithin Raikar, SABIC se - nior business manager, gave a presentation, entitled “Keeping Medical Equip - ment Clean and Durable: High Performance Copoly - mers to Address Infection Control Challenges”, as part of the Tech Theater track. At its virtual booth, SABIC pro - vided additional information on material solutions that address healthcare trends such as robotics, connected devices, infection control and sustainability. ESC resistance for longer device life The application of in - creasingly aggressive disin - fectants, such as alcohols, peroxides and quaternary ammonium compounds, to combat hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) can lead to ESC and failure in plastic parts. SABIC’s proprietary copolymer technology can resist stress cracking and mitigate crack propagation to help extend the useful life of medical equipment used in hospitals and clinics, as well as homes for remote healthcare devices. Further, LNP ELCRES CRX copolymers can serve as potential drop- in solutions for existing pro - duction tooling. The new semi-crystalline LNP ELCRES CRX copoly - mer features UL V0 per - formance at 1.5 mm, good ductility and the portfolio’s highest level of chemical resistance against leading hospital disinfectants. All current LNP ELCRES CRX grades are opaque and custom colorable, and they meet the requirements of limited compatibility ac - cording to ISO 10993 (parts 5 and 10). The full portfo - lio is now included under SABIC’s Healthcare Product Policy, which specifies for - mulation lock for covered materials and a manage - ment of change process. SABIC www.sabic.com SABIC at BIOMEDigital 2020 system is characterised by its unsurpassed degree of freedom for different mold configurations and packag - ing units, with an extremely space-saving design and complete cavity sorting. With Vario TIP®, high cav - ity numbers, up to 128, are possible with cycle times peaking at 3.8 seconds. The automation system handles all basic functions such as removal, transfer, screening, buffering and filling. In ad - dition, the system includes a large number of unique functionalities that can be used according to custom - er specifications. These in - clude camera inspections, cavity-sorted exchange of bad parts/defective parts, filter assembly and custom - er-specific packaging of the finished parts. The further development Vario TIP® FSSwith its partic - ularly narrow design, opens up the market to MedTec injection molders in new performance classes with - out requiring more room space. FSS stands for Floor Space Saving. As the name suggests, the outstanding advantage of the Vario TIP® FSS structure over the Vario TIP® standard model is the extremely reduced space requirement. Through a clever arrangement of the buffer areas required for the cavity separation, Wal - dorf Technik has succeeded in reducing the area by half, compared to the basic sys - tem. The functionality and variability of the Vario TIP® standard model is of course still retained. The system is also dis - played on theWaldorf Tech - nik company page within "FAKUMA Virtual". Waldorf Technik www.waldorf-technik.de