Originally Published EMDM
March/April 2004
INDUSTRY NEWS
Materials Supplier Enters Braided Catheter Market |
| Fine-diameter specialty wire can be manufactured in thicknesses down to 0.00075 in. The braiding process enhances kink and pressure resistance and offers control and maximization of torque. |
A recent investment in improved manufacturing processes has enabled Kanthal Palm Coast (Palm Coast, FL, USA), a Sandvik Materials Technology company, to begin supplying stainless-steel braided and ribbon wire.
The new production processes have added significant capacity to the company’s facility. The custom manufacturing firm can provide fine-diameter specialty wire, and gears its production to supplying products that demand high quality or have unique characteristics. Wire is available as small as 0.001 in. thick ¥ 0.003 in. wide in the firm’s Bioline Type 304V stainless-steel grade. Material thicknesses down to 0.00075 in. can be produced.
By integrating production from steel melt to the finished wire product, the company is able to ensure complete quality control and product consistency. The newly incorporated braiding process offers OEMs benefits such as control and maximization of torque, kink and pressure resistance, stiffness, and pushability.
Sandvik Materials Technology’s products include wire, strip, tubing, profile shapes, and cannulated bar for the manufacture of catheter guidewire systems, orthopaedic and dental implants, fracture-fixation devices, suture needles and staples, surgical blades and saw cutting tools, dental burrs and reamers, and wire for diagnostic and sensor electrical leads.
For more information, contact Kanthal Palm Coast, 1 Commerce Blvd., Palm Coast, FL 32164, USA; phone: +1 386 4452000; fax: +1 386 4452244; e-mail:
precision.wire@kanthal.com; Internet:
www.smt.sandvik.com/bioline.
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