We develop high performance fibers and their spinning processes. Melt Spinning. Solution Spinning
Development of Medical Fibers
- Degradable: Polylactic acic (PLA), Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA), Polycaprolactone (PCL), Poly(4-hydroxybutyric acid) (P4HB), Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA)
- Non-degradable: Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU), Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Shape memory polymer (SMP), Polyamide, Ultra High Molecular Weight PE (UHMWPE) (PA), Polypropylene (PP)
- Natural: Hyaluronic acid (HA), Caterpillar silk
- Metals: Nitinol (NiTi), Magnesium (degradable) (Mg), Stainless Steel
Fiber cross sections
Round
Lobal
Trilobal
Snowflake
Oval
Band-Shaped
Hollow
Machinery and Equipment
- Small batches from 30 g
- Cooling by spin bath or quenching chamber
- Mono- and multifilaments
Co-extrusion spinning plant:
- Realisation of different cross sections
- Bicomponent fibres
Applications:
- Two extruders (1 kg/h and 3 kg/h throughput)
- Co-extrusion fibre production
- Mono-component fibre
- Fibers for Implants and Scaffold, Suture Materials
Solution Spinning Technology
Features
- Co-extrusion Solution Spinning line
- Processing at room temperature
- Thermo-sensitive polymer processing
- Thermo-sensitive drug incorporation
Machinery and Equipment
- Throughput 5,8 g/h – 216 g/h
- Air-gap spinning 0 - 500 mm
- Production velocity 5 - 50 m/min
Applications
- Drug delivery, Tissue Engineering
