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Article: Fort Wayne Metals offers new PTFE coatings and expands its wire product line.(INDUSTRY NEWS)(polytetrafluoroethylene)
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- Orthopedic Design & Technology
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Fort Wayne Metals Adds to its Wire Product Line
Fort Wayne Metals Research Products Corp. has expanded its wire product line, offering customers three additional types of wire and advanced coatings.
The polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) synthetic flouropolymer coatings can be used in a wide range of medical applications to incease lubricity and chemical resistance, according to a news release from the company.
The proprietary spool-to-spool process provides smooth, uniform coatings with a lower coefficient of friction than spray coating techniques. The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based firm offers a coating called LubriSkin for coiling wire applications and ...