Evonik showcases multipolymer compounds at K 2016

Creative industrial group Evonik will be presenting its multipolymer compound Cyrolite at K 2016.

Multipolymer compounds are the world’s most advanced PMMA-based polymers for medical devices. They can be sterilised with gamma rays, e-beam, and EtO gas, are resistant to alcohol and lipids and have good impact resistance, transparency, and translucency properties.

Polymers used in hospitals for disposable items such as medical filters and device housing must fulfil high quality and safety requirements. Evonik has marketed Cyrolite especially for medical and diagnostic applications.

There are a number of special variants of the material used for different applications. For instance, Cyrolite is typically used for items such as catheter accessories, blood/plasma separator and chest drainage sets.

An adapted variant has been designed to be suitable for diagnostic applications, such as cuvettes, test sets, rotors, and crystallography trays. The material, Cyrolite MD PMMA offers ultra-violet light transmittance (UVT) and optical clarity in combination with maximum flow properties and high dimensional stability.    

Apart from medical applications Cyrolite compounds can also be processed into delicate shapes as well as large components. Filling multiple cavities in injection moulding dyes is also not a problem, which allows disposable items to be manufactured very economically.