Compounding Solutions offers new friction reducing additive

Continuing its efforts to offer new products and additives to the medical device market, Compounding Solutions has announced the addition of a friction reducing additive ­­– Mobilize.

Mobilize, a proprietary additive, has been researched and tested to reduce costs compared with the more traditional lubricious materials currently used in the medical device market to reduce friction; the additive also allows for the mechanical properties of the base material to remain mainly unchanged, says Compounding Solutions.

The company says that independent third party testing has shown the lubricious properties of Mobilize materials to surpass other similar materials available to the medical market. Mobilize has been proven, through independent testing, to reduce surface friction in PEBA materials by 25%. Other testing has shown Mobilize to improve pushability by reducing the required insertion force by nearly 25% when compared to regular PEBA materials, nearly 50% when compared to regular HDPE, and nearly 60% when compared to a similar additive.

The Mobilize additive passes cytotoxicity testing and can be used in a large variety of materials, including polyolefins, styrenics, polyesters, polycarbonates, polyamides, PEBA, TPU, and TPE.