MEDICAL COPOLYESTER OFFERS BALANCE OF PROPERTIES

摘要

Material selection,especially in the medical market,has often required deciding between clarity,strength,lipid resistance,and processability,depending on the needs of the application,but a new medical grade of Eastman's(Kingsport,TN)Tritan copolyester offers all these characteristics in one material."We're uniquely positioned with copolyester,"says Scott Hanson,global industry leader-medical for Eastman."Our competition is the acrylics and polycarbonates.The balance of properties is the reason we developed the Tritan medical grade,not the fact that it's free of BPA [bisphenol A],though it is another benefit."