Understanding Medical Coils – What You Need to Know
As medical technologies continue to advance – making way for smaller, stronger, more malleable instruments capable of carrying out a variety of tasks – it can come as no surprise …
Getting the Most Out of Your Cavity Wall Design with Wall Ties
Cavity walls, the masonry method of running two walls or ‘leaves’ parallel to each other, can have many advantages and disadvantages depending on the intended use of the finished wall …
Solving for Spring Fatigue – Improve Spring Durability Over Time
When purchasing springs, engineers are often best served to consider quality, bespoke solutions for their projects – while these can be slightly more expensive initially, their effectiveness can definitely be …
Coil Reinforced vs Braiding Reinforced
Coil reinforced and braid reinforced offer similar composite performance. At SCS, we offer both and can recommend the best reinforcement method for your needs. Below are some of the key features …
PTFE Coating vs Parylene Coating
In some instances, a spring is required to operate in challenging environments where it will benefit from some form of surface protection or coating. Two coatings provided by SCS are …
Materials
Stainless Steels The most commonly used material for medical wire forms and coils is without doubt 304 Stainless Steel and in particular the Vacuum Arc Remelted version 304V which contains few …
Coiling
There are two main methods of forming a wire coil through medical engineering; By wrapping it over a mandrel and then removing the mandrel By deflecting the wire against one …
