Abstract:
DuPont Performance Polymers delivers science-based, high quality thermoplastics to the healthcare industry. These thermoplastics are used in the manufacture of demanding components across many different healthcare segments. The right balance of high strength, stiffness, and toughness is the key to designing components with maximum reliability and safety. DuPont Delrin® POM, having the most metal-like behaviour of any unreinforced plastic, is often the first choice for designers. This presentation will focus on the differences between Homopolymer and Copolymer Acetals and how customers can take advantage of this in their design. We will review the key attributes of DuPont Delrin® (Chemical Resistance, Sterilization Performance, and Mechanical Properties). For Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications requiring additional regulatory support, DuPont's Delrin® Acetal Homopolymer resins are also offered in "Special Control" and "Premium Control" grades with a greater degree of testing, manufacturing control, and regulatory support.

We will discuss:

• Differences between Homopolymer and Copolymer Acetals
• Key attributes of DuPont Delrin (Chemical Resistance, Sterilization, Mechanical Properties)
• DuPont's Portofolio of Offerings to support medical and pharmaceutical applications requiring additional regulatory support.

Intended audience: Delrin Acetal Homopolymer for Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications

About the speaker:
Tom A. Baltus, Senior Technical Consultant

Tom Baltus graduated in 1979 from the University of Western Ontario with a bachelors degree in Chemical/Biochemical Engineering. He started that same year with DuPont Canada at their Sarnia, Ontario, Polyethylene site in a process development function, moving to the Engineering Polymers business (now Performance Polymers) in Toronto as a technical representative in 1983. Progressing in that role over the past 29 years, his major focus continues to be in supporting new North American automotive developments at major Tier 1's and 2's by providing new product development, polymer processing and mold design expertise for a broad range of innovative automotive applications including air intake manifolds, exterior body panels and, more recently, direct metalizable headlamp bezels. In 2005, he reallocated a sizable portion of his time to the new Performance Polymers Healthcare initiative and now provides similar application development and technical support to this very different, challenging and growing Industry segment.