COMPAMED 2024

COMPAMED 2024, the international leading trade fair for the supplier market for medical manufacturing, will take place in Düsseldorf from 11 - 14 November.
Visit us in hall 8a at booth no. D28.

Welcome to the WACKER booth at the COMPAMED 2024!

A warm "Hello" from Alexander Platsch - Sales Manager at WACKER

Come visit us at COMPAMED 2024, November 11 – 14

Highly adhesive or self-adhesive? You have the choice of which silicone type suits your application’s requirements best:

Multi-component parts in medical technology require a perfect adhesion – for example, of a polycarbonate or polysulfone component with a soft silicone component. Ideally, the two bond without pre-treatment.
Wearables, sensors and wound dressings need to be reliably attached to the skin. This requires coatings that adhere strongly and yet do not pull or irritate the skin when removed.
At COMPAMED, speak with us in detail about your requirements!

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Highly Adhesive SILPURAN^®

What SILPURAN^® 2124 silicone adhesive gel is capable of may sound like a paradox: it adheres really firmly to the skin. At the same time, it can be removed painlessly and repositioned repeatedly. This means that our silicone adhesive is suitable not only for wound-care applications. It is virtually made for the reliable fixation of medical technology on the skin, such as glucose monitors or products requiring secure skin fixation such as ostomy bags or catheters.

Discover the adhesive properties of WACKER’s silicone adhesives

Sneak Preview – Straight from the Lab!

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Get first insights into our latest product development straight from the lab: a ten times more powerful skin adhesive for safe fixation on the skin!

Breathingmask out of two components - silicon and polycarbonat

Self-Adhesive ELASTOSIL^®

Thanks to patented self-adhesion technology, our liquid silicone rubber bonds reliably with polycarbonate, polysulfone and other high-performance thermoplastics without time-consuming pre-treatment. This is ideal for the cost-effective large-scale production of multicomponent medical-technology parts such as respiratory masks, drug delivery systems or devices for minimally invasive surgery.

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ELASTOSIL^® R plus 4305 for Pharma Tubing

Tubes used in the production process of pharmaceuticals have special requirements, especially when used for the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals or in the last step of fill and finish. Our ELASTOSIL® R plus 4305 series may be the perfect fit thanks to its great mechanical properties and its very good leachables and extractables profile. Furthermore it is tested for biocompatibility.

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Q&A Silicones for Medical Applications

1. Are there silicone adhesives with sufficient adhesive strength to attach medical devices to the skin?

Silicones are suitable for the fixation of all devices that need to be attached to the body: insulin pumps, EEG sensors, location sensors for dementia patients – even wearables can be fixed with soft silicone adhesives. WACKER SILPURAN^® silicone gels offer a broad spectrum of adhesion strengths and properties. Products like SILPURAN^® 2114 match the adhesive strength properties of certain acrylic adhesives.
Find out how the ostomy care expert Trio Healthcare uses SILPURAN^® silicone adhesive to attach ostomy systems and improve patients’ quality of life by avoiding the acute skin irritations so common with conventional commercially available products.

2. How can I achieve longer wear time on the skin with soft silicone adhesives?

WACKER SILPURAN^® skin adhesives may not achieve the same adhesive strength as aggressive acrylic adhesives, but wear times can be impressively long compared to commercially available “sensitive” acrylic systems, depending on individual conditions and the type of dressing. Wear time can be prolonged by selecting a strong silicone adhesive like SILPURAN^® 2114 or SILPURAN^® 2122.

3. Can wearables attached with silicone adhesives be cleaned and reused? How do I apply silicone adhesives to my device?

Yes, wearables attached with SILPURAN^® silicone adhesives be cleaned and reused. For easy-to-handle products, we recommend separating the fixation element from the medical device in the product design. This makes it very easy to clean the product and replace the adhesive elements.

4. Are there High Consistency Rubber types especially suited for “Pharma Tubing“?

Our ELASTOSIL® R plus 4305 series is perfectly suited for the extrusion of tubes used in the production of pharmaceutical products. The addition curing material shows very good mechanical properties and is biocompatible. ELASTOSIL® R plus 4366 is the material of choice, where reduced friction is required to make the end application easier, e.g. where silicone slides over another surface. Therefore, it is especially suited for peristaltic pump hoses. Another grade targeted for the use in peristaltic pump hoses is ELASTOSIL® R plus 4360 with high rebound resilience and low compression set.

5. Why is ELASTOSIL^® LR 3078 ideal for the 2K-production of medical multicomponent parts?

ELASTOSIL^® LR 3078 enables considerable advantages when it comes to the large-scale production of multicomponent medical-technology parts: first, the material bonds reliably with polycarbonate, polysulfone and other high-performance thermoplastics in 2K production process. Second, our self-adhesive technology makes pretreatment unnecessary.

6. Is there self-adhesive liquid silicone rubber that reliably bonds with polycarbonate, polysulfone or other high-performance thermoplastics?

Yes, our ELASTOSIL^® LR 3078 easily bonds with above mentioned high-performance thermoplastics, even without pretreatment. That’s a huge benefit, especially in cost-effective large-scale production of medical-technology parts such as respiratory masks, drug delivery systems or devices for minimally invasive surgery.

Coating know-how & color inspirations

Skin adhesives: Tutorials on the coating process

Colorful medical applications: 150 ready-to-use colors for silicone elastomers

Bondingtest with silicon and polycarbonat in detail

The best combination ever since the existence of polycarbonate/silicone compound materials

WACKER presents its latest development in silicone elastomers: ELASTOSIL^® LR 3078. Not only does this newly developed liquid silicone rubber feature excellent adhesion to polycarbonate, it also means surfaces no longer need pretreatment. The patented self-adhesive technology opens up unprecedented possibilities in the large-scale production of two-component parts.

Powering Up Your Skin

Whether smart wound dressings, body-worn medical sensors and devices, or wearables for sports and leisure – more and more applications require strong, yet gentle adhesion to the skin. However, not only is the demand for skin adhesives constantly on the rise, but so are the demands placed on them. WACKER meets these demands with high-performance silicone adhesive gels that feature a unique property profile.

Silicone Elastomers for Beginners

Japan (Tsukuba) | Instructor-led training | Distributors

This seminar presents the basics of silicone elastomers for molding applications. Participants will learn the fundamental aspects of silicone elastomers, their handling, and how to process silicone elastomer compounds into molded parts.

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WACKER Silicone Elastomers: Pure, Innovative Solutions for the Medical Industry

China (Shanghai) | Instructor-led training | Distributors, Customers

This seminar will provide participants with a comprehensive introduction to the characteristics of silicones and their advantages in the medical industry, with an emphasis on WACKER's dual-brand strategy for silicone product applications and related product portfolios. The trainer will also introduce WACKER's innovative silicone products for the medical industry.