Stitched up
July 1st 2006

Advances in AC drive technology have helped a Leeds company win a valuable order from the Far East. Fibre Extrusion Technology is to manufacture two machines that will make a high-tech suture material for the medical industry.

Synthetic absorbable PGA sutures biodegrade within the human body whereas previous synthetic sutures, based on monofilament nylon, did not.The manufacture of PGA is a melt spinning process and was originally developed for the manufacture of polypropylene. The company will use Danfoss AutomationDrive FC302s for their highly accurate vector control which will in turn allow the melt pumps to ensure a constant dernier.

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