Fiber Structures

POLYMER CAPILLARY TUBING (microtubing)

Stock Sizes Acrylic (PMMA) Acrylic (PMMA) capillary products.
Stock Sizes Polycarbonate Polycarbonate capillary products.
Stock Sizes Other Materials Polystyrene, PETG, Radel, Udel, Zeonor, Zeonex, PTFE, Polypropylene
Manufacturing Overruns Samples for sale from some past custom projects.
Custom Capillary Tubing Learn more about our custom capillary abilities.
Advanced Structures Read about our abilities to create complex structures from polymer
Material Choices Read about the materials we can use to fabricate capillary tubes
Research Papers Read about research involving our products.

 

Paradigm Optics capabilities include:

  • Many polymer / Plastic materials choices available.
  • Single hole / lumen plastic capillary tubing.
  • Multiple hole / lumen plastic capillary tubes.
  • Capillary arrays.
  • Wide range of inside and outside diameters.
  • Many standard in stock capillaries sizes.
  • Custom manufactured plastic capillary tubes.
  • Unique internal and external geometries.
  • Thin walled and thick walled.
 The contact angles for water with some polymers are roughly
PC 70-80
PMMA 62-73
PS 86, 95-100
PVC 66
PTFE 110
Topas 100
Zeonor 100
Polypropylene 67
Radel 65-77
Material proceessing such as drawing will change them somewhat.

 

Capillary tubing, or microtubing, exhibits capillary action. Capillary action is the movement of a liquid into a capillaries based on its surface tension. These microtubes are used in liquid measurement, liquid transfer and sample collection applications, Gas Chromatography, Capillary Liquid Chromatography, Capillary Electrophoresis, and Raman spectroscopy. Typical industries served are Analytical, Medical, Aerospace, Military, Industrial, Telecommunication and Communication.

Micro tubes manufactured to customer specifications.

Capillary Fibers

Example configuration of microtubes. We can custom manufacture micro tube with complex cross-sections in plastic.

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