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Our knitted wire mesh is an extremely versatile material that lends itself perfectly to design and innovation within the fields of medicine, medical research and health care equipment.
Flexible & Malleable
High Resilience
EMC/RFI Screening
Harsh Environments
Encapsulates & Protects
Environmentally Friendly

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Flexible & Malleable

The flexibility (ability to be bent without breaking) and malleability (the ability to withstand plastic deformation without fracture) of our products can be designed according to customer needs. Through a careful selection of materials, mesh structure, and tooling design, we can produce mesh components in an almost limitless range of shapes including sheets (blankets), highly flexible hollow mesh tubes, and 3-dimensional rigid structures such as prisms, cubes, spheres and doughnuts, etc.
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High Resilience

Resilience can be defined as the ability of a material to absorb energy when deformed and to release that energy on unloading. The feature is particularly beneficial in applications such as seals (often incorporating resilient cores), gaskets and vibration isolators for use in both high and low temperature environments. Our engineers can work with customers to select the materials and manufacturing methods required to configure a product that will perform to the most exacting specifications.
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EMC/RFI Screening

Knitted mesh is used to form an enclosure that acts as Faraday Cage to block electromagnetic fields. This phenomenon is used to screen (protect) sensitive electronic equipment from external radio frequency interference (RFI) and enhance electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). Faraday Cages are also used to enclose devices that produce RFI, such as radio transmitters, to prevent their radio waves from interfering with nearby electronic equipment. These knitted mesh screens can be produced from a wide range of materials including tin-plated copper or copper-plated steel and formed as cooling vents, flexible cable jointing ‘bandages’, and resilient joint seals with elastomer cores for inspection hatches or doors and windows, etc.
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Harsh Environments

Materials can be selected and processed, in any of a huge number of possible variants, to produce knitted mesh components that will withstand the conditions experienced in the most arduous of operational environments. Corrosion resistance and fatigue tests at up to 1,000°C can be conducted on-site with products typically being used in aerospace, automotive, refractory, cryogenic and marine environments.
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Encapsulates & Protects

Knitted mesh can be used to encapsulate and protect fragile materials such as the ceramic bricks used in catalyst applications. We also specialise in the ‘over-knitting’ of special materials such as graphite or mica, that are produced to deliver properties against specific customer requirements such as fluid seals or self-lubricating gaskets.
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Environmentally Friendly

Our customers are almost invariably seeking to reduce costs and/or enhance their products or process efficiencies. The added benefit of these partnerships is that all of our products are non-toxic and contribute to the 3Rs of the circular economy: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle, which fits perfectly with our own strapline of the 4 Ps: Protecting people, property and our planet.

We have worked with research organisations engaged in the development of medical implants and stents, tissue cultivation and prostheses, as well as supplying to manufacturers of complex medical equipment ranging from body scanners to x-ray devices and nebulisers.

With over 60 years expertise in the manufacture of knitted mesh, we will work closely with you to design, develop and manufacture products suitable to meet the ever-growing demand for medical solutions.

We offer a wide range of high resilience knitted mesh products with potential utility in the medical sector and will use our extensive manufacturing and product testing capabilities to rapidly prototype the products and solutions your innovations and processes require.

Knitex® Shielding Tapes

Our Knitex® Shielding Tapes offer ultimate protection against microwave, RFI & EMI interference (Radio Frequency Interference & Electro-Magnetic Interference).

Typically used within electrical and electronic cable assemblies, cable jointings, grounding, static discharge and within connecter assemblies.

  • Available in a range of materials to suit requirements
  • Can be supplied with a crimp for greater thickness
  • Available in widths from 6mm wide up to 200mm wide

Medical Implant Mesh

Our Knitted Mesh is commonly used within Medical Implant Devices. We work alongside the world’s leading research organisations engaged in the development of medical implants and stents, tissue cultivation and prostheses.

  • Available in Precious Materials or Titanium

Features and Benefits

  • Wide choice of materials suitable for medical and clinical uses, including precious metals, titanium, special alloys, etc
  • Unique characteristics that offer a combination of high strength and light weight
  • Rapid sample and prototyping capability
  • Available in environmentally friendly materials

Suitable Materials for Medical

Copper & Copper Alloys (Brass) arrow
Nickel & Nickel Alloys (Monel, Inconel, Incolloy, Haynes) arrow
Precious Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum) arrow
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