Is Foam An Unsung Hero?

As strange as it may sound, if you were to ask anyone to list common

, everyday materials, they would most likely begin with abundant and obvious things such as wood, metal and plastic amongst many others. Despite the bewildering array of foams in everyday use in an equally bewildering array of applications, so many of these are discreet applications that are simply overlooked. This is despite the fact that some of these are fundamentally important uses.

In addition to the obvious uses of foam such as cushioning or padding, there are many others. One of the more serious applications of foam is for medical uses. Medical grade foams are used for medical applications such as Heat and Moisture Exchange (HME), wound dressings, surgical aids, medical supports and devices, clean room swabs and wipes and hydrophilic foams, sponges and surgical pads.

At Technical Foam Services Ltd, we can provide these foams to the medical profession and we also have the capacity to develop modifications to these foams to achieve new blends of properties for specific applications. This development of foam is one of our key areas of business. We possess the ability to meet simple requirements for foam applications from our huge range of standard stock foams but we are also able to develop both new foams and foams with bespoke shapes to fulfil very specific requirements.

We are able to meet all of the necessary standards applied to developing foam for medical use and we have access to sterilisation specialists who will ensure that our foam meets the exacting standards and specifications required by the medical industry. Foams are utilised in so many unseen or overlooked applications that they surely are one of the front runners for the possibly not very coveted title of unsung hero of the materials world.

by: Brooke Pens

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