Polyurethane film technology for stable molded parts with a high quality surface

In order to provide patients with quick, effective care in the highly organized world of hospitals and clinics, nursing staff are looking for “treatment trolleys” that keep everything they need – from bandages to laptop-based patient data capture systems – close to hand. In an ideal world, of course, these trolleys should be able to combine such versatility with minimum weight. The compact Aurion® Mini 600 and Mini 400 trolleys unite both these qualities.

The trolleys weigh only 17 kilograms. This modest weight is achieved thanks to an intelligent combination of Bayer MaterialScience’s Baydur® 60 polyurethane system and a thermoplastic film which provides the product with an extremely high quality surface, making coating superfluous.

“The new trolleys are particularly aimed at nursing staff responsible for dispensing medicines in hospitals and clinics,” says Guido Furlanetto, Marketing Manager at trolley manufacturer GMP S.p.A., describing the idea behind the new product. “They are designed to accommodate the standard 60x40 cm drawers into which hospital pharmacists sort doses of medications.” They are just as robust as their predecessors from the ‘Mega’ and ‘Compact’ ranges, which GMP has long and successfully marketed under the name Aurion®. In the new ‘Mini’ model, a new manufacturing method has once more made it possible to cut the weight of these trolleys quite significantly – this time by more than half.