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Thermal Catheter Tipper-Flarer

Fast, easy, precise.

Thermal Flarer/Tipper Specifications:

FEATURES:

  • Quantifiable & easily validatable recipes
  • Hi quality & hi 1st pass yield tips & flares
  • 4 to 24 Fr Tipping & Flaring (w/ appropriate die)
  • Programmable Temperature to 250°(176)C (480°(176)F)
  • Hi power 100 watt Cartridge Heater
  • Hi tip forming push force
  • Adjustable shaft clamp force
  • Quick change, magnetically held shaft grips
  • Cooling Jets (pressure externally regulated)
  • Programmable Push & Cool Times
  • 21 Program Capacity (1 default + 20 user defined)
  • Dual illuminated Clamp & Start Buttons
  • Easy to remove operator guard (not illustrated)
  • Hi-Power stepper motor
  • Interchangeable Dead Stop
  • Easy to read, touch screen HMI
  • Password protected recipes
  • Externally accessible 5A fuse
  • Machine directed recipe changeover
  • User selectable IDLE mode to save energy
  • Stainless Steel Thermal Die Mount.
  • Thermal Tipping Die, 3 types of Tipping Die, (Flaring Die and Custom Die are available.)
  • Pressure Gauge indication of clamp pressure.
  • E-Stop removes all energy from machine.

ACCESSORIES:

  • Inexpensive SS Tips (typically used w/ silicone spray or suitable mold release)
  • PTFE Coated Tips
  • PTFE Lined Tips
  • Flaring Tips (PTFE Coated)
  • 4-24 Fr Cast Silicone Grips
  • 4-24 Fr SS Deadstops
  • Foot pedal for hands free cycle start

UTILITIES:

  • 110 VAC, 60 Hz, 5 A
  • 40 to 60 PSI, 1 um Filtered, Dry Air
  • Dim: 11"D x 12"L x 9"H (bench area < 1 sq. ft.)

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The Astute Design Thermal Tipping and Flaring machine enables medical device manufacturers to thermally modify the tips of catheters, sheaths and dilators. This simple but capable machine requires less than 1 square foot of expensive cleanroom table space.

Through the use of an intelligent controller, quick change die and an interchangeable (4Fr to 24Fr) grips, the Thermal Tipping and Flaring machine can be changed from one application to another is less than a minute*** (SMET: Single Minute Exchange of Tooling) *** after cooling.

With three different types of die available (SS, PTFE Coated and PTFE Lined) as well as varying diameter PTFE Coated Mandrels, the Thermal Tipper can handle almost any application. This machine can also be used to thermally flare most medical device tubing.

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Special applications handled on a case by case basis.