Catheter Technologies
Medical Device Manufacturing Equipment
Explore our comprehensive range of catheter manufacturing equipment, covering every step of the process from tube cutting to final assembly. Our precision offerings include tube cutting, hole forming, tipping, catheter laminating, balloon manufacturing solutions, automated systems and more. With our advanced equipment, you can streamline your manufacturing process, enhance efficiency, and ensure the highest quality standards. Partner with us to access the solutions you need to take your catheter production to the next level.
TF-9DHD Infeed/Throughfeed Centerless Grinder
The TF-9DHD Infeed/Throughfeed Centerless Grinder uses computer controls to grind both hard and soft materials including catheters, medical guidewires, and spinal cord stimulators. Inside the compact footprint is a 15HP main spindle motor powering an 8.625” wide work wheel combining to remove more material faster, and with better surface finishes, than similar machines with narrower grinding wheels. The TF-9DHD is designed to enhance productivity through a simple control interface and automation integration.
CAM.2 Micro Grinder
The CAM.2 Micro Grinder can produce flats, radiuses, needle points, and non-linear shapes; the perfect machine to grind complex medical guidewires, dental parts, and small precision parts for various industries. Combining the latest in multi-axis servo motor control, submicron positioning, and an intuitive 15″ HMI, the CAM.2 offers unmatched performance. With the CAM.2’s full-fledged G-code underpinnings, direct integration with CAD/CAM packages is seamless. Previously unproduceable parts can be made easily, with minimal setup time, and with limited operator training.
GT-610 Centerless Grinders
The Glebar modular GT-610 Series of precision Infeed/Thru-feed Centerless Grinders remove more material faster, and with better surface finishes than competing machines. Applications for machines within this series include aerospace fasteners, automotive transmission components, engine parts, and valve stems, PCD drill bits, arthroscopic bone shavers, bone drill blanks, medical device components, and more.
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Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: GT-610 EZ
The Glebar GT-610 EZ is a lean version of the GT-610, bringing slide motion control to the operator at an affordable price point. Operating on a much smaller footprint than
P5K Gauging Machine
Revolutionize your metrology process with the Glebar P5K Gauging System – the fastest and most accurate solution for medical guidewire measurement. Scanning at a remarkable 160,000 diameter readings per second,
P4K: Profile Metrology System
The Glebar P4K Gauging System is the world’s fastest and most accurate profile metrology system available for long parts or multiple short parts. It is the industry standard for measuring
Filler Spouts | GT-610
Challenge: A food equipment manufacturer approached Glebar to improve productivity and reduce costs for their food filler machines. The metal spout requires grinding for several reasons. They come in contact with
Increase Productivity by Cutting Zirconium Tubes with ECG | CS1-E
Current Process Zirconium tubes are cut one at a time using carbide tools on a lathe. A lathe cutoff leaves burrs requiring deburring to achieve a smooth surface finish. Carbide
Guidewires (Process Efficiency | CAM.2)
Challenge: To eliminate additional processes in the production of guidewires. The conventional process uses several machines to profile a shape in an interventional guidewire. Solution Glebar eliminated pre- and post- processes
Guidewires (Rapid Changeover | GT-9AC)
Challenge: A Medical device customer needed to rapidly changeover between a family of Nitinol guidewires having various lengths and geometries. Since the geometry of the components varied in length, the customer
Guidewires (Gauging | P4K)
Challenge: Lack of a clear, simple method to inspect the geometric profile of many components. Existing systems are slow, unreliable, and complex to operate. Solution Glebar’s P4K gauging system was designed
Wire Cutting: Accu Cut 202W
Highly regarded among medical device manufacturers for its precision, speed, and adaptability, the Accu-Cut 202W Automated Wire Cutter is known for its clean, square corners and precise lengths with convenient
Wider Work Wheel Grinds 6ft Nitinol Tubes in 1 Pass | TF-9DHD
Current Process: A legacy thrufeed centerless grinder with a narrow work wheel is used. Multiple passes to grind the Nitinol tubes to size are required. Highly skilled technicians are necessary
Wider Work Wheel and Independent Slides Improve Production Output and Setup Accuracy | TF-9D
Current Process: Narrow work wheels prevent generating tapers over 4″ requiring multiple setups to generate the shape. Highly skilled technicians are required to ensure proper setup. Upper and lower slides
Wheel Dressing Machine: DM-9B
The Glebar DM-9B is a standalone manual dressing machine designed to dress 9″ (229mm) diameter by up to 10-1 /8″ (257mm) wide wheels used on the PG-9BHD and PG-9DHD Plunge
Water Measurement System WMS 350/75
The Interface Catheter Solutions Model WMS-350 is a bench-top measurement system designed specifically for catheter balloons. The system offers a non-contact solution to the typical problems encountered in the dimensional
Water Jacket Assemblies
Interface Catheter Solutions offers a full line of Water Jackets to be used with our Balloon Forming Machines. Each Water Jacket accommodates a range of mold sizes. The water jackets
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Valve Seat | GT-610
Challenge: To auto thrufeed grind metal valve seat components which are used in the automotive industry. The customer needed a system which could accurately grind and gauge 3,000 parts per hour.
Tungsten Carbide Pin (Roughing) | PG-9DOD
Challenge: The customer wants to decrease cycle time while maintaining tight concentricity specifications for roughing a tungsten carbide pin. Solution The Glebar PG-9DOD addressed the challenge. The system was configured with dual
Tungsten Carbide Pin (Finishing) | GT-610
Challenge: Satisfying the high volume finishing requirements for the complex form geometry on a hard carbide pin application. This compliments the PG-9DOD Carbide Pin Roughing Operation. Solution Solution: The Glebar GT-610 Infeed
Tube Welding Machine: TBW-500
The TBW-500 QX Tubing Welding Machine is a benchtop system that welds a variety of tubing sizes and materials. It is designed to weld similar polymercomponents such as inner lumen
Tube Cutting: Accu Cut 20M Manual
The Manual Medical Tubing Cutters trim rough-cut assemblies to precise lengths with square, burr-free cuts. They bring safe, ergonomic cutting to lower volume production and R&D areas. The 20M, a
Tube Cutting: Accu Cut 202L
Highly regarded among medical device manufacturers for its precision, speed, and adaptability, the Accu-Cut 202L Automated Tube Cutter is known for its clean, square corners and precise lengths with convenient
Total Guidewire Solutions
1 SYNEO LTD Spool Wire Feeder 2 SYNEO 110W Wire Feeder 3 SYNEO 202W Wire Cutter Coating 4 Glebar CAM.2 Micro Grinder 5 Glebar GSR6 Wire Deburring 6 Glebar P4K
Tools: Tipping Dies & Hole Forming Drills
Catheter Hole Punching Drills Flow-Thru™ Catheter Hole Forming Drill Bits Attain the highest quality hole appearance and reduce manufacturing costs. Enjoy fast throughput and infrequent drill bit changes. Benefit from
Tooling: Tube Extrusion Tools
Catheter Hole Punching Drills Flow-Thru™ Catheter Hole Forming Drill Bits Attain the highest quality hole appearance and reduce manufacturing costs. Enjoy fast throughput and infrequent drill bit changes. Benefit from
Tooling: Skiver
The CT Skiver is a customized tool that cuts between the catheter tubing and applied heat shrink layers and separates them, removing the heat shrink material. Specs Each unit is
Tooling: Medical Extrusion Tools
R&D Engineering extrusion tools are machined with high-quality materials and are extremely accurate and durable machines. We offer a large catalog of tool designs from a wide range of sizes,
Titanium & Steel Rods | GT-610
Challenge: Quality, cost control, and lead time issues of outsourcing the pre-sizing of titanium and steel bars. Solution A GT-610 machine equipped with a wide 8-5/8” super abrasive grinding wheel
Thrufeeding bar stock and tubing | GT-610
Challenge: The customer was outsourcing grinding of components and came to Glebar looking for a way to reduce lead times on parts, reduce costs, and bring grinding capability in-house. Original
Thrufeeding bar stock and tubing | GT-610
Challenge: The customer was outsourcing grinding of components and came to Glebar looking for a way to reduce lead times on parts, reduce costs, and bring grinding capability in-house. Original
Thrufeed Grinding Steel Tubes | TF-9DHD
Manufacturers use grinding machines with a narrow work wheel requiring several passes to reduce the diameter and achieve acceptable surface finish. Thus creating longer cycle times. Machines are difficult to
Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: TF-9D
The Glebar TF-9D Infeed/Throughfeed Centerless Grinder uses computer controls to grind both hard and soft materials including catheters, medical guidewires, and spinal cord stimulators. Inside the compact footprint is a
Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: TF-9BHD
The Glebar TF-9BHD lnfeed/Thrufeed Micro Grinder is a manual infeed/ thrufeed centerless grinder that grinds both hard and soft materials, specializing in parts from 2.5″ to .002″ in diameter such
Surgical Tubing | GT-610
Challenge: To size thin walled tubing used for surgical instruments insuring a mirror-like 3Ra finish. Solution Using the GT-610 machine and leveraging the 8-5/8” wide grinding wheel, we were able
Stick Tube and Wire Feeder
Highly regarded among medical device manufacturers for its precision, speed, and adaptability, the Accu-Cut 202L Automated Tube Cutter is known for its clean, square corners and precise lengths with convenient
Stick Feeding: Accu Feed 110
The dynamic Accu-Feed 110 Stick Tubing and Wire Feeder provides high speed, precise stick feeding of wire, metal and plastic tubing and metal rods for medical applications. This machine can
Stent Crimping: CR-150
The CR-150 Stent Crimping Machine is developed for the crimping and transfer into the delivery system of self-expandable stents up to 120 mm length with a maximum diameter of approx.
Stent Crimping: CR 240-SA Stent Crimping Machine
The CR-240-SA Stent Crimping Machine is developed for the crimping and transfer into the delivery system of self-expandable stents up to 200 mm length with a maximum diameter of approx.
Steel Taps | GT-610 CNC
Challenge: Customer wants to increase output for steel taps used to drill threaded holes as used in the machining and tooling industry. In addition to speeding up the throughput time, achieving
Steel Spring Cup (2 Parts Per Second | Zero Defect) | GT-610
Challenge: To design a fully automated turnkey feeding and inspection solution, integrated into to a Glebar GT-610 Thrufeed Grinder that ensures a one hundred percent defect-free product that is ground to
Stainless Steel Bone Pins | GT-610 CNC
Challenge: The customer is looking for a turnkey, one-operation automated process allowing a single-pass solution for Stainless Steel Bone Pins, for example. Solution Able to hold extreme tolerances and fitted
Spinal Cord Stimulation Devices | TF-9DHD
Challenge: To size implantable spinal cord stimulation devices that deliver precise doses of electricity to targeted nerve sites for patients suffering from chronic back problems. The device is long and flexible,
Speciality Manufacturing
Delivering Unmatched Precision and Quality in Catheter Manufacturing At MMT, our top-tier team specializes in the meticulous crafting of catheters and medical components, focusing on essential processes such as tipping,
Secure Legacy Machines by Upgrading to Windows 10 | GT-9AC
Current Process: Machines that run on outdated operating systems such as Windows XP or Windows 7 are more vulnerable to malware, viruses, and other security issues. Microsoft no longer supports
Punches: Surgical Punches
For tissue cutting, suture cutting and coring applications, SYNEO works closely with OEMs and contract manufacturers to design and develop cutter criteria for sharpness, incision dynamics, and durability. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNBshcRw3s0 SYNEO’s
