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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Manual Orthopedic Pin Manufacturing Process Converted to Automated with 100% QC | GT-610
Challenge The operator would manually feed the stainless steel orthopedic pins into the centerless grinder then manually clean and gauge each pin. Manual input and adjustment were required during the
Manual machine grinding steel tubes for the medical industry replaced with a CE Certified micro grinder | TF-9DHD
Challenge Numerous manufacturers around the world find themselves with legacy equipment incapable of meeting the changing environmental and safety standards recommended by regulatory standards. The customer in this case was operating
Liner Stretcher
The CATH-TECH™ Liner Stretcher uses a combination of heat and tension to process a liner to a fixed mandrel. This automated process eliminates the need for the operator to hand stretch
Laser Measurement System (LMS)
Interface Catheter System Model LMS-100 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 measurement
Irregular Shapes – Bulb Tipping Process
SPOTLIGHT ON: IRREGULAR-SHAPED TIPPING You are NOT limited by simple tapers on our Magnum & Quantum tipping machines. Your irregular-shaped tips can be proven out, improved, & developed for production with
Infeed/Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: GT-610M
Built for the machine shop, the GT-610M Thrufeed Centerless Grinder is an affordable, compact, precision centerless thrufeed grinding machine. Featuring its 8-5/8″ wide x 10″ diameter work wheel, it can
Infeed/Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: GT-610 SD
The Glebar GT-610 SD is a Thrufeed/lnfeed Centerless Grinder designed to grind supermaterials such as polycrystalline diamonds and other hard materials where the process is unknown and challenging. This machine
Infeed/Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: GT-610 CNC
The Glebar GT-610 CNC Infeed / Throughfeed Precision Centerless Grinder is the complete “lights-out” solution for applications where a high degree of automation, data gathering, and gauging feedback is required.
Infeed/Thrufeed Centerless Grinder: GT-610
The Glebar GT-610 Infeed/Throughfeed Precision Centerless Grinder features a compact design that provides high horsepower, high rigidity, and superior slide positioning. Customizable controls are designed to integrate full turnkey automation
Increase Uptime by Controlling Work Wheel Speed to Effectively Utilize Super-Abrasive Wheels | GT-9AC
Current Process Super-abrasive grinding wheels require faster speeds to run effectively. Main machine spindles can have fixed speeds, limiting their ability to use CBN or Diamond grinding wheels. A fixed speed
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
Increase Memory for Programming with Companion Software from Tridex Technology | CS1-EA
Current Process CS1 machines can store up to 100 setups, and PLC controlled SG machines can store up to 30 setups. This limits how many programs can be stored and
Improving operator and machine efficiencies through automatic work wheel dressing | TF-9DHD
Current Process Hydraulic dress cycles require high operator input reducing their efficiency. The traverse rate of the dressing tool is difficult to establish affecting surface quality. Inconsistent dressing of the
Hydrostatic Burst Tester
The Somex Automation High-Pressure Hydrostatic Burst Tester is a standalone unit using the hydrostatic principle, capable of generating test pressures in excess of 70 bar and burst testing a wide
Hydraulic Pressure Tester: HPT-3070
The PT-3070 is ideally suited for testing small plastic pressure retaining components such as welded or bonded plastic components and tubing assemblies that are typically encountered in many disposable medical
Hydraulic Pressure Tester: HPT-1000
The Hydraulic Pressure Testers provide critical hydraulic test functions for balloon catheters and components, including tubing and balloons. The HPT-1000 is easily programmable with a high visibility vacuum florescent display
Hot-Flo Heat Box
The Somex Automation Hot-Flo Heat Box is a benchtop Catheter Hot Air Nozzle System. The Heat Box features a digital readout of airflow, a ready lamp for temperature and airflow,
Hole Forming: Cathtip Flex Drill
Flex-Drill by CATHTIP is the most flexible, cost-effective option for hole forming in catheter prototypes and early development applications. The drill can be mounted or handheld and operated by a foot
Hole Forming: 400 Series
Save time and money when catheter hole drilling with the CATHTIP branded automated catheter hole punch machines. Make clean and fast catheter holes with this tabletop, four axis stepper motor-controlled
Hole Drilling: Accu-Drill SD
The Automated Catheter Hole Making solutions are powerful and safe solutions to hole-making needs of various shapes and sizes. Four models, ranging from one to four axes, allow for repeatable
Hole Drilling: Accu-Drill MD
The Manual Hole-Making solutions punch or drill precision holes in a variety of extruded tubing and injection molded applications. These manual catheter hole punching and manual medical tubing drilling machines
High Voltage Test System: Accu-Test HVT
The High Voltage Spark Tester (HVT) provides fast, accurate detection of metal-reinforced catheter shafts or coated guidewires. The catheter shaft detection machine features a wide product test range, optional automatic feeding and
Heat Setting Oven
Heat setting wrapped balloons at too high a temperature, such as those used for balloon forming, can lead to shrinkage and changes in mechanical properties. Heat setting at lower temperatures
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 (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 (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
Guidewires (Cycle Time Reduction | CAM.2)
Challenge: Cycle time reduction and a sharp corner needed for a medical guidewire Solution The CAM.2 machine has several modes of operation configurable for different shaped guidewire geometries. In this case,
Guidewire Jacketing System: Accu Feed GJS
The Guidewire Jacketing System automates the singulation, feeding, coating, inspection, and binning process around 3rd party extrusion systems. The machine features variable, programmable pulling speed capability that allows for high-resolution
Guidewire Grinder: GT-9AC
The Glebar GT-9AC Automated Guidewire Grinder excels at precision grinding of medical guidewires with multiple tapers, paddles, and parabolic shapes with speeds as fast as a centerless grinder. Instead of
Guidewire Feeding: Accu Feed AGF
The Advanced Guidewire Feeder is the optimal wire feeding solution for centerless grinding processes. It improves production speed, accuracy, and quality while delivering a substantial return-on-investment. This medical centerless guidewire
Guidewire Feeding: Accu Feed 410 & 510
The 410 & 510 guidewire centerless grinder feeders handle wire for manufacturing processes such as guidewire centerless grinding, tip forming, bead blasting, or cleaning. The medical guidewire feeding machines are configurable
Guidewire Deburring Machine
The Glebar GSR-6 Guidewire Deburring Machine deburrs guidewires while automatically separating pass and fail parts and counting the number of wires processed. This automated process removes the operator, avoiding repetitive
Golf Ball Cores | PG-9DHD
Challenge: To mass produce golf ball cores at a low cost, while holding tight tolerances with maximum throughput. Solution Glebar designs and builds networked machines with the ability to gather production
Glebar Customer Care Provides Training and Support, Returning Focus to Making Parts
Current Process & Challenges: Self-Performing Maintenance and Service Increasingly Costly In the past, it was cost and time-efficient for manufactures to retain maintenance, training, and supply chain management in-house. However,
Glass Rods | PG-9X20DHD
A top tier technical glass OEM required a precision grinding solution for quartz glass rod components which will be transformed into fiber optic cable cores. They needed to improve their
GFS: Automatic Wire and Tube Feeding System
https://vimeo.com/269650845 The Glebar GFS is a stand-alone device which can seamlessly connect and feed parts into existing third-party machines including swiss screw machines, manual grinding machines, and more. The control
Gas Pressure Leak Tester: GPL-5020
The Interface Gas Pressure Leak Tester, Model GPL-5020, is designed for rapid, non-destructive testing of catheters. Its modular construction allows for expanding the number of test ports from one to
