Internal flared ends are often used to provide an enlarged entry point for other components. Maintaining the original tube OD while forming the internal taper is a critical design feature which requires a precise, repeatable process. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 2Fr up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: narrow angle openings with straight conical, curved funnel, straight ID enlargements
- Flare Lengths: ranging from 1mm and longer depending on polymer, tube OD/ID and desired opening size
- Materials: All thermoplastic polymers can be formed: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up, 2-up and 4-up systems depending on project details.
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Mid-tube flanges (upsets) are often used to provide an anchoring or anti-pullout feature when engaged with other interlocking components. Their precise external configuration and location are designed for consistent and reliable fitment to other components. They require a precise, repeatable process to be formed fully and accurately. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 22ga up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: varying OD sizes and thicknesses
- Materials: All thermoplastic polymers can be formed: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up and 2-up systems, depending on project details.
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Polygon-shaped flanged ends are often used to provide an anchoring or anti-pullout feature when engaged with other interlocking components. Their precise external and internal geometric configurations are designed for consistent and reliable fitment to other components. They require a precise, repeatable process to be formed accurately. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 22ga up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: right angle flange of varying OD sizes and thicknesses
- Materials: All thermoplastic polymers can be formed: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up and 2-up systems, depending on project details.
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Thick flanged ends, or nail heads, are often used to provide an anchoring or anti-pullout feature when engaged with other interlocking components. Their precise external and internal geometric configurations are designed for consistent and reliable fitment to other components. They require a precise, repeatable process to be formed accurately. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 22ga up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: right angle flange of varying OD sizes and thicknesses
- Materials: All thermoplastic polymers can be formed: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up and 2-up systems, depending on project details.
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Enlarged tapered or conical tips with a proximal shoulder have precise external and internal geometric configurations designed to provide specific fitments to mating components. They require a precise, repeatable process to be formed accurately. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 2Fr up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: Including thin-walled tips, profiled ID transitions, thick walled and stepped OD’s.
- Taper Lengths: Tip lengths ranging from 1mm up to 90mm
- Materials: All thermoplastic polymers can be formed: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up & 2-up systems depending on project details.
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Mushroomed ends are often used to provide an anchoring or anti-pullout feature when engaged with other interlocking components. Their precise external and internal geometric configurations are designed for consistent and reliable fitment to other components. They require a precise, repeatable process to be formed accurately. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 22ga up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: Varying OD sizes, thicknesses and smooth coutours
- Materials: All thermoplastic polymers can be formed: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up and 2-up systems, depending on project details.
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Mechanical joining of plastic extrusions to machined steel components a standard method for creating needle gudes. The dissimilarity of the two materials presents unique challenges in obtaining sufficient joint strength. All require precise external geometric configurations and thermal profiling to assure maximum joint strength. A wide variation in tube sizes, joint designs and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 22ga and larger
- Geometry Configurations: single lumen tubes
- Materials: Virtually all thermoplastic polymers: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up, 2-up and 4-up systems depending on project details.
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Inclusion of marker bands is a critical feature that aids the physician in visualizing placement of the catheter inside the patient’s body. Their precise placement and encapsulation within the catheter tube walls are critical to proper functioning of the catheter. These features require a precise, repeatable process to assure locational accuracy and device integrity. A wide variation in tube sizes, tip configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 2Fr up to 45Fr
- Geometry Configurations: Including thin and thick-walled tubes, profiled ID transitions
- Joint Lengths: joint lengths ranging from 1mm up to 8 mm
- Materials: Typical thermoplastic polymers used include: PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up, 2-up and 4-up systems depending on project details.
- Customized tooling enhancements to provide precise positioning of critical internal features
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Taper welded tube segments are a standard method of transitioning from a larger to smaller diameters for many catheter applications. Precise external and internal geometric configurations with securely bonded interfaces are critical for proper functioning of the catheter. A wide variation in tube sizes, taper configurations and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the tip forming process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 2Fr and larger
- Geometry Configurations: straight walled taper, single lumen
- Segment Lengths: Lengths ranging from 4 mm and longer
- Materials: Virtually all thermoplastic polymers can be butt welded: including LDPE, HDPE, PE copolymers, PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, FEP, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up, 2-up and 4-up systems depending on project details.
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Thermal bonding of overlapping plastic extrusions to catheter shafts forms a thickened wall section that helps avoid kinking of the main catheter tube in high stress areas. Polymers must be compatible and suitable for heat bonding. Differences in wall thicknesses between the exterior tube and catheter shaft create unique challenges. Precise external geometric configurations and thermal profiling help assure maximum joint strength. A wide variation in tube sizes, joint designs and polymer choices add extra layers of complexity to the bonding process. Vante and PlasticWeld diverse equipment options provide you with unmatched versatility to meet your specific production challenges.
- Tube OD Range: Tube sizes ranging from 22ga and larger
- Geometry Configurations: single lumen tubes
- Materials: Virtually all thermoplastic polymers can be welded: including PP, PU & PU blends, PEBAX, PVC, and many others.
- Standard Machine Configurations: 1-up
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