Heat Shrink Removal & Skiving

The Heat Shrink process is what secures all of your catheter assemblies together. It protects it from external heat forces and secures the catheter shaft and uniform throughout. Skivers are individualized tools that can be used to peel away heat shrunk polymers from a variety of mandrel/tubing configurations once the catheter has reached the OD stage of production. Skivers enable operators to cut down on processing time and increase performance as tubing comes off the production line. These skivers can be individually customized to your specific needs including as small as 0.017 to as large as 0.750.

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.

“Over many years, Somex Automation have successfully provided Boston Scientific with high quality & innovative automation solutions for difficult Medical Device manufacturing processes.”

“Excellent customer service, with a rapid response from a highly skilled team has been a feature of working with the Somex Automation Team over the last few years. It’s a great comfort knowing that we can call on Somex Automation should we require immediate support for our process.”

“In the summer of 2012 we worked closely with the Somex Automation Team to design, and develop a special purpose coating cell as a key component of a larger Project managed by the European Space Agency. Working against a tight deadline the Somex Automation Team were highly responsive, flexible, innovative and exceeded our initial expectations.”

“Somex Automation has delivered some excellent solutions for Process Improvement projects and Automation projects replacing highly complex manual processes which I have been involved in over the past 5 years.”

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