The MSI BBM700 is designed to blow/form plastic catheter balloons from various types of extruded polymer tubing. The BBM700 provides a user friendly platform while still offering flexibility and advanced control over the balloon blowing/forming process parameters.
The unique MSI heating platform offers the user their choice of glass, metal, split or tubular molds and affords great flexibility in process development including spot heating along the mold length, uniform heating of the entire mold or a combination of the two. Coupling this heating platform with simultaneous adjustable tube tensioning and/or stretching provides for nominal tube processing resulting in balloons with optimal balloon wall and shaft thicknesses while improving on current cycle times.
With a user interface designed for both ease of process development and operation, and a robust, flexible, yet repeatable process, manufacturers are provided a solution for the laborious process of balloon blowing/forming.
The
MSI BBM700 features:
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Minimal tooling to purchase, compatible with glass, metal, split or tubular molds.
• Profiles are created, stored and recalled easily through the touch screen user interface.
• Linear Servo Motors with integrated load cells and encoders provide accurate and consistent tension forces and stretch distances.
• Automated tube cutter and parison location/
placement, which negates the need to pre-cut tubing to a specific length.
• Process development and support available.
