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Catheter Tip Forming
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Process Steps
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Heat Shrink Tubing - Applications
Catheter Tip Forming - Tapering & Sealing - Process Steps


  • Grab tube with one hand
  • Place mandrel inside lumen which needs to be left open
  • Place shrink tubing over tube end
  • Hold the heat shrink tube over the multi lumen tube, then apply heat using a Hot Air Station and at the same time pull and draw the heat shrink tube using the tweezers. Caution: Ensure that the material does not touch the heat source.
  • Allow product to cool
  • Remove heat shrink tube and mandrel
  • Trim tip as required