Blockwise is an industry leader in balloon wrapping (balloon folding) equipment. These machines pleat a balloon to form a number of “wings”, and wrap the wings around the catheter shaft. The machines comprise 3 parts:
- The pleating station divides the balloon into a number of wings spiraled around the central shaft
- The compression station tightly compresses the winged balloon
- The machine base controls the process.
The pleating and compression dies are temperature-controlled. The differences between the models VE, VC, and VS are not in process quality, but rather in convenience, productivity, and mistake-proofing.
Blockwise balloon wrappers (balloon folders) have heated dies, and the VE and VC machines feature full process control with recipes. Learn more about balloon wrapping basics.
Recipe-Controlled Electric Actuation Balloon Wrappers
Reliable microcontroller, with touch-screen user interface provides automatic sequencing and timing, and selectable process recipes. Electric actuation puts all process settings under recipe control, adding the final level of productivity and mistake-proofing on these catheter balloon wrapping (balloon folding) machines.
Recipe-Controlled Pneumatic Actuation Balloon Wrappers
Our workhorse balloon wrapping machine, repeatedly refined since 2007, VC is used in production by many of the world’s leading manufacturers. Reliable microcontroller, with touch-screen user interface provides automatic sequencing and timing, and selectable process recipes.
Simple Balloon Wrappers
In R&D settings and low-production settings, manual control can provide high-quality balloon wrapping. Uses the same pleating and compression stations as Model VC, but lacks computerized control and timing. Process steps are timed by the operator with a stopwatch. Station actuation and balloon inflation are are controlled through hand-operated toggle valves. Temperature control is provided.
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