Fully automated suture winding system
Simplify your surgical suture packaging with a system that ensures precision and speed, delivering perfectly wound sutures directly into trays with automated needle placement and secure sealing.
Automatically Winds and Packages Surgical Sutures
The UTW 20 from Harro Höfliger is a fully automatic winding machine expertly designed for packaging surgical suture material. It features a patented gripper system that meticulously feeds and secures needles in tray needle parks before precisely winding threads. This machine stands out for its flexibility in handling various needle-suture combinations, making it ideal for both absorbable and non-absorbable sutures like nylon, polypropylene, and PGA. With a capability of processing up to 20 products per minute, it integrates seamlessly into production lines, offering features like inline batch data printing and ultrasonic sealing for enhanced suture protection. The UTW 20 supports tray feeding systems tailored to sterilization processes and includes a flexible Human-Machine Interface (HMI) for intuitive operation. Designed for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, it offers efficient throughput with Suture Control Arm precision, ensuring high-quality outcomes.
Benefits
- Enhances production efficiency by automating the complex suture winding and packaging process.
- Ensures consistent quality with precise needle placement and secure ultrasonic sealing.
- Offers versatility by accommodating a variety of needle-suture combinations for diverse applications.
- Reduces human intervention with fully automatic tray feeding and paper lid processing.
- Supports flexible production requirements with quick format changeover capabilities.
- Applications
- Medical devices,Inhalation products,Surgical sutures,Wound care,Transdermal delivery systems,Oral delivery systems,Pharmaceutical products,Diagnostic products,Eye care
- End products
- Nylon surgical sutures,Inhaler components,Oral disintegrating tablets,Ophthalmic diagnostic strips,Transdermal patches,Pga surgical sutures,Non-absorbable surgical sutures,Polypropylene surgical sutures,Absorbable surgical sutures
- Steps before
- Needle preparation,Suture material preparation
- Steps after
- Sterilization,Quality control,Final packaging
- Input ingredients
- surgical suture material,needles,trays,paper lids
- Output ingredients
- packaged surgical suture material,filled trays,sealed trays with batch data
- Market info
- Harro Hoefliger is known for its expertise in manufacturing custom, engineered-to-order packaging and production equipment, particularly for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer goods, and chemical industries, with a reputation for precision, innovation, and quality engineering solutions.
- Output
- Up to 20 products/min
- Automation
- Fully automatic
- Winding method
- Controlled manner with Suture Control Arm
- Needle feeding method
- Patented gripper system
- Sealing method
- Ultrasonic sealing
- Thread feeding
- Patented thread feeding
- Inline printing
- Batch data printing
- Automation level
- Fully Automated
- Needle feeding mechanism
- Patented gripper system
- Inline printing capability
- Batch data printing
- Sealing method
- Ultrasonic
- Thread winding control
- Suture Control Arm (SCA)
- Output rate
- Up to 20 products/min
- Flexibility for sterilization
- Perfect adaptation possible
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Machine footprint
- Compact
- Control panel type
- Flexible HMI
- Discharge method
- Tray discharge
- Control panel type
- Flexible HMI
- Integration possibilities
- Inline printing of batch data
- Sterilization adaptation
- Optional via magazines
- Thread feeding system
- Patented gripper system