SWAGING TECHNOLOGY

摘要

A swager (10) for swaging marker bands (13) to a medical catheter (15), comprises an article input mechanism (49), the article input mechanism having a first input roller assembly (60) for receiving and conveying an article, a first sensor (95) for detecting a predetermined aspect of the article, a second input roller assembly (68) for receiving and conveying the article, a positioning roller assembly (77) for precisely aligning the article with respect to the swaging head (50), and a second sensor (96) all constructed and arranged in a streamwise orientation. The swager (10) also has a radial compression swaging head with a central swaging aperture (112), the swaging head (50) being aligned and communicatively coupled with the input mechanism to receive an input article from the article input mechanism and to swage the article. The swager also has an output mechanism (51) aligned and communicatively coupled with the swaging head (50) to receive the swaged article.