Accu-Feed AGF: Advanced Guidewire Feeder

The Advanced Guidewire Feeder is the optimal wire-feeding solution for centerless grinding processes. It improves production speed, accuracy, and quality while delivering a substantial return on investment. This medical centerless guidewire grinder is available in three lengths (two, three, and five meters), and its optional wheels provide easy installation. Materials processed include nitinol and stainless steel wires.

SYNEO’s Accu-Feed solutions provide fully automated tube, wire, and odd-form component feeding alternatives to link multiple manufacturing processes together. SYNEO wire feeding systems are deployed around the globe, providing automated feeding and handling systems to centerless grinding applications, and providing manufacturing managers with further opportunities for process optimization and time savings for centerless grinding processes.

Key Features

  • Full-color, touch-screen HMI with downstream communication capability.
  • Integrates both feeding and binning systems on one chassis.
  • Processing part lengths from 1m to 5m.
  • This medical centerless grinding machine has part exchange time capabilities of 5 seconds or less (dependent on part length and application).

Specifications

  • Power: 100-230 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 1A
  • Air requirements: 30-100 PSI, 1-5 CFM
  • Dimensions (W x D x H):
    • 2M: 105″ x 25″ x 52″
    • 3M: 145″ x 25″ x 52″
    • 5M: 225″ x 25″ x 52″
  • Weight (standard machine):
    • 2M: 225 lbs.
    • 3M: 260 lbs.
    • 5M: 295 lbs.
  • Weight (standard machine):
    • 2M: 450 lbs.
    • 3M: 500 lbs.
    • 5M: 550 lbs.
  • HMI: 7″ high-resolution color touchscreen
  • CE-certified model available

Materials

  • Straight lengths (stick form) Nitinol and stainless steel wire.