Catheter Flex-Drill Manual Hole Forming Tool

Make clean and fast catheter holes for research and development with ease.

Flex-Drill by CATHTIP is the most flexible, cost-effective option for hole forming in catheter prototypes and early development applications.

The Flex-Drill is handheld or mounted, and operated by a foot pedal.

Operators can quickly and easily try new hole diameters or patterns in a variety of different tubing materials.

Enjoy smooth core evacuation and a clean workstation with the same superior Flow Thru™ drill bit technology found in all CATHTIP’s hole forming machines.

Quickly punch clean, burr-free holes even during the design stages. Proprietary hole drilling technology keeps your workspace clean.

Benefits

Flexible Development Platform for Quick Prototyping

•   Mountable in drill press with motion platform
•   Quick removal from stand with toggle clamp
•   Hold like a pen to place holes where desired
•   Fine tune depth stop
•   Reference ruler on the side
•   Quiet operation (enclosed vacuum generator)
•   Several mounting hole options for tooling
•   T-Slot mountable
•   Control via foot pedal or robot
•   Open source tooling design platform
•   Panel dial to set speed from 100-2000 RPM for different materials

Razor Sharp Flow Thru™ Core-Capturing Drills

•   Over 2 dozen sizes of drill bits from 0.0215”-0.086”
•   Cores are cut, captured inside the drill bit, and evacuated to a filter
•   Maintains a clean workstation

Cost Effective

•   Great for prototyping, development, and early production

Pilot / Production Ready

•   Stainless steel and anodized aluminum fabricated parts great for lab or clean room
•   No software to validate thus shortening/simplifying end user validation activities

Plug and Play

•   Configurable for 120V or 240V
•   Air pressure regulation built in
•   Core collection included