Specifications

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Important Information
Using the Catheter Pad Gauge Print Alignment Tool
The Catheter Pad Gauge is used to accurately determine the optimum location of
images on a catheter pad - from one need to the other - for consistent high quality
catheter printing with minimal losses during setup and production.
1. Cycle machine to the point where the ink is picked up from the cliché. (Use cau-
tion while run cycles are executed: stay clear of moving parts and pinch points
until the cycle is complete).
2. Remove the catheter pad from the machine by loosening the two locking bolts.
Place the pad on its base so the inked image is visible, facing up. Using the
Catheter Pad Gauge, select an image at one end of the catheter pad. Place the
gauge over the image so the engraved side is facing the operator. Make a note
of where the front edge of the image is on the Catheter Pad Gauge.
Figure 1: The Catheter Pad Gauge allows
the operator to line up each image on the
pad in exactly the same location from end
to end on a long catheter pad. Your print
position may vary from illustration depend-
ing on catheter diameter and artwork size.
Note: Between cycles, clean excess ink
off catheter pad with adhesive tape.
3. Replace the pad onto the upper dovetails
and rotate the depth bolts on the lower
dovetails: (see gure 2).
• Counterclockwise moves the catheter
pad back toward the rear of the machine.
• Clockwise moves the catheter pad
toward the front of the machine.
4. Tighten the lock bolts. Repeat steps 1-3
until gauge shows the print is consistently
in the same location on both ends of the
pad.
Note: The Catheter Pad Gauge is an
alignment tool set consistent relative
placement of images from one end of a
long catheter pad to the other. It is not a
measuring tool.
Figure 1: Catheter Pad Gauge
Figure 2: Dovetail with Catheter Pad