CUSTOM TUBING FOR DEMANDING APPLICATIONS
Viant Collegeville has been making precision metal tubing for more than 50 years — specializing in thin-walled stainless steel and nitinol tubing. The facility supplies tubing and tube components found inside arthroscopic shavers, biopsy needles, stent delivery systems, electrosurgical instruments, drug delivery devices, with additional support for various aerospace, marine and industrial applications.
Rather than limiting customers to standard tubing sizes, Viant’s Collegeville site manufactures custom tubing built to exact specifications, achieving dimensions, tolerances, and wall thicknesses that many mills cannot. Backed by expertise in both seamless and proprietary laser-welded and drawn tubing, the team can tailor the right solution to each application. Viant’s weld-and-draw process provides structural integrity comparable to seamless tubing while helping customers optimize cost, lead time, and dimensional consistency.
Combining custom tube manufacturing, advanced fabrication, and in-house metallurgical expertise, Collegeville serves as a trusted partner from development through full-scale production.
Collegeville At-A-Glance
Expertise: Precision metal tube manufacture and fabrication across surgical, orthopedic, interventional, drug delivery, and additional markets including aerospace, industrial, and marine.
Known for: Full-lifecycle tubing partner with integrated tube mill and fabrication; 80+ years of expertise; 42 alloys including nitinol and cobalt chrome; on-site metallurgy lab and laser cutting CoE
Certifications: ISO 13485:2016, AS-9100
Environment: 180,000 sq ft; tube-manufacturing equipment, metal deformation machines, laser processing, Swiss machining; on-site metallurgy lab
Location: 200 West 7th Avenue, Collegeville, PA 19426
| Core Capabilities | Our Approach | What it Means For You |
|---|---|---|
| NPI | Dedicated NPI team executing ViaLaunch™ methodology and 3P events, with cross-functional resources (PM, NPI Manager, QEs, MEs, Buyer) aligned from kickoff through production release. | New programs move from concept to validated production with fewer surprises, tighter timelines, and lower launch risk. |
| Program Management | Program management support grounded in EPMO and PMBOK® best practices, with Lean and Six Sigma principles embedded throughout. Viant’s team aligns to program goals, proactively manages risk, and maintains clear communication at every stage. | Clear ownership and proactive risk management from kickoff through delivery that supports audit readiness. |
| Technical Support & DFM | DFM of materials and processes, failure analysis and corrective action, reverse engineering, material properties testing, and material selection and sourcing guidance. | Engineering support that helps solve tube-related challenges early, before they become production problems. |
| Tube Manufacturing | Precision process design, die making, and dimensional control across 42 alloys in seamless and laser welded & drawn configurations. OD range from .010 to .625 inch. Bench and coil drawing with full lifecycle capacity from 300-ft samples to 2M-ft production. Super Cell coil drawing capability reduces manufacturing cycles from 8 weeks to 5–6 days. Welded & drawn tubing achieves the structural integrity of seamless at a welded & drawn price point. | Base tubing produced to spec from the start, with the alloy range and volume flexibility to support programs from development through high-volume supply — and a cost-effective path to seamless-grade performance. |
| Tube Fabrication | Integrated fabrication with dedicated tube source. Laser cutting CoE with integrated die forming, camera-based inspection, indexing turret, material handling robotics, and product changeover in under 30 minutes. Bending, expansion, reduction, flange, flare, flatten, form, knurl, pad printing, Nitinol heat set and electropolish, ECM/ECG tube cutting, and Swiss machining. | Finished tubular components delivered ready for device assembly, with fabrication and tube source managed together to reduce coordination and lead time. |
| Cleaning & Finishing | Chem etch, citric acid passivation, and environmentally controlled cleaning processes. Airless vacuum degreasing using non-HAP, non-ozone-depleting solvents. | Components arrive clean and finished to medical and aerospace standards, ready for the next step in your process. |
| Materials Expertise | Deep expertise in stainless steels, nickel-based alloys including nitinol, cobalt-based alloys, titanium alloys, refractories, and custom alloys. | Deep materials expertise helps customers select the right alloy, optimize performance, and navigate complex design requirements with confidence—reducing development risk and accelerating the path to production. |
| Metallurgy Lab & Testing | On-site lab with SEM/EDS, metallographic evaluation, strength and ductility, hardness, corrosion, interstitial element analysis, bend and free recovery, DSC, and tensile cycle testing per ASTM standards. Available to all customers and Viant sites. | Materials questions get answered where the tubing is made, accelerating development and simplifying documentation for regulatory submissions. |