Swivel assembly and disassembly apparatuses for assembly and disassembly of a swivel include an apparatus base, a bearing collection basin carried by the apparatus base, a swivel head mount carried by the bearing collection basin, a swivel assembly/disassembly head carried by the swivel head mount and a swivel mounting mechanism carried by the swivel assembly/disassembly head.

A cutting and insertion device for cutting an elongate tube to tube sections includes a frame section, a spinning wheel, a sheave section, a first pipe, a set of clamping members, and a set of plunger members. The spinning wheel mounts a roll of the elongate tube. The sheave section is attached to the frame section to allow traversal of the elongate tube through a first pipe. The first pipe is attached adjacent to the sheave section to receive the elongate tube, and includes slits to receive a knife to slice the elongate tube exposed to the knife at the slits to form a tube section. The clamping members are attached to the frame section to clamp the sliced tube sections at opposing ends. The plunger members are attached to the frame section to insert a fitting to the plunger member at the opposing ends of the sliced tube sections.

A tool device for connecting a plastic pipe or composite metal/plastic pipe to a fitting using a sliding sleeve or compression sleeve. The device includes a housing; a flaring device for flaring the ends of the plastic pipe or composite metal/plastic, pipe; a sliding device for sliding the sliding sleeve on or a pressing device for pressing the compression sleeve on; and a mechanically operable drive element. The drive element can be switched to drive the flaring device or to drive the sliding device or pressing device. The flaring device includes a first piston-cylinder unit, whose working piston has a piston axis and which has an inner end and an end oriented away from the tool device. The sliding device or pressing device includes a second piston-cylinder unit, whose working piston has a second piston axis and which has an inner end and an end oriented away from the tool device.

A swage or coupling tool is provided for use in coupling a fluid line to a compression fitting, a fluid coupler, or the like. The swage tool provides multiple degrees of freedom and/or multiple pivots or pivot joints to facilitate and maintain alignment of the jaws with the compression fitting during use of the swage tool to facilitate properly-aligned assembly of the compression fitting, and to limit bending or kinking of the fluid line when the fitting is being attached. The swage tool includes a pair of movable jaws, which may have stepped or rounded engagement surfaces, which may be forced against corresponding engagement surfaces of the compression fitting to securely assemble the fitting to the fluid line. The shape of the engagement surfaces facilitates properly-aligned assembly of the compression fitting, and limits bending or kinking of the fluid line when the fitting is being attached.

A device for crimping a radially expandable and collapsible prosthetic valve comprises a crimping loop having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a loop portion extending between the first and second end portions and defining an opening configured to receive the prosthetic valve. The crimping loop is movable between a first state in which the opening has a first diameter and a second state in which the opening has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter such that when the prosthetic valve is positioned within the loop portion, movement of the crimping loop from the first state to the second state is effective to reduce a diameter of the prosthetic valve. A method for crimping a prosthetic valve comprises reducing a diameter of an opening of a crimping loop, thereby radially compressing an at least partially expanded prosthetic valve disposed within the opening.

A system for crimping a prosthetic valve can include a radially compressible collet positioned around the prosthetic valve, a housing positioned around the collet, and a pusher at least partially disposed within the housing. The collet can include a first axial end portion, a second axial end portion, and an intermediate portion therebetween. The first axial end portion can have an outer diameter adjacent the intermediate portion that is greater than an outer diameter of the intermediate portion. The second axial end portion can have an outer diameter adjacent the intermediate portion that is greater than the outer diameter of the intermediate portion. The housing can include a housing internal annular ledge configured to slidably engage the second axial end portion of the collet. The pusher can include a pusher internal annular ledge configured to slidably engage the first axial end portion of the collet.