Blackstone HS-816

Dental practices use the HS-816 at the packing bench, between the cleaning step and the steriliser. A nurse picks the width for the set: 5 cm for a bur block, 7.5 cm for a mirror and probe, 10 cm for forceps and a handpiece. The piece is cut to fit, sealed at one end, loaded, and sealed at the other.

Supply planning is where reels pay off. A practice that stocks four widths can pack almost any small set without ordering a dozen ready-made pouch sizes, and each pouch is only as long as its contents. Practice managers reorder by the reel, not by the box, and the 200 m reel on the 10 cm width suits the size a busy practice uses most.

Podiatry clinics pack nippers, scalpel handles and burs in the narrower widths, and GP surgeries use the 15 cm reel for minor surgery sets. Veterinary practices, tattoo and piercing studios and beauty clinics follow the same cut-seal-sterilise routine for their reusable instruments, and small laboratories pack heat-tolerant tools for steam sterilisation.

The transparent film helps at both ends of the process. Staff confirm a pack's contents ahead of the steriliser, and the clinician sees the instruments inside before opening the pouch at the chair.

Reels pair with any heat sealer whose bar is at least as wide as the reel, whether a lever bar sealer or a continuous rotary unit. Practices without a sealer, or packing trays wider than 15 cm, need self-seal pouches or wider reels instead.

Four widths in one range

Widths of 5, 7.5, 10, and 15 cm cover burs, mirrors, forceps, handpieces, and bulkier sets.

A pouch for every length

Each piece is cut to the set inside it, so no pouch is longer than it needs to be.

Fewer pouch sizes to stock

A handful of reels replaces a shelf of ready-made pouch sizes.

Long reels for fewer changes

Reels run 100 m, and the 10 cm width also comes at 200 m for the busiest size.

Easy reorder planning

At 25 cm per pouch, a 100 m reel gives about 400 pouches and a 200 m reel about 800.

Contents visible through the film

The transparent face shows the instruments inside every sealed pack.

Printed indicator patches

Indicator patches along the reel show that a pack has been through a sterilisation process.

Flat reels on card cores

The flat rolls sit on a sealer's reel holder or straight on the bench.

Works with standard heat sealers

Any heat sealer with a bar at least as wide as the reel closes the pouches.

5 cm × 100 m reel

The narrowest width comes on a 100 m reel.

7.5 cm × 100 m reel

The 7.5 cm width comes on a 100 m reel.

10 cm × 100 m reel

The 10 cm width comes on a 100 m reel.

15 cm × 100 m reel

The widest size comes on a 100 m reel.

10 cm × 200 m reel

A long-format 10 cm reel runs to 200 m.

Flat reel format

The tubing is wound flat on the roll.

Paper face

One face of the tubing is paper.

Transparent film face

The other face is transparent film.

Printed indicator patches

Indicator patches are printed along the reel.

Card core

Each reel is wound on a card core.

Heat-seal closure

Pouches are closed by heat sealing at both ends.

Cut-to-length use

Each pouch is cut from the reel to the length required.

Any dental practice, clinic, or studio that owns a heat sealer and wants to cut instrument pouches to length from a few reels has a use for the HS-816. Its case is as follows: four widths from 5 to 15 cm on 100 m reels, plus a 200 m reel in 10 cm, with paper and transparent film faces and printed indicator patches. Each 100 m gives about 400 pouches at 25 cm. Three limits apply. No CE or UKCA position is evidenced for this product. The reels close only by heat sealing, so a sealer at least as wide as the reel is required. Widths stop at 15 cm, which rules out wider trays and cassettes.