Dental instruments
Tweed Loop Plier
Web referenceTGI-C-91346F56Quote this to us. It identifies this page, not a factory part number.
Sizes TGI publishes13cm Printed on TGI's own catalogue photograph of this article.
Also called Tweed Loop Forming Plier · Loop Bending Pliers
The beak is convex on one face and concave on the other, stepped into three graduated forming sections, to shape the tall narrow omega loops of the Tweed archwire technique rather than the round mandrel-and-closing-groove beak of the Nance pattern.
An orthodontic wire-bending plier used to form closed loops in rectangular or round archwire, for example vertical loops, T-loops or similar space-closing and activation loops. Instead of a flat or serrated face, each jaw is a round mandrel of a different, fixed diameter, so the wire is wrapped around whichever beak diameter gives the loop radius wanted, then the plier is repositioned along the wire to continue the wrap. It is a shaping tool only: it carries no cutting edge.
Minimum order200 instrumentsThe minimum for dental instruments. Mixed orders are quoted against your list.
Lead timeInstruments ~2-3 weeks · full sets ~4-6 weeks after advance.
Quality control
The inspection step is set by the line you order.
- Economy line
- sample: visual + dimensional
- Clinical line
- sample + boil test
- Premium line
- tighter sample + hardness test
- Executive line
- 100% inspection + laser mark
Finish A color is a second choice, made on top of the line. Colored finishes on request, on any instrument, in addition to the steel line. Evidenced: black · gold · rose gold · blue · rainbow (anodised titanium).
How it is built
- Box-joint pivot, the standard construction for orthodontic wire-bending pliers
- Both jaws are round mandrels rather than flat or serrated faces, each beak a different fixed diameter
- Some patterns step each mandrel beak down through more than one diameter, giving several usable loop radii per plier
- No cutting edge, a bending/shaping tool, not a cutting plier
- Handles are plain or grooved for grip
- Stainless steel body
Patternsstepped/graduated mandrel beaks · fixed two-diameter beaks
The sizes this named pattern is made in
0.045 in · 0.060 in · 0.075 in
These are the sizes published for this named pattern specifically, rather than the wider range its kind of instrument is made in. They are not a stock list. Tell us the size you need and we will quote against it.
The standard sizes this kind of instrument is made in
3 mm, Nance pattern, first step of a four-step beak · 4 mm, Nance pattern, second step · 5 mm, Nance pattern, third step · 6 mm, Nance pattern, fourth step · 1.4 mm (0.055 in), Tweed pattern, first step of a three-step beak · 1.9 mm (0.075 in), Tweed pattern, second step · 2.3 mm (0.090 in), Tweed pattern, third step
These are the sizes the pattern is manufactured in across the trade. They are not a stock list. Tell us the size you need and we will quote against it.
This describes the loop forming pliers as an article. 1 other article in this catalog shares it: the sentence above is what separates this one. This describes the article. The steel, the finish and the inspection step are set by the line you order.
Material and quality
| Line | Steel | Origin | Finish | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economy line | AISI 410 | Pakistani or Taiwanese | satin, passivated | sample: visual + dimensional |
| Clinical line | AISI 420 | Pakistani or German | satin, passivated | sample + boil test |
| Premium line | AISI 420-440C | German or Japanese | fine polish, passivated | tighter sample + hardness test |
| Executive line | AISI 440C | German or Japanese | mirror polish, passivated | 100% inspection + laser mark |
This is the steel each line is made from as standard. A different origin can be supplied on request (a lower grade in Japanese steel, for example), agreed on your order.
Premium is the line where the choice is yours: 420 or 440C, agreed on your order. Economy is always 410 and Executive is always 440C. Those three are the instrument steels. Hollowware and sterilization containers are made in AISI 202 on a Clinical order and AISI 304 on a Premium or Executive one, and they are not offered in the Economy line at all, which is the section above.
True of every order
Instruments are marked to the buyer's requirement (TGI, unmarked, or the buyer's own brand), agreed on the order.
Customized packaging is part of what TGI supplies. Your own printed boxes, your labels, your brand on the pack, or plain export packing, whichever your market needs. The packing for your order is agreed with you and confirmed on the order.
Manufactured under the quality management system covered by TGI's ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 13485:2016 certificates. Certificate numbers and the issuer's registry are on the certification page. Open the certificates
Every batch of steel is ordered to a specified grade and arrives with the mill's own certificate, which identifies the mill and states the grade. TGI checks the material at the factory against its own requirement before it goes into production. That check is TGI's own inspection, not an independent laboratory test.
TGI manufactures in its own factory in Sialkot and also supplies articles made by contracted partner workshops, to TGI's specification. Which applies to a given article is confirmed on your order.
One-year guarantee on Premium and Executive tier instruments, hollowware and sterilization containers: any technical manufacturing defect, including material faults and rust, is replaced free of charge. Damage from handling or accidents is not covered. The year runs from the day the goods leave Sialkot.
If something is wrong with a delivery (a manufacturing defect, or a short or wrong article), tell us on WhatsApp within 7 days of delivery, with a video and photographs of what arrived. Replacement instruments are sent free of charge and dispatched within 24 hours of us seeing them; you pay the shipping, and they reach you as a normal order does.
Damage that happened after the goods left Sialkot is a claim against your carrier. The video of your parcel at the shipping office is sent to you before shipment and is the evidence that claim needs.
