Riptide® Crosshead

Riptide Crosshead Crosssection View

The Riptide® crosshead remains unchallenged as the most dynamic, versatile, and operator friendly crosshead the market has ever seen. This compact, two-piece, front loading, fixed center crosshead was primarily designed for extruding profile and multiple conductor products.

The compact design consists of a body and cover that retain a matched tip and die plate. The tip and die, specifically designed for each product, precision aligned and pinned together to form a fixed center tooling set.

Plastic is introduced to the plates and then split 180° before approaching a predetermined ramp and metering flow area of even proportions. This flow design ensures that the desired extrudate is stable and repeatable each time the job is run. Making it the most optimum technology to produce your multi-conductor and intricate profile applications.

In addition to running the industry’s most unique and intricate applications, the Riptide® also offers the ability to run both single and dual layer constructions. Applications such as pressure, tubing, sleeving, and semi-sleeving are achievable with Riptide® crosshead technology.

Changeovers are efficient and can be done within a matter of minutes with no compound to be cleaned from the bore. Rapid tooling changes on a line that produces complex profiles, with the greatest of accuracy, is technology that no other crosshead manufacturer can claim and stand behind!

Riptide® Capacity Specifications

Model Min Core Height x Width Max Core Height x Width Max Die Height x Width
201 .008” x .020” 0.250” x 0.500” 0.500” x 1.000”
202 .008” x .020” 0.625” x 0.875” 0.875” x 1.375”
204 .008” x .020” 1.000” x 1.500” 1.250” x 2.000”
375 .008” x .020” 1.500” x 3.000” 1.750” x 3.750”

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