Crossheads for Special Applications

Besides all standard extrusion crossheads Unitek offers a large variety of crossheads for special applications allowing for the extrusion of complex materials and complex products; i.e. for extreme thin wall single or multi-layer extrusion coating of pipes, heads for medical extrusion.

Special Application Extrusion Crossheads

  • Extreme thin wall insulation
  • Cabled product: Intermediate tool for additional compression using 2 extruders
  • SZ-strand insulation: Compact head for tandem stranding/insulation of flexible conductors
  • Similar melt temperature polymer crossheads
  • Thermal Barriers: Applications with highly diverse temperatures of compounds processed
  • Skin-Foam-Skin applications
  • Oil/Water temperature controlled crossheads

Fixed Center Crossheads

  • Immediate precise start-up
  • No set-up required
  • Immediate concentric insulation
  • No operator set-up required
  • Reduced scrap
Special Application Extrusion Crossheads
Special Application Extrusion Crossheads
Special Application Extrusion Crossheads
Special Application Extrusion Crossheads

Chart - Special Application Crossheads