Extrusion Tooling

Product Descriptions

In the year 2000, EXTRUDEX changed course from previous practice and began in-house design and development of pipe and tube extrusion tooling. The decision was driven by shortcomings of existing technologies in meeting EXTRUDEX's requirements for quality, versatility and performance.

Utilizing more than 25 years of practical experience in extrusion, EXTRUDEX's skilled and highly motivated design and development team started development of monolayer pipe and tube die heads for a limited product range. The work was conducted in close cooperation with technical institutes and raw material manufacturers as well as customers. The range of equipment developed included conventional small pipe die heads with spider and spiral mandrel distributors.

Spurred on by growing market demand, EXTRUDEX responded by developing die heads for monolayer pipes up to 160 mm in outer diameter. The increasing use of multilayer pipe technologies for plumbing and heating systems created needs for new manufacturing capabilities. EXTRUDEX met the challenge, developing a 3-layer die head for underfloor heating pipes with outer diameters up to 25 mm. Building on the know-how obtained with the 3-layer die head, EXTRUDEX then developed 5 and 6-layer die heads for PP-R (including 1-2 layers of fibre glass if required) and PE-RT pipe manufacturing with outer diameters up to 110 mm.

EXTRUDEX die heads are used to extrude a broad variety of products:

* PP-R & HDPE monolayer pipes with outer diameters up to 160 mm
* Multilayer pipes with up to 6 layers for plumbing systems in O.D. range 16 - 110 mm
* Mono and multilayer fuel line piping for automotive applications
* LDPE-film coated PE foam tubing
* Plastic-coated steel pipes, e.g. garden posts
* Microtubing for cardiac catheters, mono- to 3-layer versions with O.D.'s up to 0.55 mm
* Underfloor and wall heating pipes, mono- to 5-layer designs, in O.D. range 8 - 32 mm

We also offer pipe calibration equipment:

Disc calibrators
Sleeve calibrators
Block calibrators
Iris-diaphragm calibrators for medical microtubing
We will be happy to provide more information upon request.

All EXTRUDEX machines and equipment carry CE marking certifying full compliance with EU regulations