Guill Tool & Engineering’s micro medical extrusion tooling

New medical crosshead from Guill Tool & Engineering features patented single-point concentricity adjustment.

Left: rendering; Right; exploded rendering
Left: rendering; Right; exploded rendering
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Guill Tool & Engineering introduces the new Micro Medical, an extrusion crosshead that uses micro-fine adjustment screws for precise concentricity adjustment. The precision of concentricity reaches 0.008" or finer per revolution. This single point concentricity adjustment is a unique Guill innovation for the extrusion of thin-walled and precision ID/OD medical tubing. One adjustment bolt controls 360° adjustment.

Features of the Micro Medical crosshead include a patented cam-lock deflector for quick changeovers, with a residence time of one minute at 0.5 lb/hr material flow, optimized usage with extruders measuring 1/2" and 3/4", and a max die ID of 0.250".

Additionally, the Guill Micro Medical crosshead offers great flexibility to its users. It not only accepts both vacuum and micro-air accessories, but is also ideal for pressure and sleeving applications. Fluoropolymer designs are available upon request.