ContiAct® Tile Machine

The WELSCH ContiAct® Tile Machine is the definitive answer for manufacturers who have outgrown conventional production lines. Built on a foundation of nearly 30 years of specialized industry experience, it combines the rugged, heavy-metal soul of the great engineering pioneers with the surgical precision of modern material science. This is more than a machine; it is a WELSCH masterpiece of high-speed extrusion.

Functional tiles require a different kind of precision. Our specialized machines for verges, ridges, and complex fittings handle the intricate geometries that standard heads cannot. Design Speed: 45 TPM. Effective Performance: A steady, precise flow of 25 to 30 TPM. The Result: Perfect definition on complex down-turns and interlocks, ensuring every fitting fits the main tiles perfectly.

While our standard ContiAct® Tile Machine configurations offer industry-leading speeds, we are, at our core, a custom engineering center. We thrive on custom solutions, not catalogs.

Precision Preparation: The ContiAct® Pallet Oiling & Under-Pallet Lubrication Excellence starts with the carrier. Our intelligent oiling stations apply an ultra-fine film of release agent, while our under-pallet lubrication ensures the pallet glides with the friction-free precision of a high-performance drivetrain.

The Foundation: The ContiAct® Pallet Drive & Hold-Down Unit The ContiAct® Tile Machine utilizes a high-torque drive system supported by our signature vacuum-hardened guide rails. Our precision hold-down units ensure the pallet remains dead-flat during the intense compaction phase.

The Powerhouse: The ContiAct® Extrusion Head This is our engine block. Built with chrome-manganese carrier bodies and integrated tungsten carbide inserts, our extrusion heads defy the abrasion of even the harshest mixes, maintaining their bore and geometry for millions of cycles.

The Final Polish: The ContiAct® Side-Trimming & Cutting Table The process concludes with surgical refinement. Our side-trimming stations clean the edges, while the synchronized cutting table delivers a perfect shear at maximum velocity, clean, fast, and precise.

We do not believe in the lightweight trend of modern plant manufacturing. At WELSCH, we understand that to achieve a reliable 150 TPM, you need mass, you need rigidity, and you need a level of mechanical synchronization that electronics alone cannot replace. Our technology is the evolution of the industry's greatest legends, perfected, not just copied.

While our competitors move toward thin-walled, bolt-together frames, we remain committed to the massive cast-iron and heavy-walled structural steel foundations that defined the elite 1990s era of engineering. We build for the next 30 years, not just the next three.

This mass absorbs the high-frequency vibrations of the extrusion process, ensuring that the machine remains dead-still even at maximum velocity. The mechanical linkage provides a rhythmic, synchronized flow that is physically locked in time. It creates the high-torque delivery required to push the pallets through the head with absolute consistency.

We have kept the heartbeat of the greats. Instead of relying solely on standard servomotors that can struggle with the relentless pulse of concrete compaction, we build heavy-duty, cam-driven and crank-driven pallet drives.

We have taken the indestructible iron of the 1990s and armed it with vacuum-hardened rails and brazed carbide. It is the ultimate mechanical platform, robust enough to run for decades, yet precise enough to lead the global market at 150 TPM. This is the WELSCH standard: Evolution through mass and mastery.