Stolle Ragsdale Bodymaker

One in three D&I cans produced worldwide is made on a Stolle Ragsdale bodymaker. Available in four stroke lengths with production speeds from 250 to 400 cans per minute*, the Stolle Ragsdale bodymaker produces aluminum and steel beverage or food can bodies with superior accuracy and productivity.

Built with a solid side frame for reduced machine vibration, the bodymaker is well known ground-breaking design innovations increase production speeds and reduce maintenance with fewer mechanical parts and lubrication points. These improved components are also available as retrofits for existing APM/Ragsdale bodymakers.

	Diamond Linkage provides perfectly straight ram travel which increases tooling life, improves can quality, and significantly reduces machine vibration, lubrication points and bodymaker maintenance. (A)	Click to enlarge
	EM2 Electro-Mechanical/Electro-Magnetic Redraw System provides adjustable electronic control of hold-down force and provides servo-driven actuation. It eliminates the push rod, idler arm, rocker arm, crank-mounted cams, leader pins and redraw carriage, which greatly reduces maintenance requirements, reciprocating weight and machine vibration. (B)
	Fluid Bearing Ram with an improved housing has and easily removable barrel for can size changes. It uses the toolpack coolant as the fluid medium, and is simple to set up and align. (C)
	Servo Drive Cup Feed allows bodymaker speed increase while virtually eliminating cup misfeeds and improving the feeding of out-of-round cups. It eliminates all mechanical drive shafts and gearboxes, as well as their resulting backlash in the bodymaker drive train.
*Speeds are determined by stroke length, can diameter and bodymaker mechanical configuration.