Hydraulic Presses
Custom Features for Hydraulic Presses
For nearly a century, we have manufactured more than 4,500 custom hydraulic presses for rubber molding, composite molding, laminating, forming, bonding and various additional applications. Hydraulic presses are a large part of our company’s core product and service offering. We’ve seen it all, and have been thought leaders in the…
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Custom 400 Ton Hydraulic Press Composite Molding System
French and TMP composite presses come in upacting or downacting configurations and are typically designed with very low deflection, +/- .001” per foot calculated with a load fully distributed over the entire platen. Custom platen sizes and configurations are available with tonnage capacity to 2,000 tons and packages for high…
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10 ton to 1,000 ton Compaction Press Produces Consistent High Quality PTFE Products
French’s compaction press designs, available from 10 to 1,000 tons, are ideal for consistently molding high quality synthetic Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) components and granular or powder materials. This 30 ton down-acting compaction press was custom engineered for a customer molding Teflon seals. To accommodate the customer’s floor space concerns, our engineers designed…
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Custom Hydraulic Presses Resources
The French Oil Mill Machinery Company’s custom hydraulic presses feature a wide variety of engineered designs, making them a fit for solutions of all kinds – from stand-alone hydraulic presses to machines interfaced with automated material and mold handling equipment for unattended manufacturing. Custom hydraulic presses can be complex, especially since we…
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New Vision Series Vacuum Hydraulic Press For Quality Composite Molding Part Production
A new French Vision Series vacuum hydraulic press model, available from 30 tons to 150 tons, is specially designed for customers molding composite parts. Multiple press features such as a vacuum chamber, electrically heated platens, a microprocessor-based advanced control system and an industry leading 3 year warranty yield multiple cost…
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C-Frame Transfer Molding Presses Allow Adjustability in Press Operation
TMP, A Division of French was awarded a contact with the Defense Department for six self-containing C-Frame style heavy duty transfer molding presses to mold rubber components. The hydraulic presses were built with 18” x 18” electrically heated platens, with an adjustable heating rate of 15°F per minute up to…
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New Composite Molding Hydraulic Press System for Aerospace Components
French recently developed a hydraulic press system to improve the part quality of critical composite aerospace components while dramatically reducing production cost, energy consumption and noise emissions. The downacting, sideplate hydraulic press system is designed with an Integrated RTM Package and Precision Control Motion Package. Also included in the rugged…
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Automatic Circuit Board Lamination Press
Custom Designed Automatic Hydraulic Lamination Press for Circuit Board Manufacturing TMP, A Division of French recently developed a multi-purpose, 300-ton vacuum automatic hydraulic lamination system for the printed circuit board industry that allows research development with high-end experimental material, product samples and small run production capabilities. The specialized, electrically heated…
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Vision® Series Hydraulic Presses for Lamination Applications
The French Oil Mill Machinery Co. recently custom designed several Vision® Series 100-ton hydraulic presses with optional lamination package used to manufacture components for U.S. submarines. These up-acting column presses feature a hydraulic power unit, electronic control package and point of operation guarding integrated into a compact modular design. Specially…
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Vacuum Molding Presses Suits Polytetrafluorethylene Laminating
High Temperature Molding Press for PTFE Laminating Press TMP, a leading manufacturer of laminating presses for the printed circuit board and laminating industries, has recently introduced a high-temperature press for PTFE (polytetrafluorethylene) laminating. The vacuum compression press is designed to laminate fluoropolymers at high temperatures, up to 735 degrees F.…
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