Custom Metallographic Mounting Press
When the standard families don't fit: non-standard diameters, multi-station machines, integrated workstations and special control requirements — engineered to your specification.
Who it suits
- Non-standard or very large mould diameters requiring tooling design
- Very high throughput needing three or more stations
- Integrated workstations: storage, enclosure, extraction provision
- Tender specifications with fixed technical requirements
- Special electrical, control or documentation requirements
Why choose this architecture
- The configurator's structured RFQ captures exactly what deviates from standard
- Engineering review is built into the process — no forced fit to a catalogue
- Custom tooling, force sizing and cooling are calculated, not assumed
- Existing specifications and sketches can be attached to the RFQ
Limitations and trade-offs
- Custom tooling and packaging need engineering confirmation before a commercial offer
- More stations increase utility demand, footprint and operator-workflow complexity
- No automatic configurator result is treated as a final custom-machine specification
Utilities and installation
- Electrical, actuation and cooling utilities calculated from the selected station count and duty
- Installation space and access reviewed for workstation or enclosed layouts
- Exhaust or extraction interfaces defined where requested
Operational concept
A custom press starts from the same physics as every mounting press — force, area, heat and cooling — and adapts the mechanical architecture around your constraint: an unusual specimen format, a laboratory workflow, a facility limitation or a tender document. The configurator flags every selection that needs engineering review, so the RFQ arrives at Multitek with the open questions already identified.
Configuration possibilities
- Custom mould diameters with dedicated tooling design
- Three or more cylinders / multi-station layouts
- Closed workstations with heat containment and extraction provision
- Integrated consumables storage, tool drawers and laboratory racks
- Custom control, recipe and documentation requirements
Detailed technical specifications (dimensions, electrical load, cycle data) are defined per configuration and confirmed during engineering review — Mouldz does not publish generic catalogue values that may not apply to your machine.
Reference configuration from Multitek
Custom multi-station reference configuration
Best suited to: High-throughput, special-tooling or integrated-workstation requirements that do not fit a standard single or dual layout.
- Multitek publicly offers triple-chamber mounting press configurations
- Advanced HMI control and independently configured heating zones are listed on the published reference
- Custom mould options and water-cooled hydraulic architecture are available by configuration
- Storage, enclosure, extraction provision and special tooling are captured in the Mouldz RFQ
Reference capabilities describe the cited configuration, not every machine. Final specifications are confirmed against the customer RFQ.
Verify on Multitek triple-chamber mounting pressCommon questions
- How do I start a custom press enquiry?
- Use the configurator like any other enquiry and choose the custom options where the standard values don't fit — custom diameter, more cylinders, custom controls. Attach existing specifications at the contact step. Every custom selection automatically routes the RFQ to engineering review.
- Will I get an instant specification for a custom machine?
- No — deliberately. Custom configurations produce a structured RFQ with the open engineering questions flagged. Multitek engineering reviews force sizing, tooling and utilities before proposing a machine, rather than auto-generating a specification that would need correcting later.