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80 TON MODEL 4-POST HYDRAULIC AUTOMATIC TRIMMER #24505
Item number: 200316672569
This press most likely will do the trick You still need all the add ons like a dieset an extruder as well as some heating and cooling but it is going to be a lot less of an excersise in the back pocket than a $20K SMT just for the press
An extruder from a junked injection moulding machine hooked on the existing hydraulics should do the trick
A junked water chiller for the same thing an injection moulder would give one enough cooling water for a closed system
They go around here for about $2-3 K I do not think they be much more over there (wherever you are)
A boiler at 100 psi should be less than $2k and a set of brand new molds about $4 K, second hand? No idea
Allow for a steam valve a water valve and some piping No idea on labour charges there (plumber any one? I do it all myself more that once they are rogues around here)
It should be fast enough as it has pump and hydraulics on the top which means prefill of the large ram as it goes down
They are fairly fast any way as it is a trimming press
If any one is any good with hydraulics a couple of jacking cylinders and an accumulator will make it even faster however you need to slow it right down on the bottom stroke the last 1/4 of an inch or so, it may need another valve and a micro switch on it to do that I would have thought less than a 1/2 a minute cycle is feasable for it, if you limit it'savelling stroke as you don't need this much for records any way it is sturdy enough judging from the photo at any rate
May be a bit light for a 12" as it is but a little twiging may get you another 10 odd tonne pressure which should do the trick
If the tie rods are about 4" it will certainly take 100+ tonne
A bit more heat on the vinyl not a problem at the rated tonnage regrdless
So for about $13K for gear and $2-3K for the hydraulic man's charges you can be a Vinyl Record Pressing Shop and have all the fun under the sun Keep Vinyl alive
Pitty is not in my part of the world it would have been a piece of cake
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