Hot Mounting
Compression mounting utilizes a mounting press that combines high heat (>150 ºC) to liquefy a powder resin and high pressure to compress and form it in a mold containing the sample. The round "encapsulated" sample then can easily be clamped or held for grinding and polishing. This mounting method is chosen mostly for high volume output where the cost per mold is much lower than with cold resins. Typical output is two (2) mounts in about 8-10 minutes per cycle.
TechPress 3x™
The Newly Updated TechPress 3x™ electro-hydraulic automatic mounting press is used to encapsulate samples for metallographic preparation.
The microprocessor-based system features 2 modes of operation; "manual input" and "one-touch programs", which includes a pre-loaded database with 80 adjustable programs, including parameters for mold size, single mount, or duplexing, mounting resin, curing time and temperature, pressure, and cooling time.
Temperature can be displayed in either Fahrenheit or Celsius and pressure can be displayed in either psi or BAR throughout the mounting procedure. The operator can choose to display instructions and menus on the 7" color LCD touchscreen in 10 common languages (English, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Russian, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese).
Two mounts can be produced at one time in 5 minutes using the duplexing spacer.
Mold assemblies that range from 25 mm to 2" can be changed and include a duplexing spacer, allowing up to two mounts per cycle to be produced at one time.
TechPress 3x™ Accessories
Interchangeable mold assemblies from 25 mm through 2", include a duplexing spacer, allowing up to two mounts per cycle.
