Bent Lamination Vacuum Press

Clamping in a vacuum press applies a surprising amount of pressure evenly across the entire part.

Bent lamination vacuum press.

The 4468h vacuum press is the preferred choice for framing professionals with user friendly touch pad controls with six factory. With vacuum clamping your form needs to be exceptionally strong or it is likely to crush and ruin your glue up. The beauty of laminating bent pieces in a vacuum bag is that the form or mold is simple to make. The vacuum press is necessary for the glue up of the numerous laminates.

With approximately 75 of the company s turn over being derived from sub contract manufacturing activities if you buy a vacuum press from bagpress you have access to probably the best vacuum pressing technical support line anywhere on earth. When strip laminating a curved piece of wood a vacuum press can be a useful alternative to standard clamps. I used boat canopy window vinyl for bag material and some brass fit. The even clamping pressure applied by the vacuum bag eliminates the need for a two piece mold.

How to build your own vacuum bag press for veneering bent lamination or other glue ups. Recently a client who purchased woodworks season 5 dvd and is working on building the contemporary dining chair episode 507 emailed david about his recommendations for a vacuum press. In 2009 we vacuum pressed around 4000 panels of all shapes and sizes construction and surface finish. Each lamination has a scarf joint.

Each press comes complete with automatic temperature control 375 watt infra red heaters single or double tray operation busch vacuum pump interior fan cooling double ribbed tray gasket for an airtight seal pneumatic tray cylinder support plc for storage and operation of program parameters and a soft touch hmi control panel. I am a banjo builder and make 11 diameter circular three ply steam bent laminations that are 5 8 thick total. Vacuum presses allow users to simultaneously process multiple pieces of artwork with varying sizes and thicknesses. Automatic vacuum press for serial production of bent lamination components for the caravan industry.

The expression line of vacuum presses from d k offers guaranteed quality results every time for mounting laminating and texturing projects. Flat veneered panels curved doors arched jams shaped parts cylinders spiral staircases. Contemporary dining chair episode 507. When set up right there will be no gaps in the lamination.

Vacuum pressing bag system. This project involves bentwood lamination for the curved chair back.