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To cut samples having thickness up to 4mm.
International Equipments is a leading manufacturer, supplier and exporter of Laboratory Hydraulic Presses — also called Sample Cutting Presses, Specimen Cutting Presses or Die-Cutting Hydraulic Presses — in India. Built at our Mumbai facility, our 5-tonne Hydraulic Press is the dedicated laboratory bench-top press used by QC laboratories across the plastic, polymer, rubber, film, packaging, leather and adhesive industries to cut standard-shape test specimens from sheet, film and finished product samples — exactly as required for tensile, impact, peel, COF, density and dozens of other mechanical tests.
The hydraulic press is the unsung workhorse of every well-equipped polymer QC laboratory. Without it, the laboratory cannot produce the dumbbell-shaped tensile specimens required by ASTM D 638 / ISO 527, the rectangular strips required by ASTM D 882, the circular discs required by COF and density tests, or the notched bars used in Izod/Charpy testing. With it, the operator can produce dimensionally accurate, repeatable test specimens in seconds per piece — turning every test on every downstream instrument (UTM, Tensile Tester, Impact Tester, Peel Tester) into a reproducible, audit-ready QC measurement.
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A Laboratory Hydraulic Press — in the sample-cutting configuration sold on this page — is a small bench-top hydraulic press equipped with a flat platen on the lower side and a piston-actuated die-holder on the upper side. The operator places a sheet of sample material on the lower platen, positions a cutting die on top of the material, then operates the manual hand pump to drive the piston downward. The cutting die punches through the sample material against the lower platen, producing one or more standard-shape test specimens with cleanly-cut edges in a single press operation.
Different from large industrial hydraulic presses (which operate at hundreds of tonnes for production-scale metal-forming and forging), the laboratory Hydraulic Sample Cutting Press is purpose-built for the polymer QC use case: low tonnage (5 tonnes is more than enough to cut any plastic or rubber up to 4 mm thick), small footprint (fits on a standard lab bench), manual operation (no power supply needed, no compressed air, no electronics), and full compatibility with the standard ASTM and ISO test-specimen cutting dies used across the polymer testing industry.
Our Hydraulic Press has a 5-tonne capacity — comfortably high enough to cut any plastic film, plastic sheet, rubber sheet, leather sample, fabric or paper sample up to 4 mm thick in a single press stroke. For most polymer samples (LDPE, LLDPE, HDPE, PP, PVC, ABS, PC), 5 tonnes is several times more than the actual force required for the cut — giving generous margin for harder materials and ensuring clean edges with no edge crushing or tearing.
The 12 inch horizontal daylight (the open vertical gap between platen and die-holder) accommodates large cutting dies and thicker sample stacks for production-scale specimen preparation. The 4 inch cross travel (the lateral movement of the die-holder relative to the platen) allows multiple cut positions across a single sheet of sample material without re-positioning the entire sample — improving throughput when cutting many specimens from one source sheet.
Operation is manual — a hand-operated hydraulic pump drives the piston. This is by design: manual operation gives the operator full tactile feedback during the cut, eliminates the cost and complexity of a motor / pump / valve / control system, and removes all electrical / electronic failure modes from the press. The press will operate reliably for decades with minimal maintenance, in any laboratory environment, on any continent, without any power source.
Mild-steel construction with powder-coated finish for long laboratory service life. Other capacities (lower or higher than 5 tonnes) can be supplied on request — please mention your typical sample material and thickness in the enquiry. Cutting dies are supplied separately and are matched to the test standards your laboratory needs to follow.
The Hydraulic Press is supplied WITHOUT cutting dies as standard. Dies are matched to the specific test standards your laboratory needs to follow — and the choice of die is the most important decision in equipping the press. Common die types we can supply:
Contact International Equipments today for a personalised quotation. Tell us your typical sample material, sample thickness and the test standards you follow (ASTM D 638, ASTM D 882, ASTM D 412, ISO 527, IS 13360 or others) — our team will recommend the right press capacity, suggest the matching cutting dies for your specimen requirements, and share package pricing for the press + dies + any companion equipment you may need.
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