A room-temperature, powder compaction device that is ideal for
cold pressing powders for crystal growth experiments, target
pellets, and densified metallic oxide precusors.
Compact upright
design conserves benchspace and is readily moved from storage
to work area.
Pressure range to 500 psi, pressure precision
of 1% full scale.
Ambient Temperature. Fast, simple sample
loading.
Stainless steel Swagelock fittings and valves.
Flexible sample
container size is a 1 cm diameter cylinder to lengths of
25 cm.
Water confining-medium means operation and sample recovery
is safe, clean and simple.
Compressed air pump (standard
equipment) or hand-operated pump (optional).
Time required
for pressing is on the order of minutes.
Material cost per
pressing (excluding sample), is less than $5.
Very little
training is required to operate the equipment.
