PLATE TECHNOLOGY

Wherever lamination takes place under heat and pressure, our carrier plates ensure process stability and reproducible results.

Our carrier plates stabilise and optimise press packages across a wide range of lamination processes. We support your high-temperature press processes through targeted heat treatment and well-founded material know-how. Through our high-precision parts, we ensure uniform material distribution.

• Stabilization of laminate stacks
• Support for high-temperature press processes
• Ensuring uniform material distribution

We manufacture our press plates for industrial applications in which tolerances are not a matter for negotiation. Where the highest precision is required, we deliver solutions you can rely on permanently. Tight manufacturing tolerances form the basis for consistently exact results, even under the most demanding production conditions.

For maximum performance we rely on high-quality materials. They are selected specifically for continuous industrial use. A controlled heat treatment ensures optimum material properties and long-term dimensional stability. Precision-ground surfaces ensure even pressure distribution and contribute decisively to the quality of the end product.

It goes without saying that we document the quality of our processes. We thereby ensure that every production step is traceable, tested and aligned with the highest standards. We understand the requirements of complex lamination processes down to the last detail, and think consistently from the end result. This is how press plates are created that not only convince technically but offer genuine process reliability.

The facts about C.A.PICARD^® press plates at a glance:

• Tight manufacturing tolerances
• High-quality materials
• favourable heat transfer through controlled heat treatment
• Precision-ground surfaces
• Trouble-free production flow – also usable for the new generation of high-speed cleaning/brushing systems

Press plates for technical laminates

The accuracy and quality of a multilayer circuit is determined to a significant extent by the pressing tool, among other things. In other words: the selection and design of the pressing tool are of the greatest importance. The pressing tool must meet the highest requirements with regard to the precision of the hole spacing dimensions, hole dimensions (for PinLam), parallelism and flatness.

The C.A.PICARD^® transport/cover plates and top/bottom plates serve:

• the smooth transport of the press package
• holding the registration pins for pin lamination
• the slip-proof fixing of the press package during mass lamination.

Depending on the utilisation of the press openings, you can choose from various thicknesses. The high-precision seats for the registration pins can either be eroded directly into the plate or designed as replaceable bushings. Various steel grades are available, depending on the intended use and the maximum pressing temperature. For pin lamination, the combination of carrier plate/lower plate is ideal. This reduces costs and increases the utilisation of the press opening.

See our technical data below:

Press tools for multilayer production

It is not only the high loads during the pressing process that determine the service life of separator plates for multilayer production. The separator plates can also be damaged during handling and cleaning, which leads to repair effort and rejects at an early stage.

As an established supplier of high-quality press tools and separator plates for multilayer production, we at C.A.PICARD^® have invested a great deal of potential and energy in developing a suitable material for multilayer separator plates. The demands of the market were taken into account just as much as the process and product requirements of both plate and multilayer production.

Product features & performance characteristics

• Manufactured in an environmentally friendly way using state-of-the-art hardening and grinding processes
• Can be quickly and cost-effectively reconditioned when needed
• Have favourable heat transfer
• Withstand thermal cycling without warping
• Guarantee a smooth production flow
• Also suitable for the new generation of high-speed cleaning/brushing systems

Separator plates with eroded registration openings available on request.

Deviations from standard specifications (tighter tolerances) are available on request.
We reserve the right to make changes that serve technical progress.

Our bushings are designed so that you can replace them yourself when needed without compromising the guaranteed accuracy. Bushings are available for both the standard slotted hole and other dimensions. C.A.PICARD^® slotted-hole registration pins are equipped with centring aids to make pin removal easier and faster.

Technical Data:

C.A.PICARD Spring Elements

These spring elements significantly increase process reliability during lamination and transport. We offer two different versions of these C.A.PICARD^® spring elements.
The 90° (with two legs) or straight (with one leg) spring element fixes the press package during production. The C.A.PICARD^® spring elements also help and simplify loading and unstacking the press package. The result is greater production reliability and higher productivity.