摘要 |
PURPOSE: A stamping press is provided which can be used for a variety of stamping functions, among which are embossing a substrate, applying a foil to a substrate or applying foil and an emboss to a substrate, and is useful for applying security marketing to documents. CONSTITUTION: A stamping press has a pair of plates defining a press gap between them, a hydraulic ram (16) to produce relative movement between the plates to close the press gap and apply pressure to the die to press the die against a substrate in the gap, a hydraulic pump (62) driven by an electric motor (60) through a flywheel (61) means for shutting off the motor on reaching a predetermined pressure in the circuit, and a dump valve (64) for dumping hydraulic pressure from the circuit.
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