OEM Press Systems’ (Fullerton, Calif.) new vacuum molding press is designed to facilitate push-through loading and unloading and features automatic, vertically traversing vacuum doors that index vertically to allow access to the press platens. The platens are thermal fluid heated and reportedly maintain temperature uniformity across the press platen mold area to within 2°F/1.1°C. The control system provides 10-segment recipe control capability. The press cycle can be controlled via time or product temperature. Product temperature is monitored throughout the cycle by thermocouples in the press chamber. Product temperature as well as platen temperature, hydraulic pressure and vacuum levels are charted on historical trending screens.