MX Series Metallographic Sample Mounting Presses
Our new fully-automatic mounting presses, the MX400 and MX500, are your solutions for faster, more sophisticated mounting. The MX400 and MX500 boasts a slim, 8-inch wide profile to maximize lab space. A touch-screen display provides easy, user-friendly operation.
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Features
- Novel solid steel crossbar closure design is durable, easy to clean, avoids jamming, and allows for quick, one-handed operation
- Intuitive swipe-and-touch user interface makes it easy for you to select heating, cooling, and pressure parameters
- Create fully customizable methods or use a LECO-developed method to fit your exact needs
- Variable modes for mounting delicate samples using all common types of mounting materials
- Low thermal mass for rapid heating and cooling rates for superior productivity
- Reduce mounting bottlenecks and increase throughput with full size dual mount capability in 1.25-inch, 1.50-inch, 30mm, 40mm, and 50mm mold size
- Quickly and easily switch between mold sizes with the MX500
Models
MX400
- Mold Sizes: 1.25-in, 1.5-in, 30mm, 40mm, or 50mm
- 115V or 230 V
MX500
- Mold Sizes: 1.25-in, 1.5-in, 30mm, 40mm, or 50mm
- 115V or 230 V
Options
Mounting supplies
Top exhaust panel
Mold sleeves
Water recirculator
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