Capabilities

Custom Engineering uses innovative technology and manufacturing expertise to produce platens specifically tailored to customers’ requirements. We make platens as small as 12” square for laminating applications, as wide as 15’ for producing oriented strand board (OSB), and as long as 50’ for manufacturing conveyor belting. Custom Engineering can manufacture the largest platens in the world. Custom provides platens for all types of industries including:

• Wood panel products
• Industrial and decorative laminating
• Rubber molding
• Conveyor belting
• Composite paneling
• Armor
• Metal hot forming

Custom Engineering is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic platen presses and manufactured press components. Whether you have an existing design or need complete design and engineering services, our expertise is unmatched. The engineering staff at Custom Engineering utilizes the latest in mechanical engineering technology and software to design hydraulic platen presses to any manufacturing requirement, no matter how simple or complex. Hydraulic platen presses are used in industry to manufacture a myriad of different products including:

• Felt or foam fabrication
• Rubber molded mats
• Hot form pressing
• High pressure laminating
• Composite material manufacturing and fabrication
• Honeycomb panel manufacturing
• Phenolic panel manufacturing

Custom Engineering’s fully integrated contract manufacturing and machining services position us as a leading U.S. supplier of heavy industrial metal fabrication. Custom specializes in the production of base plates and foundation plates, large oil pans, cooling and heating platens, pressure vessels, and hydraulic presses. Custom Engineering has developed a specialized flooring system that allows accurate fit-up of large, heavy steel plate parts and provides a square, level work surface to hold close tolerances. Custom accommodates weldments up to and over 60’ long and weighing up to 160,000 lbs. Custom is ideally suited to meet the demands of OEMs across the United States and globally.

Custom Engineering employs a team of highly skilled craftsmen to provide unmatched skill and expertise in multiple forms of welding including GMAW, FCAW, SAW, GTAW, and SMAW. Custom maintains over 180 qualified welding procedures, qualified in accordance with ASME Section IX, AWS D1.1, AWS D1.6 and other various Codes of Construction.

Our manufacturing facility is specially designed to produce mid to large scale metal fabrications, accommodating weldments up to and over 60’ long and weighing up to 160,000 lbs. With the combination of ingenious precision fit-up fixtures, multiple burn tables, robotic welding capabilities, ASME and AWS certified welders, Custom meets the highest quality standards for large fabricated components and is able to hold tight tolerances.

Custom Engineering continually invests in the latest technology and training for our highly skilled machinists. We specialize in large scale heavy industrial machining projects exceeding 720” long and 186” wide in a variety of materials, including alloy steel, carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, and more. Our manual and CNC machining capabilities allow us to hold tight tolerances on features including perpendicularity, flatness, and parallelism, per customer specifications.