Manufacturer of Hydraulic Presses

Custom Hydraulic Presses Built Around Your Job

September 3, 2026

Not every job fits a standard press. Sometimes you need more stroke. Sometimes more tonnage. Sometimes a setup nobody sells off the shelf.

That's where we come in. Press Master has been building and customizing hydraulic presses for 45 years. We can adapt one of our standard presses, or build a new one from the ground up around your part and your process.

Here's how it works. Our designers and fabricators sit down with you and figure out what the press really needs to do. Then we engineer it to do exactly that. When your equipment handles your customers' specific requirements, your shop runs smoother and you can say yes to more jobs.

Below is a look at what we can change.

Hydraulic power units

Special jobs often need special power. We can set you up with:

  • Specialized electro-hydraulic power units
  • Specialized air-hydraulic power units
  • Remote auto cycle, so the press runs the job for you
  • A wide range of flow rates to control advance and retract speeds
  • Up to 400 tons of hydraulic force

Special hydraulic controls

Good controls make your operators faster and more precise. We offer:

  • Touchscreen controls
  • PLC control
  • Auxiliary automation

These can include digital readouts for stroke, load and pressure, plus menus for display units and tool part numbers. Operators can enter pressure and stroke values, or run from a set of presets. We can also add custom automation for part loading and automatic adjustments.

Need to send data to your customer? No problem. We can set up data output for display, data acquisition and full traceability.

Safety

Safety comes first. Always. Every Press Master press is designed with it built in, not bolted on.

On a custom press, we can add light curtains and proximity sensors. We also offer two-hand anti-tie-down controls, where the press only cycles when both buttons are pressed at the same time.

Sensors

Depending on the job, we can fit your press with:

  • Load cells
  • Stroke sensors
  • Limit switches
  • Pressure sensors and switches

Hydraulic cylinders

We design and build cylinders to match your work:

  • Tonnage from 12 tons to 400 tons
  • Custom stroke lengths
  • Single acting or double acting
  • Custom rod ends

Special configurations

Whatever layout you need, we can build it. A few examples:

  • Vertical and horizontal presses
  • Custom daylight, vertical or horizontal
  • Special heights
  • Swaging presses with cylinders mounted in both the upper and lower bolsters
  • Spring compression for shock preload

And that's just a start. You can see more examples on our specialty hydraulic presses page.

Why shops come to Press Master

For 45 years, we've helped shops like yours get the right press for the job. We care about every customer, and it shows in the work. Our focus is simple: innovation, dependability and safety. A press we customize for you is built to run for years.

When you win, we win. Keeping customers happy is what keeps a machine shop profitable. A press built for your exact work is one of the best ways to stay competitive.

Tell us what you need your press to do. Our team will work with you to build one that gets it done, reliably and efficiently.

Contact Press Master today to talk about your custom hydraulic press.