Abstract: Apparatus for cutting plastics, said apparatus comprising heated and cooled parts separated from each other by insulating means, whereby said tool is continuously working under a temperature corresponding to the temperature of the transition from a solid into a liquid phase of the plastic to be shaped.

Abstract: A press for cold forming of workpieces from a metal sheet, wherein one of the upper tool and the lower tool is connected with a piston actuated by pressure means, having at least one C-frame, characterized by a guide frame carrying a cylindrical body with the upper tool, the guide frame being bodily separated from the C-frame, and by a compensating body loosely positioned between the cylindrical body and the upper arm of the C-frame, or a crossbar connecting the upper arms of the C-frames, the compensating body being coaxial with the upper and lower tools and swingable in the plane running perpendicularly to the plane of the guide frame.

Abstract: Profile press and precision cutting apparatus having a pressure multiplier comprising a cutting die loosely supported by a base plate, the cutting die being held in parallelism with the cutting tool by a guide means fixed to the piston rod, which means assures a torsion free guidance of said piston rod.