Model
33
33$159.00
Flask Press #33 Little Giant for Pressing a Single Flask, Inside Dimensions: 5" wide x 4" max. height (13cm x 10cm).
Handler #33 Little Giant Press belongs to our flask & hydraulic presses range, made by Handler. Manufacturer part number 33.
Find it on our Lab Equipment shelf, under Digital, Furnace & Curing Equipment.
Orders placed before 3 PM ET ship the same day when the item is on our shelf (otherwise within 3 business days), and ground shipping is free over $10.
Product
- Manufacturer
- Handler
- Manufacturer #
- 33
- Item code
- 007-0079
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- Marketplace
- Laboratory
- Category
- Lab Equipment
- Subcategory
- Digital, Furnace & Curing Equipment
Ordering
- Status
- Ships in 3 business days
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Questions
What is Handler #33 Little Giant Press used for?
Flask Press #33 Little Giant for Pressing a Single Flask, Inside Dimensions: 5" wide x 4" max. height (13cm x 10cm).
When does it ship?
In-stock orders placed before 3 PM ET ship the same day; anything not on our shelf ships within 3 business days.Ground shipping is free over $10.
About flasks and hydraulic presses
Flask and hydraulic presses hold the denture flask, the vessel that supports the gypsum mould, and press the denture base resin into the mould. A denture flask is a metal or fibreglass vessel that supports the gypsum mould in which a denture is polymerised. Packing is the pressing of denture base material into the mould inside the flask. Compression moulding is a common way of curing acrylic resin.
Denture processing is the means by which denture base material is polymerised into the form of a denture. Firing is the process of porcelain fusion, used in dentistry to produce porcelain restorations.
The FDA describes dental porcelain as a powder heated to a high temperature in an oven to produce a hard prosthesis with a glass-like finish.
How presses, curing units, furnaces and formers differ
- Flask & Hydraulic Presses — Holds the mould and presses the resin into it.
- Denture Curing Units — Polymerises the resin once it is in the mould.
- Furnace Units — Heats ceramics to firing temperature; wax elimination, the removal of wax from a mould, is also usually done by heat.
- Furnace Parts — The replaceable parts of a furnace, such as the muffle.
- Curing Lights & Parts — Polymerises resin with light of a set wavelength range.
- Vacuum Formers & Injectors — Shapes a softened sheet over a cast, or injects material into a closed mould, in place of packing a flask.
- General Repair & Replacement Parts — Burner parts, a curing unit spigot, a halogen bulb and press parts.
What to look at when choosing
Processing method: an injection method was developed to deal with the shrinkage of heat-cured acrylic in compression moulding.
Temperature: ISO 13078 exists because a furnace has to be calibrated; its method covers 600 to 1,050 degrees Celsius.
Cleaning between cases: the CDC notes that pressure pots and water baths are particularly susceptible to contamination and should be cleaned and disinfected between patients.
Sources: The Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms, 9th edition (J Prosthet Dent 2017) · FDA 21 CFR 872.6660, Porcelain powder for clinical use · Comparison of Conventional Pressure-packed and Injection Molding Processing Methods for an Acrylic Resin Denture (Int J Dent 2022) · ISO 13078:2013, Dental furnace: test method for temperature measurement with separate thermocouple · ISO 10650:2026, Powered polymerization activators · CDC, Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003 (MMWR 52 RR-17)
