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Abstract

A press has a fixed platen, a movable platen displaceable toward and away from the fixed platen, a plurality of low-pressure cylinders braced against the movable platen and pressurizable to move it toward the fixed platen, and a plurality of medium-pressure cylinders braced against the movable platen and pressurizable to move it toward the fixed platen. A low-pressure accumulator holding a body of hydraulic fluid and a head of nitrogen and a medium-pressure accumulator holding a body of hydraulic fluid and a head of nitrogen are connected via respective conduits with the low- and medium-pressure cylinders. a nitrogen supply connects the accumulators above the respective fluid bodies together in a closed system. A controller feeds the fluid therefrom to the respective cylinders. More particularly, the nitrogen supply includes a shunt conduit extending between upper regions of the accumulators and a pump or compressor in the shunt conduit for displacing nitrogen from the low-pressure accumulator to the high-pressure accumulator.

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