For over 50 years, RFS Co. Mec has delivered undisputed business success in the Vigevano Italy footwear district. Production includes hydraulic presses for polishing soles and insoles, plating and printing machines for printing, plating (polishing) and cutting leather and synthetic products.  Over the past 20 years, the following have been added to their production range: thermoforming units for E.V.A. and polyethylene, hydraulic presses for vulcanization and heated cutting presses suitable for the automotive sector; particularly materials used for sound dampening requirements.

Thanks to an ever-renewed system of studies, continuous research of new materials, meticulous evaluation of the quality / price ratio and ten years of proprietary experience coupled with absolute availability responding to customer’s requests, RFS CO.MEC’s products are today known and appreciated both in Italy and throughout the world.

The RFS CO.MEC hydraulic up-stroke heated platen & cutting presses are designed & engineered to meet the customer’s individual production requirements and can be customized with various transport feeding & handling systems to accommodate roll good materials. The minimum dimension of the working platen is 350mm x 300mm up to a maximum of 1500mm x 1000mm – custom sizes available – with cutting powers up to 330 Tons. Platen dimensions, cutting power, dwell time, heat specifications (top & bottom) along with the level of the control software are critical components to maximize your manufacturing process.

Plating & Hot Stamping Presses: Hydraulic up-stroke platen presses for printing & stamping, plating, & embossing leather goods, shoe components, textiles and synthetic materials.  The working cycle is completely automatic & programmable, the mechanical stop piston precisely controls the printing depth with the pressing time managed by the PLC and the automatic foil spooler controlled via encoder.

Die Cutting Presses: Hydraulic Up-Stroke Heated Cutting Presses are versatile machines able to support total cutting & kiss-cutting, trimming, & crease/seal applications for a wide range of products; both natural & synthetic. Ideally suited for processing textiles & non-woven materials, foams & synthetic fibers used for insulation & sound dampening properties, vacuum formed plastics, blister packaging, pre-printed graphics, laminated materials, paper products, leather & many more.

Thermoforming & Vulcanizing Presses: Thermoforming Presses for EVA, polyethylene & similar materials & machines designed to vulcanize rubber and it’s by-products.  The electrically heated platens provided uniform heat distribution & precise temperature control across the entire platen surface.  The processing cycle is fully automatic & programmable and the degassing system allows for the expulsion of gases produced by the materials.