Electric and Steam Heating Platens for Hydraulic Presses

Venango Machine is a machining company specializing in engineered Heated Platens, Hydraulic Press Platens and Compression Molding Platens used in the composite, rubber, plywood, automotive, chemical and other industries. In addition to platen design and fabrication, Venango is a key contract manufacturer supporting the metalworking industry throughout Western Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio and Western New York. These services include various degrees of surface grinding from rough blanchard grinding to extremely close tolerance surface work, gun drilling and a wide range of milling, slotting and boring operations.

Get details, contact Nyla Vogel ...814.739.2211 or visit our plant located in Wattsburg, PA.

Heated Platens

We manufacture all varieties of platens including steam, hot oil, electrically heated (cartridge and strip), high temperature, and various combinations of heating/cooling. Our platens accommodate round, square or rectangular designs for virtually any application. Regardless of press size or type, our manufacturing and technical organization has the expertise and experience to meet your needs.

Contract Manufacturing

Venango is a full service contract manufacturer dedicated to servicing the complete machining needs of customers throughout eastern United States. Our reputation for quality machining upholds a Venango tradition of excellence in rotary and surface grinding, deep hole drilling, planer milling and horizontal boring. The quality of our service is reflected in the lasting client relationships we have generated since 1954. Our promise to you is superior work, good value and on-time delivery...on-budget.

Out-sourcing machining work offers excellent product quality and reasonable pricing with pick-up and delivery directly to your facility.

Custom Companies

Custom Engineering is one of three closely operating metalworking companies in the Custom group. Venango Machining located just south of Erie, PA and Lamjen Precision Machining located in Erie extend the service capability we can provide to our customers.

Venango MultiZone Heating Platens Improve Product Quality and Molding Performance
Wattsburg, PA - March 2019 - In compression molding, as the value of the material and part rises so does the importance of controlling the uniformity of heat transfer to the mold cavity. Single zone heating platens can not correct temperature variation across the mold face…more>
Expanded Surface Grinding and Gundrilling Capacity
Venango Machine Staff Erie Pa – Venango Machine, known for its technology when it comes to precision milling and machining adds new machines to its growing equipment list. The two machines are as follows. • Supertec OA-40118 PLC touch screen controlled over…more>

Upcoming Trade Shows

Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo (PELICE) 2020
March 12-13 Atlanta, GA Booth #P403S
SAMPE 2020
May 5-6 Seattle, WA Booth #E25
Amerimold 2020
June 10-11 Novi, MI Booth #413
CAMX 2020
Sept 21-24 Orlando, FL Booth #P54
International Elastomer Conference
Oct 20-22 Knoxville, KY Booth #710

World Leader in New, Replacement & Refurbished Heated Platens

Blanchard Grinding

High horsepower rotary grinders quickly and efficiently removes stock from a single large plate or several small parts at once.

Deep Hole Drilling

Gundrilling of large steel plate is a specialty at Venango.

Drilling, Tapping, Boring and Slotting