Pressure pads on moulders are pressure and guiding devices, which press the workpieces against the machine table or the stops located at the sides. They are located in front or behind the left or upper router heads. To prevent indention from planing they have to be precisely adapted to the diameters.

• In the basic version these are continuous pressure elements corresponding to the maximum milling width.
• Segmented pressure pads are particularly used in machines meant for profiling, so that workpieces with different heights are pressed on at several points. (Adjustment aids, see cartridge system)
• In moulders from the company Weinig pressure pads that can be tilted away from the tools have been used in front of the upper milling spindles since about 2005. The pad is supported on 2 pivots, so that it not only swings upward but also backwards, around the tool diameter. The pressure pad cannot get in contact with the running tool and a damaging of the tool because of larger wood supernatant is prevented.