A pressing arrangement for hot pressing, comprising: a pressure vessel including a pressure cylinder provided with top and bottom end closures (8, 9); a furnace chamber adapted to hold articles, the furnace chamber being at least party enclosed by a heat insulated casing and which furnace chamber is provided inside the pressure vessel, wherein the heat insulated casing comprises a heat insulating portion and a housing at least partly enclosing the heat insulating portion; guiding passages (10, 11) communicating with the furnace chamber and adapted to form an outer cooling loop, the guiding passages (10, 11) comprising a first guiding passage and a second guiding passage, wherein a part of the outer cooling loop comprises the second guiding passage, which is formed between the housing and the heat insulating portion and which is arranged to guide the pressure medium after having exited the furnace chamber towards the top end closure via a central opening of the housing, and wherein said pressure medium in another part of said outer cooling loop is guided in proximity to pressure vessel walls and said top end closure before it re-enters into said furnace chamber; and a guiding channel element (40; 61) located in the first guiding passage comprised in the other part of the outer cooling loop, said guiding channel element being arranged in contact with said top end closure and being arranged with at least one channel (50; 65, 68) for guiding said pressure medium from the central opening of the housing radially and circumferentially towards a lateral wall of said pressure cylinder, wherein said at least one channel (50; 65, 68) of said guiding channel element has a substantially constant cross-section area in a flow direction of said pressure medium over an entire length of said at least one channel (50; 65, 68), and wherein said at least one channel (50; 65; 68) of said guiding channel element has a curvature in a radial and circumferential direction over its entire length. a pressure vessel including a pressure cylinder provided with top and bottom end closures (8, 9); a furnace chamber adapted to hold articles, the furnace chamber being at least party enclosed by a heat insulated casing and which furnace chamber is provided inside the pressure vessel, wherein the heat insulated casing comprises a heat insulating portion and a housing at least partly enclosing the heat insulating portion; guiding passages (10, 11) communicating with the furnace chamber and adapted to form an outer cooling loop, the guiding passages (10, 11) comprising a first guiding passage and a second guiding passage, wherein a part of the outer cooling loop comprises the second guiding passage, which is formed between the housing and the heat insulating portion and which is arranged to guide the pressure medium after having exited the furnace chamber towards the top end closure via a central opening of the housing, and wherein said pressure medium in another part of said outer cooling loop is guided in proximity to pressure vessel walls and said top end closure before it re-enters into said furnace chamber; and a guiding channel element (40; 61) located in the first guiding passage comprised in the other part of the outer cooling loop, said guiding channel element being arranged in contact with said top end closure and being arranged with at least one channel (50; 65, 68) for guiding said pressure medium from the central opening of the housing radially and circumferentially towards a lateral wall of said pressure cylinder, wherein said at least one channel (50; 65, 68) of said guiding channel element has a substantially constant cross-section area in a flow direction of said pressure medium over an entire length of said at least one channel (50; 65, 68), and wherein said at least one channel (50; 65; 68) of said guiding channel element has a curvature in a radial and circumferential direction over its entire length.