26 July 2010
Buderus Edelstahl Schmiedetechnik’s Buderus Edelstahl Wetzlar Works is the site of a new, 80/100-MN open-die forging press. It was designed and installed by SMS Meer, and formally inaugurated in mid March. With this new capability, Buderus Edelstahl is able to forge large work-pieces - diameters up to almost 4m - particularly to supply components power generation and other specialized machinery. As detailed by SMS Meer, the open-die press can be operated with the 8000mt press force and in a slower, upsetting cycle with 10,000mt press force. Along with the new forging machinery, the installation included a new manipulator with a carrying force of 250mt. Also, together this new open-die forging press Buderus installed eight new 250mt and one 300mt forging furnace; a trackless transport system for ingots up to 160tn; and an oil-hydraulic system with an volume of 70,000 liters of oil.
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