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Open-die Forging Press from SMS Meer Inaugurated at Buderus
06/04/2010 - The 80/100-MN open-die forging press installed by SMS Meer was formally inaugurated in March at the Wetzlar Works of Buderus Edelstahl GmbH. The press can be operated with both 8000-tonne press force and in the slower upsetting cycle with 10,000-tonne press force.
The 80/100-MN open-die forging press installed by SMS Meer was formally inaugurated in March at the Wetzlar Works of Buderus Edelstahl GmbH, Germany.
The open-die forging press can be operated with both 8000-tonne press force and in the slower upsetting cycle with 10,000-tonne press force. With this new press, Buderus Edelstahl is now able to forge large workpieces with a diameter of almost 4 m. Such heavy components are used in power generation engineering and special machine engineering.
The forging machine also includes a new manipulator with a carrying force of 250 mt. The control panels were designed to match those of the existing presses, reducing the training necessary and permitting flexible personnel deployment.
Buderus has also installed eight new 250-tonne and one 300-tonne forging furnace, a trackless transport system for ingots up to 160 tonnes, and an oil-hydraulic system with an oil volume of 70,000 liters.
SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS group, which is, under the roof of the holding SMS GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It consists of the two business areas, SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2009, some 9000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of more than EUR 3.8 billion.
