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The machines that made the Jet Age (Heavy Press Program)
The machines that made the Jet Age - Boing Boing
The machines that made the Jet Age - Boing Boing
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Hi,
I began my forging die apprenticeship in a shop that had several presses that came from Germany after WW2. The largest was 16000 tons, small by todays standards, but keep in mind that it was supposedly built in 1933.
ErnieD
great link
Enjoyed the article and seeing the big presses. It was interesting to learn something about their history, never heard any of it while in the trenches.
Too bad the article doesn't mention the "waffle" was heated to forging temperature in the big furnace next to the press (shown on the right in the floor photo) before loading into the press. Got the impression the author was more interested in his political twist to the story and gee whizz than presenting technological history.
An aerospace part I worked on in the early/mid-70s was the largest 7075 forging to that date and made in the Alcoa Heavy Presses. Sure would have been fun to see it done, only saw photos.
I don't know about making machining history. By todays standards everything was crude. We had a planer, a horizontal boring mill, a vertical mill, 3 Hydrotels, 3 ( can't remember the name) horizontal duplicators and various smaller equipment.
By the way this shop was run for the government.
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