Chris999
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2005
- Location
- Vancouver B.C.
So user Collector is about to scrap his 400 ton Bertram press and we ran her for the last time. I wanted to show one of the guys how quickly the tonnage gauge climbs up and we found a 2x4 piece of steel.
It bent it at 160 tons without the pump seeming like it was being loaded... What a thing to see.
This probably could have been a good forging press, there is two small 4" cylinders that move the ram very quickly in advance and retract and then another button on the pendant engages the main 16" cylinder for high pressure.
It's awe inspiring how quickly the tonnage gauge goes from zero to over 100 tons. There is a ten second or so delay after pushing the high pressure button until pressure builds. Then in under two seconds the needle is over 100 tons...
I'll try to put some video up later.
It bent it at 160 tons without the pump seeming like it was being loaded... What a thing to see.
This probably could have been a good forging press, there is two small 4" cylinders that move the ram very quickly in advance and retract and then another button on the pendant engages the main 16" cylinder for high pressure.
It's awe inspiring how quickly the tonnage gauge goes from zero to over 100 tons. There is a ten second or so delay after pushing the high pressure button until pressure builds. Then in under two seconds the needle is over 100 tons...
I'll try to put some video up later.