Restoring a 1500-ton hydraulic press - GIF and photos

[Jon]

Restoring a 1500-ton hydraulic press. By supernova. Large gallery of images and videos here: https://imgur.com/gallery/F7avvFZ




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[IntheGroove]

What in the world is that press used for...

[jdurand]

Cracking macadamia nuts.

[Radioman]

That’s actually a small one. They go up to 50,000 tons in the US and bigger in Europe and Asia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Press_Program

[Howder1951]

I installed one at the beginning of my millwright career in the 70's, It was a little more compact, to be used for forming bus frame parts from 3/8" steel sheet I was told.

[C Tucker]

I worked 3rd shift in "Heavy Metal' at CAT's Aurora plant in 89 and 90. We had a 1400 ton CNC hydraulic press brake. There was only one job that needed that big of a press, but LOTs of parts for the undercarriage of the 235 and 245 excavators was bent up on it. The whole 'department' consisted of a double table CHC plasma burner That could cut up to 35 mm stock at a 45 degree angle, the press brake, a rail burner for cutting weldment bevels and a small radial drill.