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Mechanical forging press, Germany

6th September 2019

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Mechanical forging press.

Location
The project will be located at thyssenkrupp’s Homburg production site in Gerlach, Germany.

Project Owner/s
thyssenkrupp.

Project Description
The project entails the supply of one of the world’s biggest and most advanced mechanical forging systems of this kind to thyssenkrupp.

Weighing 1 700 t, with 16 000 t of pressing force and a height of 10 m, the forging press will form truck front axles and crankshafts.

Potential Job Creation
Not stated.

Capital Expenditure
Not stated.

Planned Start/End Date
The forging press will start operating at the Homburg site from 2021.

Latest Developments
Not stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Schuler Group, a subsidiary of ANDRITZ (mechanical forging system).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
thyssenkrupp, tel +49 201 844 0 or email info@thyssenkrupp.com.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Magazine Managing Editor

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