Alcoa 50,000-ton forging press

jrenwick · Post by **jrenwick** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:31 pm

Wow! http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/machines.html

According to the article, Every commercial aircraft made by Airbus and Boeing contains parts made by this press or similar ones. It made the jet age possible.

wingnut · Post by **wingnut** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:09 am

Thanks for posting this John

Harold Holiman · Post by **Harold Holiman** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:09 pm

That was very interesting, thanks.

jrenwick · Post by **jrenwick** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 12:48 am

I'm glad you guys like this. I love seeing or reading about things with numbers I can't even comprehend!

bagarre · Post by **bagarre** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:24 am

My favorite quote from the second article:

Only when you climb it, peer down from its sixth-floor summit, and realize that the puny machine next to it is, in fact, its 35,000-ton brotherâ€”well, then you finally appreciate the size of the thing. Itâ€™s big.

CAVU Mark · Post by **CAVU Mark** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:11 am

I remember on a sales call to Boeing that the 737 interior line has a large press as well, I am thinking 100,000 ton but might be mistaken. Anyway it was a big as those photos in the article.

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