60,000 ton press.

[sferrin]

About a decade ago the US rebuilt an old 50,000 ton press to produced forgings for the aerospace industry. Now they have a 60.000 ton press as well.

 

[martinbayer]

I take it's not very impressive from the outside then:?...

 

[Hobbes]

Only if machinery that's ten stories tall is not impressive to you...

There's a thread over on Whatifmodellers with more information on the Wyman-Gordon 50,000-ton press.

 

[sferrin]

 

[Tonton-42]

The French 65 000 metric tonnes press of Issoire ... build by the Soviet in 1976 (if I remember well).