1500 ton Vertical Extrusion Press, O/No. 7319, c.1935

Order 7319 for Hudson & Wright, c.1935

D7338/14/7/1/3175
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/7/1/3176
D7338/14/3/1/3176
Gloucestershire Archives

Suitable for the direct and indirect extrusion process.

The sub-orders also included a 13 1/4″ dia. x 17′ 0″ stroke weight-case accumulator and a three-throw hydraulic pump x 18″ stroke.

Working pressure 4480 psi.

Photographs 1 and 2 were located in 2018 from a batch of early photos, scanned and added to the page.

The 3rd photograph illustrated was recovered from a poor-quality glass negative, digitally converted and enhanced.

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