1600 ton Horizontal Aluminium Extrusion Plant, views taken on site, O/No. 63230, c.1963

Order 63230 for INDALEX, Cheltenham, c.1963

This was the first of the Package-Type Extrusion Presses, of which many were built and shipped worldwide.

Click on the slideshow to sequence the photographs.

Click on this hyperlink to see a brief Engineering Specification for this press.

Click on this hyperlink to see other Notable Orders from the 1960s

If you remember designing, machining, fitting, installing, maintaining, or working with this machine please share your memories at the bottom of the page by clicking on the words Add a comment about this page.

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By John Bancroft
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28/10/2013

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  • Hi John! Yes, I was working on it for about two years. One night I was cutting through a piece of very large hollow aluminium and the hot saw ripped open my chest. The hot saw slipped out of my hand and I had 20 stitches. No Health and Safety in those days – we just got on with the job!

    Ed: James, many thanks for the story. I am glad that you survived the incident and lived to tell the tale! Hopefully, no lasting effects. John B

    By james potter (22/05/2020)

  • I started working for Indalex in 1971, I was a lead-out man, known as a hot-saw man, loved the job!

    By james potter (10/03/2015)

  • Hi James!  Glad you found the site and many thanks for your contribution.  How long did you work at the ‘sharp end’ and have you any other memories to add?  John B

    By John Bancroft (10/03/2015)

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