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I, and my section, engineered this machine from a design by (cannot remember his name). I do remember a gentleman coming from the customer to examine this in the workshop prior to delivery. There were four jaws to grip the work piece for stretching. These were operated by a pneumatic system.
Hi Bert! Many thanks for the information. Was the design engineer Eric Penning by any chance? Interesting that the grips were pneumatically operated – was this because pneumatic cylinders would be more forgiving (shock absorbing) in the event of a section breakage? John B
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