Engineering Specification, 1500 ton Indirect Horizontal Extrusion Press (O/No. 63370)
1500 ton Indirect Horizontal Extrusion Press (O/No. 63370)
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Specification: | 1500 ton indirect horizontal extrusion press | |
Process: | Indirect extrusion of copper tubes from pierced and/or machined billets | |
Construction: | Four column with external mandrel moving rams, moving container and horizontal shuttle crosshead carrying two mandrels. All rams ‘Fescolised’ except the main ram | |
Tube sizes: | 1 1/2″ dia. bore x 13 gauge from 6″ dia. billet x 11″ maximum length | |
1 1/4″ dia. bore x 14 gauge from a 5″ dia. billet and other sizes | ||
Output: | 125 billets/hr | |
Tube Concentricity: | +/- 5% on wall thickness | |
Main Characteristics: | Main ram power | 1484 tonf |
Stroke of main ram | 2′ 6″ | |
Number of approach/return rams | 2 | |
Ram power (approach) | 130 tonf | |
” ” (return) | 75 tonf | |
One container sealing ram | 45 tonf | |
Two container stripping rams | 100 tonf | |
Stroke of container sealing/stripping rams | 2′ 6″ | |
Two mandrel moving rams | 50 tonf | |
” ” ” ” (return) | 18 tonf | |
Columns: | Four – 10″ dia. x 4′ 0″ x 4′ 0″ centres | |
Container Heating: | Thermostatically controlled electric heating up to 450 degrees C | |
Overall Dimensions: | 6′ 3″ wide x 8′ 0″ high x 33′ 9″ overall length | |
Total Net Weight | 100 tons est. (press, valves and self-contained piping) | |
Working Pressure: | 4480 psi | |
Medium: | Lubricated water | |
Controls: | Pushbutton control giving ‘hand’ and ‘automatic’ working | |
Accumulator & Pumps: | 60 gallons capacity | |
Five – ‘Fielding’ H3 pumps each delivering 35 gal/m @ 4480psi | ||
Motors & Starters | Five – 130 HP screen protected, squirrel cage, induction motors @1440 rpm | |
Five – 130 HP star/delta starters | ||
This specification was kindly supplied by Rhodes Interform
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