1600 TON FORGING PRESS
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@yethdear Absolutely agree but compared to the UK, Americas safety regulations are absolutely shite. But many people think we've taken it too far with safety laws and political correctness here!
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Nicht schlecht
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Kool.I've working in molding ( I'm a processor ) for 20 years.Chicagoland area
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This video is amazing!!!
By trade, I am a tool designer, but I deal with plastics. I often ponder about making a forging tool so that I can manufacture items that I want for myself and possibly to sell.
If a picture is worth a 1000 words, this video is a novel of information!
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are they dumbells??
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Ever slow. We used to run the line 3 times faster than this.
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that's exactly why its cheaper in china, no expensive safety regulations to follow.
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thanks NAFTA
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@MotoScootMech critical things in life. Yes we do need certain saftey regulations so that no one has to make the call to Joe's family saying hes not coming home from work today (a terrible thought indeed). But at what point do the saftey regulations become too much and people start to lost the idea of right and wrong and lose their common sense. People need to be held responsible for their own actions and need to be taught to think before they act and prepare for the unpreparable.
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@normanmj In response to your comment about the electrician, I think that your two examples are invalid. The can't be properly analogized because maybe the contractor or electrician wasnt thinking with common sense, you dont know because there are those people in the workplace who use common sense and there are those who are... shall we say idiots. However, I think that both of your points are valid as saftey regulations do need to exist. BUT there must be a balance as there is with all
No safety glasses, a single foot switch for the press operation, no gloves, no regards for worker safety and health. They might make it cheaper than we can in the USA but I still have all my fingers and toes and I can still see them.
yethdear 2 years ago 14
Hot billet is being cheesed, and forged in 3 operations from one heat, then trimmed (clipped). The operator dags (lubricates) the dies to help prevent the forged parts sticking in the dies and reduce die wear, the last forging in the film sticks in the top die !
SheffMick 2 years ago 7