CAPABILITIES AND EQUIPMENT Go to Top Forging Equipment 5,000-ton ring sizer; for tension stress relieving large seamless rings up to 312 inches (7,925mm) outside diameter 40,000-ton all-forged press weighing in excess of 5.2 million lbs. A steel ring is rolled on the large ring roller Vertical drop bottom quenching furnace; enables less than 15 second quenching of aluminum rings up to 268 inches (6800mm) diameter A steel ingot is upset forged on the 6,000 ton press A steel ingot being forged to billet stock at the 6,000 ton press, with integrated 35 metric ton rail-bound manipulator Fine grained powdered Super Alloy is extruded into billet on the 28,000 ton press A steel ring is saddled on the 1,500 ton press The 800-ton high-speed hydraulic press "pre-forms" a stainless steel chord for a civil transport aircraft. This process distributes material where it will be needed in the next operation - closed die forging within a cavity   Steel Re­Melting Equipment Twin Vacuum Arc Re-melting (VAR) units allow the re-melting of steel air melted electrodes into aerospace quality ingots. Melting takes place over a 20-30 hour period, in which direct current of up to 40,000 amperes is conducted in a vacuum-contained copper crucible Before melting - air melted electrodes After melting, transported out of the crucible chamber After cooling, aerospace quality ingots in different sizes depending on alloy Machining Equipment 3-spindle 5-axis CNC mill, for prep and finish machining Die Block, machined in-house using a CATIA digital 3D model and CNC mill A Steel 300M alloy landing gear cylinder being machined at one of the CNC machines at Shultz Steel Vertical CNC turning center for rings up to 144 inches (3650mm) outside diameter