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VIDEO -- Antique operation of huge steam hot forging hammers runs today


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I was out for business and had a chance to videotape this old forging operation, clearly doing commercial, "run of the mill" work -- but on fascinating, old style equipment. Truly dinosaurs of old. I hope that you will like this video.

 

http://www.machinerymoverschicago.com/blog/DeKalb-Hot-Forging-Plant/

 

The hammers looked like Chambersburgs.

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There are closed die hammers like that all over the world. When I started at VOGT we had a city block shop full from 1500# to 25,000#.

I was in a Sypris plant in Toluca Mexico that was running a 13,000# steam hammer converted to air. Many of the steam hammers are now running on air as the compressors now are often cheaper to run than a steam generator.

And as Thomas notes the old high grade industrial equipment was designed and built to be rebuilt nearly forever.

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