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A GIGANTIC PRESSURE PRESS FOR STAMPING CYLINDERS OUT OF STEEL PLATES AT ONE OPERATION

This industrial titan, one of the most powerful engines in the world, exerts a pressure of 800 tons upon a sixty-inch steel plate, converting it into a cup having a diameter of 42 inches, the thickness of the steel being one-fourth of an inch.

 

 


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