[TheForge] Side-loading question (was: 15Ton Press)

[Dave Brown]

At 13:05 01/17/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> > For example, suppose you build a press using three hydraulic cylinders 
> arranged in a triangle.
>
>         Why multiple cylinders?  One properly sized cylinder makes for
>         simpler construction and fewer design problems.

My friend Joe Baer (you UMBA and some of you BAM guys know him) has a 
4-poster hydraulic press.  Put anything of any shape at forging temperature 
between the platens and ... squish, you have a flat something.  400ton will 
do that.  It's a monster press.  This is not a home made press.

It is single pump and I believe that all four rams are connected in 
parallel.  I'll have to ask.

Dave Brown