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There are more details in the following articles: https://www.cleveland.com/business/2012/02/alcoas_50000-ton_ready_to_go_b.html https://www.cleveland.com/busi
by throwawaysea 6y ago
There are more details in the following articles:
https://www.cleveland.com/business/2012/02/alcoas_50000-ton_ready_to_go_b.html https://www.cleveland.com/business/2012/02/alcoas_50000-ton_... (see useful diagram in this page on how the pressing process works. It also notes that the press makes parts of the F-35)
https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/who%20we%20are/engineering%20history/landmarks/71-alcoa-50000-ton-hydraulic-forging-press.pdf https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasm... (PDF of a past article by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, includes more technical details and older photos)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/iron-giant/308886/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/iron-gi... (some historical details on what motivated the program)