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Plant Capacity

East Rand Forging processes approximately 120 tons of steel per month, specialising in closed die forging ranging between 20g and 3kg, and upset forgings up to M56. Our full machinery list, floor to tool room, is below.

Drop Forging Equipment

  • 1400kg belt drive hammer
  • 900kg belt drive hammer
  • 400kg belt drive hammer
  • Beche LG6 pneumatic hammer ×2
  • Beche LG5 pneumatic hammer ×2
  • Beche LG4 pneumatic hammer
  • 300 ton friction press
  • 160 ton spindle press
  • 120 ton 3-stage horizontal up-setter
  • 2-inch AMCE horizontal up-setter
  • COVMAC 2.5-inch horizontal up-setter
  • 75 ton 3-stage Etchell multi-forge

Eccentric Presses

  • 200 ton Columbo press
  • 160 ton Ruhrman press
  • 120 ton Ruhrman press
  • 120 ton Caxton press
  • 110 ton Edelhoff press
  • 100 ton WMW press
  • 100 ton Smeral press
  • 80 ton Kieserling press
  • 80 ton Klein press
  • 60 ton Klein press
  • 50 ton Raskin press
  • 40 ton Weingarten press
  • 40 ton Caxton press
  • 40 ton Berrenberg press
  • 30 ton Berrenberg press
  • 15 ton Berrenberg press
  • 5 ton Berrenberg press

Cropping & Cutting

  • Peddinghaus automated cropper, up to 60mm diameter
  • 150 ton Peter cropper, up to 40mm diameter
  • Amada 250mm horizontal bandsaw
  • Everising 300mm horizontal bandsaw
  • Klaeger powersaw
  • Trenn Jaeger cut-off saw ×2

Screw Cutting & Threading

  • Fette thread rolling machine, up to M40
  • Landis-type screw cutting machine ×4
  • Wagner screw cutting machine ×3

Tapping

  • Vertical tapping machine ×4

Drilling

  • 4-head drilling machine
  • Pedestal drilling machine ×4
  • Radial arm drilling machine

Production Machines

  • Belt grinders ×2
  • Herbert auto lathe
  • Hestica turret lathe
  • Hann & Kolb turret lathe
  • Traub auto cam
  • Shot blaster
  • Tumbler
  • Feeler CNC ×2

Testing Equipment

  • Magnetic particle crack detection
  • Tensile tester, up to 50 ton capacity
  • Hardness tester
  • Portable hardness tester ×2
  • Impac electronic heat sensor

Toolroom

  • Full CAD/CAM design capabilities
  • High-speed Deckel Maho machining centre
  • ONA 30 amp spark eroder
  • Jaguar CNC lathe, 1250mm between centres, 400mm swing
  • Wire cutter

Conventional Machines

  • Milling machine ×3
  • Lathe, 1200mm between centres
  • Lathe, 1000mm between centres
  • Shapers ×2
  • Jaspa vertical bandsaw
  • Tool and cutter grinders ×2
  • Surface grinder
  • TIG welding machine
  • Arc welding machine ×3
  • Bench grinders ×3

Material Handling

  • 5 ton Demag overhead crane
  • 3 ton Demag overhead crane
  • 1 ton Demag electric hoist
  • 500kg electric hoist
  • 2.5 ton forklift
  • 1.6 ton truck
  • 9 ton truck
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