Jiuli’s fully automated hydraulic radial forging line for greater energy efficiency
Jiuli, headquartered in Huzhou City in China’s Zhejiang Province, operates a fully automated forging line supplied by SMS group. At the heart of the plant is a hydraulic radial forging machine of type SMX 900 / 18 MN, providing a pressing force of 18 MN per forging cylinder across four cylinders. This performance enables the forging of sophisticated materials used in the aerospace industry.
In addition to the SMX 900 / 18 MN core machine, the plant includes two fully synchronized eight-ton forging manipulators, as well as equipment for loading and unloading, cutting, marking, and cooling of forged bars. To achieve high process efficiency levels while at the same time observing the technological parameters required for forging high-temperature materials, the handling manipulators used for automated unloading of heated ingots from the furnace are integrated into the line control system.
The built-in ComForge® Technology Suite software enables the customer to perform automated pass schedule calculations.
The supplied SMX forging line is equipped with a condition monitoring system, which records all target and actual parameters during the forging process. The system enables a data analysis of the machine condition and operating data and it can be used for fault diagnostics, process optimization, and quality assurance.
The new SMX forging line enables us to manufacture our products in a highly cost-efficient way. The high productivity and the wide range of products give us the necessary flexibility to respond quickly to changing demands.
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