SMS group offers you custom-made, high-performance forging solutions for any number of applications. Included here are sophisticated parts such as shafts for ship engines and power station turbines, or flawless and reliable components for aerospace applications. These are just two fields where open-die forging presses represent the best technology. Specifically, you can expect press forces well in excess of 200 MN from our open-die forging presses. We ensure your press achieves not only high production speeds, but also the closest possible forging tolerances and consistently high quality. It also benefits you that we have banked extensive experience in engineering, erection, and complex commissioning. That means we can complete your new construction or modernization projects for open- die forging plants in record time.
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TR forging device
This is the ideal solution for large crankshafts. That's because it effectively produces the deformations necessary for manufacturing large multi-throw crankshafts with offset cranks. Whether you want a TR device retrofitted into your existing line or integrated in a new hydraulic forging press, SMS delivers. Then you can reap the strategic benefits of a larger product range.
Technology
ForgeBase®
Intelligent technology packageWelcome to your new central control desk where your staff can select manual, semiautomatic, fully automatic and program (ForgeBase®) operation mode of the press and one or two manipulators. Here you can see your operator comfortably seated in a cabin - insulated from heat, dust, and noise. Our ForgeBase® control system ensures your forging operations run precisely according to your pre-calculated pass schedules at top speed and cost-effectiveness. What's more, your operator can switch from fully automatic or semi-automatic to manual mode at any time.
Your Benefits:
- Process is repeatable and independent of the operator, which ensures fewer variations
- Shorter forging time and better process with online data acquisition and nominal value/actual value comparisons




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Contact

Klaus Merkens
SMS group GmbH
Head of Sales Closed-Die and Open-Die Forging Presses
Ohlerkirchweg 66
41069 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone
: +49 2161 350-1450

Nils Brämswig
SMS group GmbH
Head of Services Hydraulic Presses
Ohlerkirchweg 66
41069 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Phone
: +49 2161 350-2525