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Beckwood Press to supply seven-press part forming package to aerospace industry supplier

Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, has announced it will supply a seven-press part forming package to a U.S.-based manufacturer of aircraft structures, airframe assemblies, and aerospace MRO. The package comprises Triform sheet hydroforming presses, stretch forming machines, and hot joggle presses.

The sheet hydroforming portion of the package includes a Triform 2496-5BD fluid cell press with a 24- by 96-in. forming chamber for forming the customer's sheet metal aero structure parts. It is supplemented with two compact 24-5BD presses, each featuring 24-in.-dia. forming areas and intuitive controls.

The two 20-ton-capacity extrusion stretch forming machines are designed to stretch and contour aerospace alloys into a variety of roll formed profiles. The two hot joggle hydraulic presses are designed to form parts that require multiple bends, often in opposite directions.