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SMS Meer to Supply Closed-Die Forging Presses for Baoji Fast Gear
02/01/2011 - Baoji Fast Gear Co. Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Meer for two fully automated 5000-tonne closed-die forging presses for its works in Baoji.
Baoji Fast Gear Co. Ltd. has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for two fully automated 5,000-tonne closed-die forging presses for its works in Baoji in the province of Shaanxi.
Designed as a fully automated eccentric press with automatic walking beam and spraying technology, the two AMP 5000 type forging presses are particularly suitable for the forging of gear components. Baoji Fast Gear will use them to forge truck gear wheels without flashes at a forged-piece weight of up to 14 kg. Each press can forge up to 25 parts per minute.
The forging presses are operated via PLCs for the operation and monitoring of the machines. In addition to the two forging presses, SMS Meer will also supply the die design and the entire process knowhow.
For SMS Meer’s Closed-Die Forging Presses Product Unit, the order from China for the two fully automated presses represents a new reference project in the Chinese automotive sector. The plants are scheduled to go into operation in mid-2012.
Baoji Fast Gear is part of the Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Co. Ltd., which was founded in 1968 and is one of the most important and largest truck gear manufacturers in China, with an annual production of 800,000 gear units comprising more than 50 million parts. In addition to the domestic market in China, the company also supplies markets in the USA, Australia and Eastern Europe.
SMS Meer GmbH is a company of the SMS group, which is, under the roof of the SMS Holding GmbH, a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering for the steel and nonferrous metals industry. It comprises the two Business Areas SMS Siemag and SMS Meer. In 2010, some 9000 employees worldwide generated a turnover of EUR 3.1 billion.
