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In recent years, the demand of forging facility is expected to grow to large extent along with the expansion of production bases in Japanese automobile makers and parts suppliers. Under such circumstances, the forging press industry is making steady progress, with various developments and improvements to meet diverse requirements, such as the automation of forging press machines, energy saving, the development of diverse-kind and smallquantity production systems and improvement in working conditions. Sumitomo Heavy Industries Techno-Fort Co.,Ltd. has tackled these tasks and recorded numerous successes. This paper introduces latest developments such as, 1) high accuracy production system in hot and warm forging, 2) hydraulic clutch and brake for middle-to-large size forging press to attain energy saving and better working condition and 3) unique automatic handling system, i.e., transfer feeder and charging device designed to apply for diverse-kind and small-quantity production. They have all been utilized for commercial production and been highly evaluated by the customers.
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