Meaty hydraulic pump, Avesta Cyclops Works.
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Meaty hydraulic pump, Avesta Cyclops Works.
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 27 Jun 1997
This is the main hydraulic pump for an 8000 ton hydraulic press Image It is about 700 horsepower (from memory) and is a three throw device that looks like it's carved from the solid and is motor driven through a fluid flywheel (also known as a Foettinger coupling or torque converter). This drives the main rams for applying the squeeze. The back-off rams are driven by smaller, duplicated hydraulic pumps of a lighter/more conventional appearance.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.392352
Longitude
-1.453061