We built a free press tonnage calculator and put it on our site. No signup, no email.
Enter your cut perimeter, material thickness and grade, and it gives you the tons you need. It carries shear strength values for mild steel, stainless, brass and aluminium, so you don't have to look them up. A 20 mm hole in 5 mm mild steel needs 11 tons. Eight holes on the same stroke need 88. That jump is what catches most buyers. Two things the calculator can't see. A mechanical press makes rated tonnage only near bottom dead centre, so deep draws and progressive dies see f
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Birson Forgings is an ISO 9001:2015 certified power press and forging press manufacturer based in Ludhiana, Punjab, India, in operation since 1985. The company designs and builds mechanical, pneumatic and friction screw presses from 30 tonnes to 1000 tonnes for customers across India and export markets worldwide. Company Facts Company name: Birson Forgings Founded: 1985 Business type: Manufacturer and exporter of industrial power presses and forging presses Location: B-137, G
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What Size Power Press Do I Need? Tonnage Sizing Guide
Work out exactly what tonnage your job needs — formulas, shear strength chart and a worked example. Then match it to the right press type. Free sizing help. What Size Power Press Do I Need? It's the question we get on WhatsApp more than any other, usually with a part drawing attached. And it's the right question to ask early, because both wrong answers are expensive. Buy too small and you'll stall the press at the bottom of the stroke, slip and overheat the clutch, and eventu
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