In Houston, Texas, STOOSS USA Inc. provides North American customers with inventory management as well as pre-machined and finish-machined forging parts.

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machining
equipment (usa)

  • 1 Puma 480 CNC Lathe, Max OD Turning 25”, Max Turning length 74”

  • 1 Puma 400 CNC Lathe, Max OD Turning 19”, Max Turning length 40”

  • 2 Doosan 4100 CNC Lathe, Max OD Turning – 19”, Max Turning Length – 35”

  • 1 Mazak Nexus 900 Vertical Lathe-Live Tooling, Max OD Turning 39”,

    Max Turning Length 32”

  • 1 Chevaliar Vertical Lathe-Live Tooling, Max OD Turning – 60”,

    Max OD Length – 52”

  • Haass VF-8 Mill, Table Dimensions 36” x 64”, Max Milling Height 30”,

    4th axis machining capable

  • 1 Sunfirm CNC Lathe, Max OD Turning – 33”, Max Turning Length – 150”

  • 1 DMTG Manual Lathe, Max OD Turning 18”, Max Turning Length 100”

  • 1 Birmingham Manual Lathe, Max OD Turning 7”, Max OD Turning Length 60”


PRODUCTION FACILITIES (PLANT HEDINGEN)

A 2‘700-ton forging press and a powerful ring rolling mill, both electronically controlled, are the focus of resourceefficient production today. The latest heat treatment equipment and CNC processing machines complete the company‘s state-of-the-art plant.

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sawing equipment

  • 10 Band saws in different sizes, saw diameter up to 1’000 mm


forging furnaces

  • 5 Batch furnaces, gas heated

  • 1 Batch furnace, electrically heated

  • 2 Rotating hearth furnace, gas heated

  • 1 Bogie hearth furnace, gas heated

Equipped with temperature control, calibrated thermocouples


forging facilities

  • 2 Hammers with pile hammer weights 500 + 750 kg

  • 3 Hydraulic forging presses, 1‘200, 1‘600 and 2’700 tons

  • 3 Ring mills up to 3‘500 mm OD and unit weights 5 tons


heat treatment furnaces

  • 4 Electrically heated bogie hearth furnaces (3x 1’000°C, 1x 1’200°C) up to 1’200°C and 2 – 10 tons weight capacity, with fully automatic temperature control and recorder

  • 7 Gaz-heated bogie hearth furnaces (2x 1’180°C, 1x 1’100°C, 4x 1’050°C) and 10 – 30 tons weight capacity, with fully automatic temperature control and recorder

  • 2 Quenching tanks 42 m3 for oil and 52 m3 forwater quenching, equipped with recirculation and cooling system

  • 1 Quenching tank 89 m3, Polymer with recirculation and cooling system

  • 1 Electrically laboratory furnace


testing facilities

Mechanical Tests

  • 1 Tensile test machine

  • 1 Impact test machine*

  • 2 Hardness test machines

*Equipment for low temp. impact tests

NDT Equipment

  • Ultrasonic testing

  • Magnetic powder testing

  • Dey penetrant testing

  • Visual testing

Laboratory

  • Macroetch and microetch tests

  • Corrosion tests

  • Spectroscopical identity test

  • Ferrit scope

Dimension control

  • 3D measuring machine

  • 3D electrically measuring arm FARO


machining
equipment (CH)

  • 1 Conventional lathe with horizontal face plates, max. Ø 2’550 x 1‘700 mm

  • 1 Conventional pivot lathe, max. Ø 1’000 x 3’000 mm

  • 8 CNC lathes with horizontal face plate, max. Ø 3’200 x 1‘200 mm

  • 6 CNC pivot lathes, max. Ø 700 x 6’000 mm

  • 1 Drilling machine, max. Ø 130 x 800 mm

  • 1 CNC horizontal boring machine, 3‘000 x 2‘000 x 1‘400 mm

  • 1 CNC milling machine, 1‘525 x 760 x 625 mm

  • 1 CNC machining center 2‘000 x 810 x 630 mm, with NC-divider

  • 1 Shot blasting equipment

forging process

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