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Canoas, Brazil, 2025/07/30 - Founded in 1963, Maxiforja located in Canoas, Brazil, serves numerous manufacturers of heavy trucks and agriculture equipment - Maxiforja.com.br / ANDRITZ.com. Reuters: ANDR.VI
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In order to expand production capacities for large knuckles up to 40 kg, the company has installed a record breaking 6,500 tons forging press from ANDRITZ Schuler, which has now gone into operation.
“This is the world’s largest forging press featuring Kinetic Energy Recovering System,” underlines Nicolas Drevon, Director Global Forging at ANDRITZ Schuler. “Thanks to KERS, the power demand will decrease by up to 40 percent compared to conventional forging presses in this size.” This helps Maxiforja to reach the company’s sustainability goals. At the same time, Maxiforja also benefits from the high quality and productivity thanks to the state-of-the-art technology the new line offers.
The press of the type GLK 6500 was developed by ANDRITZ Schuler’s Italian subsidiary ANDRITZ Farina and completely built at the site of Prensas Schuler in Brazil. Apart from KERS, the line also features a Scotch Yoke working directly in the slide, which allows for a compact design and an improved accuracy of the parts. Maxiforja (maxiforja.com.br) already operates forging presses ranging from 800 to 4,000 tons, but for the first time decided to invest in ANDRITZ Schuler technology.
About ANDRITZ GROUP
International technology group ANDRITZ (andritz.com) provides advanced plants, equipment, services, and digital solutions for a wide range of industries, including pulp and paper, metals, hydropower, environmental, and others. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in Austria, the publicly listed group employs about 30,000 people at 280 locations in over 80 countries.
As a global leader in technology and innovation, ANDRITZ is committed to fostering progress that benefits customers, partners, employees, society, and the environment. The company’s growth is driven by sustainable solutions enabling the green transition, advanced digitalization for highest industrial performance, and comprehensive services that maximize the value of customers’ plants over their entire life cycle. ANDRITZ. FOR GROWTH THAT MATTERS.
About ANDRITZ METALS
ANDRITZ Metals is via ANDRITZ Schuler one of the world’s leading suppliers of technologies, plants and digital solutions in metal forming. The product portfolio also includes automation and software solutions, process know-how and service. In the metals processing segment, the business area offers innovative, sustainable and market-leading solutions for the production and processing of flat products, for welding systems and furnaces with its own burner solutions, as well as services for the metals processing industry.
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