FORGINGS MARK MISSILE PROGRESS 1959 LADISH FORGING COMPANY FILM 75512
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Made by the Ladish Forging Company in the 1960s, this industrial film shows the company's forging process and the contributions the company made to developing pressure vessels for use on board U.S. missiles and rockets. The die-forged closures with integral outlets, with a body of rolled seamless rings, produced a highly dependable missile body.
Ladish remains a leading producer of highly engineered, technically advanced components for the jet engine, aerospace and general industrial markets.
The history of ATI Ladish Co., Inc. began in 1905 with the purchase of a 1,500 lb. steam hammer and, in association with John Obenberger, Ladish was on its way to becoming known as “The Axle Forger to the Auto Industry.”
The Cudahy plant was started in 1912. By 1917, three hammers were running and the name was changed to Ladish Drop Forge Co. Ten years later, 1927, Ladish had expanded to 600 employees running 30 steam hammers making parts for the automotive, tractor and railroad companies. Always moving forward, between 1935 and 1940, Ladish spent nearly $1 million on plant improvements to support the addition of industrial pipe flanges and introduced a Production Machining Department to machine flanges. This equipment held dual purpose in the manufacturing of aircraft brake drums.
In late 1944, Vic Braun visited occupied Germany along with the U.S. troops. While there he investigated forging facilities, resulting in Ladish designing 2 of 3 counterblow hammers which are still in use today. These allowed for the forging of gas turbine wheels for the F-80 aircraft, a fighter-bomber used in the Korean conflict.
By the early 1950’s, Ladish added counterblow hammers to forge new high-strength alloys, and patented D6 steel. The D6AC was used for rocket motor cases, and was later specified for the Minutemen turbine engine. Aerospace materials technology became key to Ladish’s core business.
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I’m the operator of the press at 7:08 today. Fifty some years later. Incredible video.
Thanks for sharing. Tell us more about working there!
Please make a video about your experiences
I know you... Heh, Heh
I'm a forge shop engineering intern here right now (now owned by ATI). We still use that giant counter blow hammer. Its supposedly still the world's largest forging hammer of its kind.
Congratulations. You get to carry on the work of "Travis Bickle" and the other men and women of Ladish/ATI and Lodge 1509 who came before you.
My Grandfather ran this hammer when Ladish first got it
CJ Schmit '
I think it isnt the biggest anymore (could be wrong) but Bêché build the DG 140 h. And that might be the biggest now but you cannot find much Information about it. I also couldnt find any Information on the Ladish 85 (how much power ec). But our DG 40 h looks like a toy compared to the Ladish or DG 140 h
@@cjschmit74what year did he retire?
Can't Have Our Lifestyle Without Forging Steel!
I spent 28 years working at Ladish in the machine shops. The film even shows one of the VBMs (vertical boring mills) I used to run. In this case it shows the contour machining of the inside of a dome. When I was there we worked primarily on pieces for the Solid Rocket Boosters that launched the Space Shuttle. It was fasinating work and rewarding whenever we could watch a Shuttle launch.
you probably know some of my family members. My dad was proud of his work, but it took it's toll - he's near deaf now.
@@ryanfinco6849 Sure I remember Fincos. I went to Cudahy high school with a Sue Finco, I believe she was in my homeroom.
@@jamesfaller5680 - random FYI: Sue is now the lead director of the Green Bay Packers. :)
Hey man, thank you and your family for everything 5hey have done for us as a country and people.
8:03 always cool seeing 85 hammer in action
I wish documentaries were still made like this
Me too!!!
My grandpa worked at the Ladish in Cudahy! I remember taking a tour with him and my grandma on the 100th anniversary (I think it was 100? I was young at the time.)
Friggin' awesome and fascinating.
Fantastic to see Ladish in production as I have made replacement Bolsters / Hammer blocks for the company.
Metallurgy from the '60's. Impressive!
Countless times, I meet people who say "My (Name. Relative) runs #85. Yah, they a Hammer Operator." Excitingly, sharing to me all the stories and dangerous situations their Relative told them... And Always, I come to find out they work in grinding, shipping- receiving, heat treat or better yet, the best that cracks me up, their an engineer sitting in his cubicle all day who walked through the forge shop one time with supervision.
🤣🤣
Today ATI Ladish. Ladish is a name everyone in the industry knows. Known to the Old School as the Circle-L or The Dish.
Quality....you can't beat it....up to 100 metric tonnes...wow.
Love the music.
One ring to rule them all.
+1kyleabc LOL!
Nice!
Brilliant!
pretty cool stuff
now i no what that pounding sound actually is
Ooof...Reminds me of a bad hangover.
At 8:00, the Greek god Hephaestus (Vulcan, to the Romans) wishes that he could have had a forge hammer like that one.
"Vacuum consumable electrode remelt process"
Is that Mjlonir?
8:19....
I lived near it in the late 99's. Makes the whole block shake
Lots of poundin goin on. Reminds me of certain things. lmao
Hot poundin ;)
So we got all our tech from the Nazis then lol
Looks socialist !