Sms Group Gmbh

Mohamed Houari

Frederik Knauf

David Hüsgen

Michael Büsch

A crosshead () for use as an upper and/or lower beam () in a press (), in particular an open-die forging press or a closed-die forging press, comprises an upper chord () and a lower chord () connected to the upper chord () via a first and a second lateral upright (). The first lateral upright () is arranged in the region of a first distal end () and the second lateral upright () is arranged in the region of a second distal end () of the crosshead (). The crosshead () has a truss support structure () between the two lateral uprights () by which the upper chord () and the lower chord () are additionally connected to one another.

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Castrop-Rauxel, Germany

Mohamed Houari