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NMX-EXP-10000 · ENGINEERED TO ORDER — TURNKEY EXTRUSION PLANT

Ten thousand tonnes, on one ram.

A turnkey heavy aluminium extrusion plant built around a 10,000 tonne extrusion press — billet pre-heating, direct or indirect extrusion, run-out with forced-air cooling, a 500 tonne stretcher and cut-to-length. Neometrix delivers the project: plant engineering, foundation and civil works, the ancillary line, erection, commissioning and training, with the main press supplied through our press-OEM partnership. Engineered to order, around your product mix and output.

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Illustrative render — a very large horizontal aluminium extrusion press in a plant: a massive painted steel press frame with heavy tie rods and main hydraulic cylinder, container and die stack at the centre, large-bore hydraulic piping and accumulators alongside, walkway and handrails, with an operator control pulpit beyond

Fig · 01 A heavy horizontal extrusion press and its hydraulic pack — illustrative render

Press Force

10,000tonnes

Ram Speed

0.5–20mm / second

Dead Cycle

≤120seconds

Billet

Ø385–785mm × 1200

Stretcher

500tonnes · de-twist

ISO 9001 / 14001 Engineered to order Turnkey project delivery Direct or indirect extrusion Noida · India

Overview

A press this size is not a machine you install. It is a plant you build around it.

Ten thousand tonnes of extrusion force arrives with a foundation designed to carry and restrain it, a billet-heating line that has to keep pace with the ram, hundreds of metres of run-out and cooling, a stretcher to take the twist out of what comes off the die, and a hydraulic power system large enough to move all of it. The press is the headline. The plant is the project.

Illustrative render — a glowing orange-hot extruded aluminium section leaving the die onto a motorised roller run-out table, with forced-air cooling fans and ducting above it and a long cooling bed running into the distance

Fig · 02 Hot section onto the run-out table under forced-air cooling — illustrative render

The line is continuous and paced by the press. Billets of 385 to 785 mm diameter are brought to temperature in a pre-heater sized so that the next billet is ready before the preceding extrusion finishes — eight to thirteen billets an hour depending on diameter, with the heating rate adjustable to the pressing speed. The press then extrudes direct or indirect, and what leaves the die is carried away, cooled, straightened and cut.

How this is delivered. A press of this class is built by a small number of specialist press builders worldwide, and Neometrix supplies it through a press-OEM partnership rather than manufacturing the press frame itself. What Neometrix engineers and executes is everything around it: the plant layout and services, the foundation and civil works, the ancillary line, erection and commissioning, training and long-term support.

The press is bought once. The foundation, the heating line and the cooling bed decide what it actually produces every day after that.

Engineered to Order · Turnkey

The plant, not just the machine

Scope runs from plant engineering and foundation design through the ancillary line, erection and commissioning to operator and maintenance training, documentation, extrusion tooling and spares — one accountable party across the whole installation.

10,000 Tonnes · Direct or Indirect

Force with a usable speed range

Ram speed is variable from 0.5 to 20 mm/s across 0–5,000 tonnes and from 0.5 to at least 8 mm/s from 5,000–10,000 tonnes, with a dead cycle time held under 120 seconds whatever the mode, billet or alloy.

Delivered in Partnership

Press OEM plus Indian execution

The main press comes from a specialist press builder; Neometrix carries the Indian side — engineering, civil works, installation, commissioning, training and after-sales support — so the customer holds one project interface, not several.

Architecture

Billet to bundle, in one line.

The schematic below is the whole plant — pre-heating, the press and its envelope, run-out and forced-air cooling, stretching and cut-to-length, with the turnkey project scope that surrounds it.

FIG · 03EXTRUSION PLANT LINE · PRESS ENVELOPE · TURNKEY PROJECT SCOPE

Fig · 03 The whole plant — billet pre-heating, the 10,000 tonne press, run-out and cooling, stretching and cut-to-length, with the turnkey scope delivered around it

Arc · 01

Billet Pre-Heating

Billets from Ø385 to Ø785 mm × 1200 mm are heated at eight to thirteen an hour depending on diameter — the rate set so that a billet is always ready before the preceding extrusion completes. Heating rate is adjustable to the pressing speed, and temperature uniformity along the billet is held to specification, because an uneven billet extrudes unevenly.

Arc · 02

The 10,000 Tonne Press

Extrusion runs direct or indirect. The hydraulic system gives a ram speed of 0.5–20 mm/s at rated force up to 5,000 tonnes and 0.5 to at least 8 mm/s from 5,000–10,000 tonnes, so speed can be matched to alloy and section rather than fixed by the pump. Press dead cycle time is held to 120 seconds or less regardless of mode, billet size or alloy.

Arc · 03

Run-Out, Cooling & Stretching

The section is carried from the die on a motorised run-out table with forced-air cooling maintained across the cooling bed and through to the unloading table. A 500 tonne stretcher with its own independent hydraulics then straightens rods, flats and squares of 8–10 m hot, with a de-twisting arrangement to take out the twist extrusion puts in.

Arc · 04

Foundation, Erection & Commissioning

The turnkey half of the job: plant layout and services, a foundation analysed and detailed for the press’s load and restraint, civil works, mechanical and hydraulic erection, alignment, commissioning against acceptance criteria, operator and maintenance training, documentation, extrusion tooling and a spares holding.

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Specifications

Reference plant, configured to your product.

The parameters below describe a reference 10,000 tonne configuration. Press capacity, billet range, output rate, run-out length, stretcher force and handling are all set by the sections you intend to produce and the tonnage you need from them.

Illustrative render — a billet pre-heating furnace on an extrusion line: a long insulated heater with a roller conveyor, a billet glowing orange at the exit, a rack of unheated aluminium billets alongside, heavy power cabling and a control cabinet

Fig · 04 Billet pre-heating — the line that has to keep pace with the ram (illustrative render)

Why the heater sets the rate

An extrusion plant’s output is rarely limited by the press. It is limited by whether a billet at the right temperature, uniform end to end, is waiting when the ram returns. That is why the pre-heater is specified by delivery rate against billet diameter rather than by installed power alone.

The same logic runs downstream. Forced-air cooling has to remove heat fast enough to keep the cooling bed clear, and the stretcher has to take the section while it is still hot. Size any one of those three wrongly and the press waits — which is the most expensive thing in the building to leave idle.

Full specification — expand

Plant	Turnkey heavy aluminium extrusion plant built around a 10,000 tonne extrusion press · billet pre-heating, extrusion, run-out & cooling, stretching, cut-to-length & stacking
Press	10,000 tonne extrusion force · direct or indirect extrusion · container and die stack · main hydraulic drive with accumulator support
Ram Speed	Variable 0.5–20 mm/s · 0.5–20 mm/s at rated extrusion force 0–5,000 T · 0.5 to at least 8 mm/s at rated force 5,000–10,000 T
Cycle	Press dead cycle time ≤120 seconds, irrespective of extrusion mode, billet size or alloy
Billet Pre-Heater	Ø785 × 1200 mm — 8 billets/h · Ø585 × 1200 mm — 10 billets/h · Ø385 × 1200 mm — 13 billets/h · heating rate adjustable to pressing speed · temperature uniformity to specification
Run-Out & Cooling	Motorised run-out table · forced-air cooling of extruded product across the run-out table and cooling bed, maintained to the end of the unloading table
Stretcher	500 tonne force · straightens bars and profiles hot · de-twisting arrangement · accommodates 8.0–10.0 m rods, flats and square profiles · jaw width to product size · independent hydraulic system
Finishing	Cut-to-length, unloading table and stacking · extrusion toolings supplied with the plant
Civil & Erection	Plant layout and services · foundation analysed and detailed for press load and restraint · civil works · mechanical, hydraulic and electrical erection and alignment
Commissioning	Commissioning against agreed acceptance criteria · operator and maintenance training · full documentation set · spares / MRLS holding
Delivery Model	Main press supplied through Neometrix’s press-OEM partnership · Neometrix engineers and executes the surrounding plant, integration, installation and support
Status	Engineered to order — plant configured to the customer’s product mix, billet range and required output · scope settled at design review

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10,000 Ton Extrusion Press — Capability Sheet

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Variants

One line discipline, many press sizes.

Different tenders call this an extrusion press, an extrusion plant, a press line or a forming facility. The engineering around the press scales the same way whatever the tonnage.

Var · 01

The 10,000 Tonne Plant

The reference configuration on this page — heavy billet range, direct or indirect extrusion, forced-air cooling and a 500 tonne stretcher, delivered turnkey.

Var · 02

Other Press Capacities

Smaller presses for lighter sections and higher cycle rates, or larger for heavier billets — the pre-heater, run-out, cooling and stretcher are all re-sized against the press and the intended product mix.

Var · 03

Ancillary Line & Retrofit

Pre-heaters, run-out tables, cooling beds, stretchers, cut-to-length and handling supplied against an existing press — where the press is sound but the line around it limits what the plant can make. For a stretching machine on its own, see stretching & stretch-forming machines.

Var · 04

Installation & Commissioning Only

Foundation and civil works, erection, alignment, commissioning and training for a press bought directly from its builder — the Indian execution half of the project, taken as a standalone scope.

Applications

What it makes.

Wherever large aluminium sections have to be produced to length, straight and to tolerance.

A · 01Heavy structural aluminium sections — large profiles, beams and hollows

A · 02Rail, transport & body-in-white extrusions

A · 03Architectural & industrial profile production

A · 04Rod, bar, flat and square stock for downstream machining

A · 05Hard-alloy extrusion requiring high force at controlled ram speed

A · 06Capacity expansion & line modernisation at existing extrusion plants

FAQ

Common questions.

Plain-language answers from the engineering team.

Q · 01 Do you manufacture the 10,000 tonne press yourselves?

No, and it is worth being straightforward about it. A press of this class is built by a small number of specialist press builders worldwide, and we supply it through a press-OEM partnership rather than fabricating the press frame ourselves. What Neometrix engineers and executes is the plant around it — layout and services, the foundation designed for the press’s load and restraint, the ancillary line, erection and alignment, commissioning, training and long-term support. For the customer that means one accountable project interface covering both the imported machine and everything needed to make it produce.

Q · 02 What is the difference between direct and indirect extrusion?

In direct extrusion the ram pushes the billet through a stationary die, so the billet slides along the container wall and friction has to be overcome as well as the deformation itself — which means the force needed falls as the billet shortens. In indirect extrusion the die is carried on the ram and moves into the billet, so there is no relative motion against the container and no friction loss: force is lower and steadier, and the temperature is more uniform along the length. Direct is simpler and more flexible; indirect gives better consistency on hard alloys and long runs. A press specified for both lets the plant choose per product.

Q · 03 Why does the billet pre-heater rate matter so much?

Because it, not the press, usually decides output. The heater has to deliver the next billet at temperature before the current extrusion finishes — roughly eight an hour at the largest diameter, thirteen at the smallest. If it cannot, the most expensive machine in the building stands waiting. Uniformity matters as much as rate: a billet hotter at one end extrudes at a different speed along its length, which shows up as variation in section and finish, so the heating rate is made adjustable to the pressing speed rather than fixed.

Q · 04 What does the 500 tonne stretcher actually do?

Metal leaving a die is never perfectly straight. Uneven flow, uneven cooling and the section’s own asymmetry leave it bowed and twisted. The stretcher grips both ends of the hot profile and pulls it just past yield, which straightens it and removes the residual stress that would otherwise show up later as distortion during machining. The de-twisting arrangement rotates one jaw to take out twist specifically. It runs on its own independent hydraulic system so that stretching does not compete with the press for hydraulic power, and it handles lengths of 8 to 10 metres. A stretcher bought as a machine in its own right — standalone straightening of sections or plate, or stretch forming over a die — is a different product, with its own stretching and stretch-forming machine page.

Q · 05 What is dead cycle time, and why cap it at 120 seconds?

Dead cycle is everything the press does that is not extruding — ram return, butt shear, discard removal, die change movements, billet load and burp. It is unproductive by definition, so it is the number that separates a fast plant from a slow one with the same tonnage. Capping it at 120 seconds irrespective of extrusion mode, billet size or alloy is a demanding requirement because it has to hold at the extremes as well as the average, and it drives the sizing of the hydraulics and the design of the handling around the press.

Q · 06 Can you scope a plant to our product mix?

Yes — that is how these are sold. Send the sections you intend to produce (profile envelope, alloys, lengths and tolerances), the annual tonnage you need, the billet sizes you can source, and the building and headroom you have to work inside. Press capacity, billet range, pre-heater rate, run-out and cooling length, stretcher force and handling are then scoped against that, along with the foundation and civil works. A compliance matrix returns within two working days.

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Ten thousand tonnes, on one ram.