Production facilities

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Outstanding production facilities

Metallurgist specialist

Our production capacity derives from the complementarity of our melting and processing equipment which is unique in its kind in the world.

Aubert & Duval has one of the highest performance remelting plants in the world as well as the most powerful closed-die forging press in Europe at 65,000 tonnes. In 2007, the company opened a new state-of-the-art automated unit in Pamiers which is equipped with a 40,000 tonnes closed-die forging press.

These are just a few examples of our facilities:

Melting

  • Arc furnaces up to 65 tonnes
  • Ladle refining
  • AOD-VOD
  • Vacuum induction furnaces (V.I.M) up to 20 tonnes
  • Electro-slag remelting furnaces (E.S.R) up to 25 tonnes
  • Vacuum-arc remelting furnaces (V.A.R) up to 30 tonnes
  • Atomization tower for powder metallurgy

 

Forging

  • Continuous forging machine
  • 1,200 - 4,500 tonne forging presses

 

Rolling mills

  • 7-200mm diameter bars

 

Closed-die forging

  • Closed-die forging presses from 4,500 to 65,000 tonne (one of the most powerful in the world)
  • 3,500 - 60,000 kgs hammers

 

Heat treatments

  • 200mm-21m quenching and tempering furnaces

 

Testing

  • Surface testing, non-destructive testing (ultrasonic inspection by contact and by immersion)
MeltingInduction meltingForging ProcessForging machineRolling millsClosed die forgingHeat treatments