idra just delivered a 9k ton Giga press that shocks Elon Musk the 9000 ton gigapress that
will be used to construct Tesla cyber truck has been finished building and testing according
to an announcement from the idra group a video demonstrating the Assembly of the large machine
was posted by idra in May the business claimed that it was the first to construct this enormous
machinery for sectors like the automotive industry the newest one will be utilized by Tesla to build
the Cyber truck and it also manufactures the largest machine on the entire planet
so how exactly does this Giga press work well let's find out hello everyone and welcome back
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and let's get started the 9 000 ton Giga press which will be crucial to the manufacturing of
the Tesla cyber truck in the coming months has been completed tested and sent by idra group to
Texas it left Italy in September and touched down in Houston Texas on September 28th according to
data found by Canadian Tesla Enthusiast Alex at AJ torvill the gigantic 9000 ton press was
transported in 54 individual sections weighing a combined 77 562 kilograms we can anticipate the
machine to arrive at the factory soon as no idra deliveries have been cited by the Drone
Pilots that frequently fly over Giga Texas the new Cyber truck Giga press won't begin pre-production
stamping until it has been installed and there's no estimated time for either however that is
fantastic news for Tesla and the more than one million people who have reservations for
cyber trucks according to the most current update Tesla plans to begin producing cyber trucks in the
middle of 2023. it will reportedly be watertight enough when it gets there to act as a boat for
a while so here's everything we know about this gigantic machine due date the gigapress has been
the world's largest die casting machine up to 61 000 KN of clamping force and 430 tons of weight
are both possible with this machine furthermore these enormous die casting machines which are the
size of a house can cast parts that are very large the soil manufacturers of these machines at the
moment are idra and LK group Dazzle also has the distinction of being the first business to order
the Giga press since then many connected to the die casting sector have been impatient to witness
the operation of the world's largest die casting machine general manager of the idra group Ricardo
ferrario is credited with coming up with the name gigapress in the first place later in 2018 the
idra Consortium unveiled the Giga press since then it's been available in their catalog Tesla didn't
start using a customized ol6100 CS Giga press for manufacturing until late 2020. the initial order
for a 5500 ton high pressure die casting machine however has already been made public according to
an announcement made by idra on their website the huge giant giant machine that Tesla is developing
will produce full-size automobiles in the same way that toy cars are made according to Jerome Guillen
the company's president of Automotive who made this statement in 2019. later in April 2020 Elon
Musk claimed that Tesla has purchased two enormous die casting machines to produce chassis parts for
the Tesla Model Y in August 2020 he published a tweet declaring it to be the biggest casting
machine ever produced Elon Musk also revealed in January 2021 that the Tesla cyber truck's
rear chassis will be cast using a giga press with a clamping power of more than 8 000 tons
furthermore Tesla has successfully set up two Giga press at the Fremont Factory in three in Shanghai
we are hopeful that more businesses will use the gigapress technology in the future to increase
their production efficiency and what are the components and devices that make up the Giga press
the gigapress is not really a machine but more of a die casting setup it's outfitted with all
the equipment and systems needed for die casting Tesla's gigapress is made up of the following
parts ovens the aluminum alloy is handled by two sets of ovens in the gigapress one is an operating
temperature of 850 degrees Celsius and serves as a melting oven powered by natural gas another oven
which runs is a temperature of 750 to 850 degrees Celsius is used to store liquid metal that has
been cooked by electricity gigapress it serves as the central component of the entire system or
die casting mechanism with the exception of its large size it is built similarly to and performs
in the same manner as standard high pressure die casting equipment vacuum chamber a vacuum is
produced inside the mold by the Giga press using a 4 000 liter tank it is produced by fonderex a
Swiss business that was the Pioneer in developing vacuum technology for high pressure die casting
quenching tank the quenching tank quickly reduces the casting temperature to a suitable
level it enables the attainment of some specified qualities for a metal casting trimming tool for
quickly trimming away Superfluous metal linked to the casting mechanical trimming presses and Laser
trim are available recycler of scrap metal to make use of the scrap metals a recycling system exists
offcuts from the shredding of the scrap aluminum are used in the subsequent casting Cycles devices
for inspection utilizing CMM and x-ray machines among other inspection tools to examine the Finish
casting so how does it work in order to begin we must first melt the aluminum ingots and cut-offs
from the last casting cycle at 850 degrees Celsius in an oven after that clean off any contaminants
from the surface and use hot pipes to transfer the liquid metal into another contained oven the
temperature of that oven stays between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius to stop oxides from forming in the
molten aluminum fill any free space inside the storage oven with nitrogen gas it also AIDS in
maintaining a constant temperature operators also utilize a silicon carbide filter a rotary degasser
an Argon gas to further eliminate contaminants ensure that the dye surfaces are lubricated before
starting each cycle to make it simpler to separate the casting a robot sprays a thin layer of around
35 milliliters of soybean oil the vacuum system then generates a vacuum pressure of approximately
50 millibars inside the mold cavity from the holding oven the molten aluminum is sent to the
shot chamber of the Giga press there a high speed plunger is used to drive the molten metal into the
hollow before each shot eight milliliters of oil are used to lubricate the plunger
the casting is injected then allowed inside to solidify and a temperature of 400 degrees
Celsius the casting is then released from the dyes in order to quickly lower the temperature
from 400 to 50 degrees Celsius the raw casting is subsequently put in a quenching tank in addition
to improving some material qualities it aids in addressing some flaws in order to get the open dye
ready for the next cycle cool it to 185 degrees Celsius and use robots to scrub it thoroughly
following the conclusion of the current casting cycle the following one will start in one to two
minutes now use a mechanical trim press to roughly cut each raw casting into the desired Dimensions
using a scrap metal Shredder the aluminum scrap is recycled and put back into the surface next an
x-ray is used to check the primary casting to see whether it has any internal flaws a
laser trim and a CNC machine are used to further refine the verified casting before drilling holes
for fittings finally use a coordinate measuring machine to verify the Precision of the finished
casting the Tesla Factory in Fremont in the three gigafactories in Shanghai Berlin and Texas are the
only locations where the Giga press has been built or is being planned for installation and
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