Forging press breaks down at Wyman-Gordon facility

Nov 21, 2008 | 11:11 AM | Corinna Petry

A 29,000-ton forging press at Precision Castparts Corp.'s Wyman-Gordon facility in Houston, used primarily to manufacture aircraft engine components, failed Thursday.

Wyman-Gordon estimates that about 70 percent of the product handled on the press can be moved to another press in the Houston facility with little interruption, while the balance can be manufactured in other Wyman facilities within a....





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