Demolition starts for the UKs largest open-die forging line

Posted on 24 Aug 2023 by The Manufacturer

Demolition has started at an iconic Yorkshire plant to facilitate construction of the UKs largest open-die forging line.

Parts of Sheffield Forgemasters’ site at the north of Brightside Lane, are undergoing controlled demolition to create space for a 13,000 tonne Heavy Forge, which will be housed in a new 12,700 sq. m. structure adjacent to the Sheffield to Meadowhall train line. Sections of disused Forge and Foundry buildings, dating from the Victorian era,…

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