Giant Parts Of 9,000-Ton Tesla Cybertruck Giga Press Arrive At Giga Texas

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Tesla is making one piece major body and frame parts with the largest casting machines in the world. Revolutionary? I'd say evolutionary.

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"As we reported in October of 2022, IDRA had started shipping the humongous 9000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine from its plant in Italy to the United States. Now, just yesterday, two semi trucks loaded with huge containers on their trailers were spotted at Giga Texas.

Since this 9000-ton Giga Press is the world’s largest die-casting machine, IDRA and Tesla needed an error-free plan to ship it to its destination (i.e., Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas).

Therefore, IDRA is shipping the Cybertruck Giga Press in pieces and parts for easy delivery. These parts will then be reassembled at Giga Texas to bring the machine back to its original form and start the commissioning process.

A large part of the IDRA 9000-ton Cybertruck Giga Casting machine arrives at Giga Texas on a long trailer. Credit: Joe Tegtmeyer / Twitter.

 

The large single container that we see in the above aerial photo is most probably the longest part of the IDRA 9,000-ton Giga Press. This can be the hydraulic injection system of the machine that Sandy Munro showed us from IDRA’s factory in Italy last year (video below).

Giga Texas also has the smaller 6000-ton Giga Casting machines for the Tesla Model Y front and rear single-piece underbody castings. But this single container seems to be too large for a Model Y — it definitely is for the Tesla Cybertruck."

Source:

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/13/giant-parts-of-9000-ton-tesla-cybertruck-giga-press-arrive-at-giga-texas/