Hans-Joachim Pahnke Book

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Introduction from Michael Pahnke 6
The early professional years 8
The first two-column open die forging
presses at SACK 10
The introduction of the hydraulic oil drive 14
The two-column open die press for Wyman-Gordon 17
The two-column bending press for Combustion Engineering 20
The open die press for Japan Casting & Forging 22
The four hammer forging machine for VSMPO 24
The start of PAHNKE Engineering GmbH 26
The open die forging press for MEFOS 27
The open die presses for Villares and Creusot-Loire 29
The open die press for MIDHANI 30
Dipl.-Ing. Michael Pahnke,
Managing Director of WEPUKO PAHNKE GmbH 32
About the author
This chronicle was written by Walter Westermeyer, a close employee and then subsequently
partner of Hans-Joachim Pahnke. Their fruitful cooperation went back many
years – from their first meeting in 1970 at SACK GmbH in Düsseldorf-Rath, to 1997 at
PAHNKE Engineering GmbH in Düsseldorf, and at WEPUKO-Hydraulik in Metzingen
and WEPUKO PAHNKE Engineering in Springfield, USA. Walter Westermeyer retired in
2008 and lives in Neuss.
The editing was undertaken by Clemens Bilharz from Stuttgart.
PAHNKE Engineering, a successful manufacturer
of presses, and its subsidiary in the USA 34
The closed die forging press for Weber Metals 37
The isothermal forging press 39
The takeover of WEPUKO-Hydraulik
and the merger with Siempelkamp 42
WEPUKO-Hydraulik under the
management of Michael Pahnke 44
WPE open die presses for Villares Metals 45
WEPUKO PAHNKE open die presses for China 47
A speciality of WEPUKO PAHNKE GmbH – the PMSD drive 50