I ran a 175 ton LVD CNC press brake at my shop for years. Damn near squeeze a penny so hard a booger would out of George Washington's nose.
Bending in argon atmosphere at 1750* is just badass!!!
They did a lot of super plastic forming at one company I worked for. The guys that loaded that press had to wear asbestos suits and would dehydrate to death in 60 minutes or something like that.
