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Factory workers with stretcher machine, aluminium factory.

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Martyn Leonard Alderman's profile picture
The 300t Loewy stretcher was used for flattening treadplate after solution treatment in the nitrate salt bath. Stretching to 1-2% permanent set assisted the final precipitation ageing treatment carried out at about 175C in a Stordy ageing furnace.

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