I saw videos about Hydraulic presses pressing 100s of tons,how is that possible, not like how that’s achieved but how doesn’t everything under the press is destroyed?
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[This](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_Press_Program#/media/File:Mesta_press_east_side.jpg) is a 50,000 ton press. It’s on a lot of concrete. It also goes through to the basement where it’s on more concrete (with a lot of these big presses, a good chunk of them is actually in the basement). Concrete is good at holding up heavy things. However, use over 50 years resulted in cracks in the basement concrete. That cost about $100 million to repair, and now they figure it’s good for another 50 years.
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