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HYDRAULIC OR MECHANICAL AUTOFRETTAGE?

We help you find the solution
best suited to your needs

THE MACHINES YOUR GUN BARRELS NEED

THIOT INGENIERIE has been the global benchmark in autofrettage for the last 25 years. Drawing on the experience of its founder Patrick Thiot,
the company offers a range of machines designed to improve artillery barrels (hydraulic autofrettage and mechanical autofrettage)
and to perform fatigue testing.

 

PRESSURE FATIGUE TESTING MACHINES

PRESSURE FATIGUE TESTING MACHINES

To check crack propagation

SWAGING MACHINES

SWAGING MACHINES

Mechanical autofrettage process

AUTOFRETTAGE MACHINES

AUTOFRETTAGE MACHINES

Hydraulic process

COMBINATION OF AUTOFRETTAGE + HEAT TREATMENT + FATIGUE STRENGTH

Need customized expertise? THIOT INGENIERIE can help you select or combine one or both autofrettage methods (hydraulic or mechanical – olivage) on the same gun barrel, with the possibility of also working on cracking and crack ignition and propagation aspects during firing.

A LONGER BARREL
SERVICE LIFE

ENHANCED
FIRING PRECISION

SAFER
EQUIPMENT

BETTER FIRING PERFORMANCE

A long experience in autofrettage

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