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Hot titanium billet is placed in 50,000-lb. steam drop hammer at Arcturus Manufacturing Corp. plant in Oxnard, California. The 50,000-lb. hammer is largest operating in the West. Equipment is used to forge titanium into hemispheres and other components for aerospace vehicles. Steam to operate the hammers is produced in natural gas-fired generator that has a capacity of 100,000-lb./hr. (Photo courtesy Southern Counties Gas Co.)