FORGING TECHNOLOGY
Big in quality and efficiency
SMS GROUP
Leaders in plant construction
and machine engineering
The SMS group unites global players in the construction of plants and machines for the processing of steel and NF
metals, operating under the roof of SMS Holding GmbH. It consists of the two business areas, SMS Siemag and
SMS Meer, as well as industrial participations. SMS Holding GmbH is responsible for strategic planning and control.
The sole owner of the SMS group is Siemag Weiss GmbH & Co. KG, the holding of the Weiss entrepreneurial family.
FAMILY-OWNED AND
WORLDWIDE PRESENT
As a family-owned company, the SMS group has
built on solid values and a culture of responsibility
for four generations. It holds a strong market position,
while its decentralised structure ensures a fast and
efficient response to individual customer demands.
The SMS group combines the flexibility of company
units that operate as medium-sized enterprises
with the broad resources of an internationally active
company – all to the benefit of the business partners.
The decentralised corporate culture ensures that not
only the individual units, but also the employees
always think and act in an entrepreneurial manner.
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BUILDING ON A STRONG BASIS
A long-term view, careful financial management, the
focus on values, plus an understanding of the cycles
of the machine and plant construction market have
guided the group’s strategic planning for decades.
Also high on the agenda are investments in the
areas of energy and environment technology, service
and modernisation of plants as well as on-the-job
training and qualification of core employees. On this
basis, the SMS group creates tailor-made plant
solutions which enable its business partners to keep
well ahead of the competition.
SMS MEER BUSINESS AREA
The SMS Meer Business Area bundles its activities
in the fields of steelmaking plants and continuous
casting technology (long products), tube plants, long
product rolling mills, forging technology, nonferrous
metals plants, heat treatment technology and
service. Starting with advisory services, followed by
implementation and commissioning, and finally
modernisations – the employees of the business
area always combine their specialist knowledge with
approachability and flexibility.
TOP QUALITY
The innovative solutions provide our customers with
measurable benefits in their challenging markets.
Whether steel for automotive parts, pipelines, heavy
structural profiles, wheels for high-speed trains or
aluminium for façade structures: the machines and
plants tailored by the SMS Meer Business Area
ensure the cost-efficient and flawless production of
the necessary components.
INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS
The SMS Meer Business Area concentrates the competence of globally successful specialist firms under
one roof to create a unique, full range of supplies and
services for metal processing and associated fields.
In doing so, the employees focus consistently on the
needs of their business partners. They find individual
solutions and fulfil the plant operators‘ expectations,
both flexibly and reliably. This is verified by 17,000
successful reference projects the world over – in the
last 50 years alone.
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PRESS AND FORGING
COMPETENCE
Making the world go round
Forge and press products make the world go round.
Imagine huge titanium turbine blades for jet engines
or heavy-duty drive and axle components for vehicles.
Consider extruded sections for automotive, aircraft or
railway applications. Or think of massive anti-friction
bearings for wind turbines or precision gears for
motors. None of them can move without SMS Meer
presses and forging machines.
PERFORMANCE UP –
CONSUMPTION DOWN
With its press and forging range SMS Meer provides
customers with both innovative and sophisticated
processes. The maximum press force of the machines
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is being continuously expanded using new, optimised
technologies. Yet despite the increase in performance
less energy is required.
Plant owners are able to process new materials and
produce new products thanks to the higher forging
forces. They can increase their plant‘s productivity
economically thanks to higher cycle rates. What’s
more, they save themselves costly, labour-intensive
postmachining processes thanks to higher precision
grades such as near-net-shape.
SMS Meer offers fully automated forging machines
and press lines. The comprehensive process and ma-
FULLY INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS
SMS Meer always strives to develop a tailor-made,
integrated solution that meets all the customer’s
needs. Therefore, the press and forging experts cooperate closely with other product units – for example with the SMS Meer subsidiary SMS Elotherm.
Elotherm is specialist for induction technology and
market leader in the sector of induction heating
plants for forges.
The company has developed the ForgeLine™ furnace series, offering a suitable machine for essentially any product and capacity. All furnaces feature
a modular architecture, which can be quickly and
efficiently configured to meet individual requirements. Elotherm has contributed considerably to
the progress in technical development and particularly in energy efficiency, and with its latest innovations such as iZone™, it is one of the technology
leaders.
terial know-how from decades of experience forms
the basis for the intelligent technology systems which
control the forging machines.
THE RIGHT CONTACT AT HAND –
ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE
The customer defines the goal, and together with him
SMS Meer develops a suitable integrated solution. The
employees possess extensive know-how in terms of
forming processes and metallurgical properties. Thus
customers can be sure that their investments will pay
off – from the very first day of production.
To ensure that it will stay like that for years, customers
can rely on comprehensive service even after commissioning. Machines and plants from SMS Meer are
in operation worldwide – the employees likewise.
There is always someone at hand to consult and support if any questions or new tasks arise. SMS Meer
keeps its partners up to date – for the whole lifetime
of their plants.
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HYDRAULIC PRESSES
High forces and great precision
Think big. Achieve more. SMS Meer offers individual,
effective press solutions for all the customer’s needs.
The company’s open-die forging plants and radial forging machines use high forging forces to produce large
components such as shafts for marine propulsion systems or power plant turbines. SMS Meer’s powder
presses are the right choice for complex precision
parts in the automotive industry. To date SMS Meer
has sold a total of around 1,500 hydraulic presses
worldwide and therefore ranks as one of the market
leaders in this sector.
OPEN-DIE FORGING:
FULL CONTROL – MAXIMUM FORCES
Open-die forging machines built by SMS Meer are able
to exceed forging forces way above 100 MN, depending on the customer‘s needs. The pass schedules for
the forging process are provided by technology systems
featuring comprehensive material databases. The control circuits ensure precise coordination of the manipulator movements and forge strokes. SMS Meer machines are designed with the customer such that they
meet demanding certification standards, e.g. for power engineering.
“X” shape. The main advantage of radial forging machines is that the workpiece is enclosed by four forging
dies and is therefore only able to yield axially, thereby
avoiding lateral spread. Radial forging machines are
particularly suited for bars, shafts, axles and thickwalled tubes.
POWDER PRESSES:
REDUCED COSTS – FULL QUALITY
The cost-efficient manufacture of complex sintered
parts of consistently high quality is what powder
press owners demand. With its range of hydraulic
powder presses, hybrid presses and mechanical
presses, SMS Meer has the right solution for almost
any application. The company offers its customers a
series of presses of various types and press forces,
with the result that the machine can be individually –
and cost-effectively – configured to meet the customer‘s
respective requirements.
APPLICATION AREAS
Large, individual components such as
RADIAL FORGING: SETTING
STANDARDS IN PRECISION
With its radial forging machines SMS Meer offers a
machine type which is noted for its high metallurgical
product quality and precision. The radial press comprises a highly rigid press frame in which four hydraulic
cylinders with corresponding tools are arranged in an
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shafts for marine propulsion systems or
power plant turbines
Sinter parts for the automotive industry as
well as the electrical and general mechanical engineering sectors.
NEW APPROACH FOR
FUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Powder presses produce predominantly components for the automotive industry. Not so at Gobal
Tungsten & Powders (GTP). For this U.S. based company SMS Meer adapted its press technology to
a completely new application in a very short time period. With its HPM 1600E5i GTP manufactures
components for fuel cells. “SMS Meer supports us in developing a new market in the area of Green
Technology. Success in this process requires a combination of technology and efficiency which we
have found with SMS Meer”, says Mike Cuddy, Procurement Manager, GTP.
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EXTRUSION PRESSES
Always the right solution –
no matter what material
Schloemann extrusion presses from SMS Meer are
unique worldwide: SMS Meer is the only manufacturer to offer all extrusion processes for all materials and
alloys including all ancillary equipment and automation
systems. More than 1,400 reference plants worldwide
are proof of the company’s experience and comprehensive competence.
LIGHT METAL PRESSES:
MOST MODERN TECHNOLOGY
Light metal extrusion presses from SMS Meer are
used to produce sections and tubes from aluminum
and aluminum alloys for the automotive and aerospace
industry as well as for the construction industry. A
special feature is the front loader design further developed by SMS Meer. It is the most modern extrusion
technology to date and has established itself all
around the world. The benefits are high productivity
and availability as well as excellent sectional quality.
These modern light metal extrusion presses can also
handle high billet charge weights with maximised billet lengths. In addition to direct extrusion presses, indirect extrusion as well as tube extrusion presses are
used for special applications for aluminum alloys.
HEAVY METAL PRESSES:
FOR VARIED PRODUCTS
The heavy metal extrusion presses from SMS Meer
are used for producing sections, bars, strip, wire rod,
tubes and hollow sections from copper and copper
alloys for application in the construction, automotive,
valve and fittings, installation and electrical industries.
The process technologies available here are direct and
indirect extrusion, too. Direct extrusion is the pre-
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ferred solution where there is a varied product mix
and small batch sizes for copper products. Indirect
extrusion is suitable for producing wire rods, bars
and sections from brass and special brass.
The heavy metal press technology is used for highly
specialised extrusion presses for pressing zirconium,
silver or gold alloys as for the extrusion of the light
metal titanium. High-allow special steels, too, are
made into sections and seamless tubes for applications in the offshore, power plant construction and
chemical industries.
SMS Meer extrusion presses are perfectly rounded
off by self-developed, intelligent control systems with
sophisticated man-machine interface, tool management,
block reports, production control computer connection
as well as practical technology software.
APPLICATION AREAS
Sections and tubes from aluminum and
aluminum alloys
Sections, bars, strip, wire rod, tubes and
hollow sections from copper and copper
alloys
Specialist products made of zirconium,
silver or gold alloys or titanium
Sections and seamless tubes made of
high-allow special steels.
THOUROUGHLY
CUSTOMER-ORIENTED
Supplying, erecting and commissioning complex plants reliably – that’s SMS Meer’s
business. But the company does also comply with exceptional requests: For its Chinese
customer Shandong Yankuang Light Alloy Company, SMS Meer set up one of the world’s
strongest light-alloy presses in its own workshop. This way, the customer could make
sure in advance that the gigantic machine was fully functional. That’s what SMS Meer
calls customer orientation.
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HOW TO ACHIEVE 380 KM/H
ON THE TRACKS
Faster, higher, further: Chinese express trains reach a constant speed of 380 km/h, which is much faster than
the competition. Obviously, the wheels have to stand up to enormous strains, so their manufacturers must meet
highest standards.
To make the grade, wheel manufacturers such as MASTEEL wheel company or Taiyuan Heavy Industry rely on
plants from SMS Meer. Just like the producers of the aluminum outer panels: Shandong Nanshan Aluminium
manufactures the aluminum long products on extrusion presses from SMS Meer.
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CLOSED-DIE FORGING
Highest productivity in top form
Weather turbine blades for power stations and aircrafts or connecting rods, knuckles and crank shafts
for the automotive industry and commercial vehicles:
SMS Meer offers every customer in the field of
closed-die forging the right solution. With more than
2,800 machines built it has perhaps the greatest
wealth of experience in this field, too.
RELYING ON TOP PERFORMANCE
Worldwide, the machines with well-known names
such as Schloemann, Eumuco and Hasenclever stand
for top performances. Customers rely on efficient
production processes, excellent product quality and
high availability of the machines. SMS Meer’s portfolio
includes all main presses for closed-die forging with
all upline and downline forming accessories necessary.
With automation and transport equipment or programmable robots SMS Meer succeeds in combining
individual machines to fully automatic productions
lines.
ECCENTRIC PRESSES:
FASTER COMMISSIONING
SMS Meer eccentric presses can be used for virtually
all forging purposes thanks to their automation and
quick tool change systems and simple, manual opera
ting capabilities. The high stroke rate safeguards productivity and the ram quick adjustment system ensures that the forged part thickness can be corrected
without interrupting production. With the EcoPress
series SMS Meer has developed a modular concept
for eccentric presses and accessory equipment. Plant
owners benefit from this through considerably reduced investment costs, shorter delivery times and
faster commissioning.
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SCREW PRESSES: HIGH FORMING
ENERGY AND PRECISION
The screw presses with electrical direct drive or continuously rotating flywheel are noted for their high
forming energy and high forging precision. Maximum
press forces of up to 355 MN can be achieved with
the flywheel design, in particular. SMS Meer‘s screw
press concept is also characterised by the shortest
pressure dwell times and therefore improved tool service lives.
WEDGE PRESSES: IMPROVED
LOAD CAPABILITY
Wedge presses are designed for longitudinal forged
parts. Thanks to the special wedge drive, the off-
centre load capability in both the forward and backward direction is also improved. SMS Meer presses
can subject several adjacent dies to the full nominal
force.
APPLICATION AREAS
Safety-relevant components for vehicles,
aircrafts and machines e. g. crank shafts,
connection rods, gear wheels, track rod ends,
steering parts, gearing parts, turbine discs
and turbine blades.
ALWAYS ONE STEP AHEAD
The world’s strongest clutch-operated screw press was erected by SMS Meer employees in cooperation
with their Chinese customer Wuxi Turbine Blade (WTB) three month ahead of schedule. The new plant stands
out for its 35,000 t impact force, a screw diameter of 1,320 mm and a weight of 85 t. It requires 87 % less
energy than traditional screw presses. This helps WTB to meet the growing demands of its customers in the
aeronautical and power generation industries. “For us the plant has the advantage of being able to meet the
growing demands of our customers,” says Yan Qi, Managing Director of WTB. “We have been working
together successfully with SMS Meer since 1976.”
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AUTOMATION FOR
BEST QUALITY
Turbines, aircrafts or machines – all need bearing steel produced with highest precision. Swedish manufacturer Ovako Tube & Ring is one of the leading companies
serving the bearing industry and relying on SMS Meer machines for many years.
Ovako‘s new RiWa 2000/80 is the world’s largest fully automatic ring rolling plant
in which industrial robots transport and position the workpieces. “The largest types
of robots currently available on the market are in use here. We have equipped them
with special gripping tongs for the specific application,” says Robert Düser from
SMS Meer‘s Business Unit Forging Plants.
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RING AND WHEEL ROLLING
Tailor-made solutions for the ring rolling industry
Rings and wheels large and small – these are the pivot
points of progress. They come in a very wide range of
different profiles and materials. They ensure that every
thing stays in motion, and that pipelines and tanks
can withstand enormously high pressure. SMS Meer
offers tailor-made solutions for exacting fields of applications requiring rings and wheels. The portfolio extends from individual machines such as ring blank
presses, rolling machines and ring expanders to complete plants.
BENEFITTING FROM EXPERIENCE
SMS Meer can draw on more than 150 years of experience in ring and wheel rolling. This goes back to the
Keller & Banning Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei
and to the Wagner Maschinenfabrik. Both of these
pioneering firms were founded in the second half of
the nineteenth century and were later acquired by
SMS. Today, SMS Meer’s ring- and wheel rolling activities stand for innovative technology, precision and
top quality. More than 550 completed ring-rolling machines, over 100 complete plants and facilities and
satisfied customers all over the world are solid proof
of the company’s leading position.
AXIAL CLOSED-DIE ROLLING:
REDUCE MATERIAL COSTS
Axial closed-die rolling machines from SMS Meer are
used, for example, for producing axle drive wheels.
Compared to the traditional closed-die forging process on mechanical presses, manufacturers save up
to 30 % on material with the integrated plant solutions.
WHEEL ROLLING:
RUNNING ON HIGH QUALITY
Wheel rolling lines produce full wheels for high-speed
trains, locomotives, railway carriages, trams and underground trains. Thanks to their special design and
SMS Meer‘s globally tested technology, the lines are
especially precise and efficient in operation.
APPLICATION AREAS
Rings from 100 mm to more than
10,000 mm in diameter
Solid wheels and tyres for the railway
industry.
RING ROLLING: FLEXIBLE
PRODUCTION PROCESSES
Wagner Banning ring rolling machines can produce
rings with rectangular cross-sections and numerous
inside and outside profiles. Plastic deformation of the
ring to the precise dimensions takes place in the ring
expander. The control system records the resulting
spring-back automatically and compensates for it
with the expansion stroke.
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SERVICE
Taking care of everything –
MEERcare®, MEERcoach®, MEERconsult®
The employees at SMS Meer do everything to ensure that customers are satisfied with the company’s machines
and plants for many years. The SMS Meer Service experts continue to look after them even after commissioning – a
whole plant life long. With MEERcare®, MEERcoach® and MEERconsult®, SMS Meer offers services for machines,
people and processes.
MEERcare®
Spare Parts
Service
MEERcoach®
MEERconsult®
Maintenance
Modernization
Field Service
Training &
Coaching
Consulting &
Implementation
Spare Parts
Equipment Check
Mechanical
Components
Repairs
Assessment
Fact Finding
Audits
eService
Condition
Monitoring
Hydraulic
Systems
Trouble Shooting
Standardised
Trainings
Feasibility
Studies
Spare Parts
Management
Maintenance
Service
Electrical Control
Systems
24/7 Support
Individual
Training
ecoplants
Assessment
Warehousing
Remote Service
Automation
Equipment
eLearning
Strategies &
Concepts
Change
Management
Value Added
Components
Full Service
These services cover three specific areas:
With MEERcare®, SMS Meer offers tailored service solutions – from spare parts, through emergency
calls at short notice, regular maintenance measures through to comprehensive modernisation measures.
MEERcoach® focuses on the people: The SMS Meer Service experts share their know-how with the
customers and provide on-site support for the ongoing production.
The MEERconsult® specialists analyse processes in preparation for their optimisation.
THE RIGHT PARTS IN THE RIGHT
PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
The right spare parts have to be available at all times
so that production doesn‘t come to a standstill. At the
same time, capital tie-up and storage costs have to
be kept low. That is why SMS Meer delivers spare
and wear parts for all machines quickly and reliably.
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A web-based, machine-specific parts catalogue
makes the ordering process even easier. On request,
SMS Meer also takes care of the whole spare part
and stock management. The differing parts stocking
concepts are always geared to the customers‘
individual needs.
CONTINUOUS HIGH PERFORMANCE
Whether one-off fact-finding, continuous monitoring
via remote service or regular plant inspections: The
SMS Meer Service experts analyse and service the
plants. On request they even take over the complete
maintenance. Plant owners thus ensure maximum
plant availability and optimum production results.
ALWAYS UP-TO-DATE
Plant owners are engaged in dynamic markets. The
demands on profitability, product quality and
productivity have risen steadily for plant owners in
recent years. New technologies and plants arrive on
the market in ever shorter innovation cycles. Tailored
and customised modernisation concepts from
SMS Meer ensure that the plants run for decades:
and that with reduced operating costs, higher
productivity and improved product quality.
FIELD SERVICE
Even in emergencies, customers can rely on SMS Meer
Service. The Service technicians help with troubleshooting and the necessary repairs. With short reaction times and high availability, they ensure that the
plant is up and running again as quickly as possible.
CORPORATE SUCCESS THANKS TO
TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW
Whether individual or standardised trainings – the
MEERcoach® experts plan individually tailored training
programmes and implement these together with the
customer. The plant operators gain valuable knowhow through time-tested formats and special
e-learning offerings – for more operational reliability
and more efficient processes.
HIGHER PROFITABILITY THANKS TO
THE RIGHT ADVICE
More efficient processes, optimised technology and
more effective use of resources – those are the goals
of MEERconsult®. SMS Meer carries out feasibility
studies to establish a sound basis for management
decisions, or develops strategies and concepts for the
optimisation of existing plants and processes.
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CLOSE TO CUSTOMERS
Think global, act local
The Business Area SMS Meer is represented worldwide. 17,000 reference installations demonstrate the
market’s confidence in the expertise, experience,
reliability and flexibility of the company.
No matter where the customers work and what
language they speak – the right people at SMS Meer
are always on hand. In this way SMS Meer can support
its business partners quickly and effectively.
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Engineering / production
Sales / service
SELECTED SMS MEER EQUIPMENT COMMISSIONED SINCE 2007
Hydraulic Presses
Customer
Plant/Machine
Country
Bochumer Verein Verkehrstechnik
Modernisation of a 60-MN wheel press
Germany
Buderus
80/100-MN open-die forging press
Germany
Hammerwerk Erft
30/35-MN forging press
Germany
Henan Zhongyuan Special Steel
45/50-MN forging press
China
KISCO
80/100-MN open-die forging press
Korea
Saarstahl
100/120-MN open-die forging press
Germany
Shanghai Heavy Machinery
250-t/630-mt forging manipulator
China
Societa delle Fucine
HSP 250/700 forging manipulator
Italy
ThyssenKrupp VDM
40/45-MN open-die forging press
Germany
van Schaewen
25/30-MN forging press
Germany
Customer
Plant/Machine
Country
Al Taiseer
25/27-MN front loader press with billet heating and run-out
Saudi Arabia
Baosteel
25/60-MN extrusion press line for steel pipes
China
Baosteel
60-MN stainless steel tube extrusion line
China
Centravis
44-MN stainless steel tube line
Ukraine
Qinghai Guoxin Alu Xining
55-MN indirect rod and tube extrusion press
China
Shandong Nanshan Group
28-MN indirect rod and tube extrusion press
China
Tisco
20/60-MN extrusion press line for steel pipes
China
Tisco
60-MN steel tube extrusion line
China
Wieland Werke
68-MN direct/indirect rod and tube extrusion press
Germany
Customer
Plant/Machine
Country
Böhler Schmiedetechnik
SPKA 22400 clutch-operated screw press
Austria
ThyssenKrupp
Modernisation of a VEPE 3150 with QW 850 cross roll
Brazil
Virginia Forge
AMP 3150 eccentric press
USA
Wuxi Turbine Blade
SPKA 22400 clutch-operated screw press
China
Customer
Plant/Machine
Country
Forgiatura Morandini
RAW 2500/1000-7000/3500 ring rolling machine
Italy
ThyssenKrupp Rothe Erde
RAW 200/200-5500/630 ring rolling machine
Germany
McInnes Rolled Rings
RAW 160/160-3000/630 ring rolling machine
USA
Frisa Forjados
RiWa 8000/500 ring rolling line
Mexico
Ovako Tube & Ring
RiWa 2000/80 ring rolling line
Sweden
European Bearing Company
RiWa 1600/32 ring rolling line
Russia
Taiyuan Heavy Industry
ERWA 5000/10000/1250/5000 wheel rolling line
China
Lucchini RS
ERWA 9000/1350/5000 wheel rolling line
Italy
Johann Hay
Awa 16/125 axial closed-die rolling line
Germany
Euskal Forging
Modernisation of RAW 400/200 ring rolling machine
Spain
Extrusion Presses
Closed-die Forging
Ring and Wheel Rolling
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SMS MEER
Business Unit Forging Plants
Ohlerkirchweg 66
Germany
Phone:+49 2161 350-2281
Fax:
+49 2161 350-1859
[email protected]
www.sms-meer.com
MEETING your EXPECTATIONS
IMPRINT SMS Meer, Corporate Communications, Dr. Peter Heimerzheim (Director), Ohlerkirchweg 66, 41069 Mönchengladbach, Germany
Phone: +49 2161 350-2600, Fax: +49 2161 350-1862, [email protected], www.sms-meer.com
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