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cogging

cogging

9.9
A process that hammers or rolls hot metal to make it thinner and stronger
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • After cogging, the metal has a more uniform structure and is easier to shape.

Examples

  • The cogging process strengthens the metal.

  • Modern mills have automated much of the cogging process to increase efficiency.

  • The steel plant uses cogging to prepare large metal bars for further processing.

  • Many manufacturers use cogging to enhance metal durability.

  • The steel plant uses cogging to prepare large metal bars for further processing.

  • After cogging, the metal has a more uniform structure and is easier to shape.

  • Modern mills have automated much of the cogging process to increase efficiency.

Synonyms

forging
vscogging
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A way of shaping metal by heating it and hitting it with a hammer

focuses on reducing size and improving metal structure rather than forming a final shape

Surface Forms

cogging singular
coggings plural

Morphology

cogging = cog (opaque) = cog + ing

Although the spelling suggests 'cog' + '-ing', the metalworking term is a specialized technical sense whose meaning is not recoverable from the ordinary meaning of 'cog'.

Etymology

Cogging in metalwork also comes from cog, 'tooth' on a gear, and it describes the repeated hammering or rolling of hot metal to make it smaller and stronger. So, the word links the shaping action to the idea of metal being pressed or pushed by heavy 'teeth' or rollers.