forging
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- noun
- /ˈfɔrdʒɪŋ/
- Specialized
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forja
- The blacksmith explained that forging is the process of heating metal and hammering it into shape.
- heavy forgings
- ultra-large forgings
So they go from casting to drop forging, huge jump in quality.
- So they go from casting to drop forging, huge jump in quality.
Examples
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According to government reports, local firms are capable of producing airframe structures, fuselage outer skins, casting products, electronic components, forging products, jet engine blades, connectors, and so on.
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Forging is a way to strengthen the steel by destroying those holes.
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And in this angle, it looks like we're watching some giant forging operation happening.
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So they go from casting to drop forging, huge jump in quality.
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It began with the forging of the Great Rings.
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Forging can densify the steel in all three directions.
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The forging techniques I use are some ways they're similar and some ways they're different from the old techniques.
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"Forging closes all the pores, densifying the steel," Kamnikar said.
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We were able to film everything from gathering the iron sand, to smelting the iron, forging the sword, to sharpening and polishing it.
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Examples of the products benefiting from this approach include fillets, turbine disks and blades, connecting arms, preforms in forging, channels or ducts, and airfoil shapes.
Academic text (1994)
Synonyms
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A craft of shaping metal by heating and hitting it by hand to make or fix things
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A craft of making and fixing metal things by heating and hitting them
A process that hammers or rolls hot metal to make it thinner and stronger
The part of metal made by heating and pressing the end to make it thicker
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Etymology
The word forging comes from an old word that meant 'to make' in a workshop, the same root you see in fabric and factory. So forging is the process of shaping metal by heat and hammering, because it is the making of metal parts.