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drop forge

drop forge

9.1
A heavy machine that shapes hot metal by dropping a large hammer
  • noun
  • /drɒp fɔːrdʒ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : forja de caída
  • Using a drop forge, the workers produced strong and precise metal parts for the aircraft.

Examples

  • He watched as the drop forge shaped the heated steel into a large component for the machine.

  • So they go from casting to drop forging, huge jump in quality.

  • The factory installed a new drop forge to improve metal shaping efficiency.

Synonyms

drop press
vsdrop forge
  • Specialized
8.8

A machine that shapes metal by dropping a heavy weight onto it

is used chiefly to shape large forgings by dropping a hammer or die
drop hammer
vsdrop forge
  • Specialized
8.2

A large machine that shapes metal by dropping a heavy weight onto it

focuses on producing very large forgings from heated metal rather than general stamping

How Powerful

hydraulic press
  • Specialized
1 4.2
drop forge
  • Specialized
9.1
power hammer
  • Specialized
6.5
triphammer
  • Archaic
1 9.8

Surface Forms

drop forge singular
drop forges plural

Morphology

drop + forge

The compound is transparently built from 'drop' + 'forge' so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a kind of forge characterized by a dropping action (i.e., a forge where something is dropped). However, the precise technical sense — a heavy machine that drops a hammer or die to form large forgings — is specialized and not fully predictable from the constituents alone, so full comprehension may require domain knowledge.

Etymology

The compound noun drop forge comes from a simple picture: a heavy hammer is dropped onto hot metal in a forge, and that strong drop shapes the metal. So today it means 'a heavy machine used to shape metal'.