Forging
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Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using localized compressive forces. The blows are delivered with a hammer or a die. Forging is often classified according to the tempe
Hot metal ingot being loaded into a hammer forge
A billet in an open-die forging press
A cross-section of a forged connecting rod that has been etched to show the grain flow
Open-die drop forging (with two dies) of an ingot to be further processed into a wheel
Blacksmith
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A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut. Blacksmiths produce
Forging
…part. Today, forging is a major worldwide industry. Forging is one of the oldest known metalworking processes. Traditionally, forging was performed by a smith using hammer and anvil, though introducing water power to the production and working of iron in the 12th century allowed the use of large trip hammers…
Picture of Vince J. Heilman (1918–2000) taken by the local newspaper around 1970
Statue of a blacksmith (Monument to John Cockerill in Brussels).
Smithing process in Mediterranean environment, Valencian Museum of Ethnology
A blacksmith