dropforge
/ˈdrɑpˌfɔrdʒ/
noun
- A machine that uses a heavy falling weight to shape hot metal by pressing it into a die.
- Modern dropforges can produce thousands of identical metal components per day.
- The blacksmith operated the dropforge to form the steel axle.
- In the factory, a dropforge hammered red-hot iron into engine parts.
verb
- To shape metal using a dropforge machine.
- Workers carefully dropforge the titanium blades for jet engines.
- The company dropforges custom gears for heavy machinery.
- They dropforge each wrench head to ensure strength and durability.