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drop presses

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drop press

–noun Metalworking.
drop forge.

Origin:
1850–55, Americanism

drop forge

–noun Metalworking.
a device for making large forgings in which a heavy object is allowed to fall vertically upon a piece of work placed on an anvil or between dies.
Also called drop hammer, drop press.


Origin:
1895–1900
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