Definition of Drop press

1. Noun. Device for making large forgings.

Exact synonyms: Drop Forge, Drop Hammer
Generic synonyms: Device
Group relationships: Forge, Smithy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop Press

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drop ins
drop keel
drop kerb
drop kick
drop kicks
drop letter
drop light
drop like flies
drop line
drop off
drop off the radar
drop open
drop out
drop press (current term)
drop punt
drop punts
drop round
drop scone
drop ship
drop shipped
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drop shot
drop shots
drop the ball
drop the gloves

Literary usage of Drop press

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1896)
"THE MODERN DROP-PRESS. BT CX BILLINGS, HARTFORD, CONN. (President Partial Term 1894-5.) FROM 1847 to 1862, among the green hills of the State of Vermont, ..."

2. The Mechanical Engineer's Pocket-book: A Reference Book of Rules, Tables by William Kent (1902)
"Pressure attainable by the Use of the Drop-press. (RH Thurston, Trans. ASME, v. 53.)—A set of copper cylinders was prepared, of pure Lake Superior copper; ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Steam drop press.—There is a large variety of work that must be pressed to bring it ... The steam drop press, which closely resembles the steam drop hammer, ..."

4. Press-working of Metals: A Treatise Upon the Principles and Practice of by Oberlin Smith (1896)
"41 shows a hand drop press, wherein muscular action stores up the energy ... 42 is a foot drop press. In both of these cases the ram is lifted by a downward ..."

5. Drop Forging, Die Sinking and Machine Forming of Steel: Modern Shop Practice by Joseph Vincent Woodworth (1911)
"CHAPTER XI HIGH-SPEED STEEL, DROP, AND HYDRAULIC FORGED CUTTING TOOLS, DROP-PRESS PRACTISE, AND HARDENING DROP-DIES What is Good Judgment A GREAT deal is ..."

6. The Practical Tool-maker and Designer: A Treatise Upon the Designing of by Herbert S. Wilson (1898)
"PUNCHES AND DIES FOR THE CUTTING AND drop press. IN treating this subject, the author aims to give such information as will overcome the " hard spots ..."

7. The Iron Age Directory (1904)
"drop press and Hammer— George A. Ohl & Co.. Newark. NJ Miner & Peck Mfg. Co.. New Haven. Ct. Standard Machinery Co.. Providence. RI Lifters. ..."

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