drop hammer

noun

A heavy weight that is raised and then allowed to drop, as used for piledriving and drop-forging.

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drop forgedrop press
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Meanings

noundrop hammer (plural drop hammers)

plural drop hammers

  1. engineeringA heavy weight that is raised and then allowed to drop, as used for piledriving and drop-forging.

    On embankments these troughs are supported by piles driven into the ground and recent practice has been to drive them in by a drop hammer, manually operated from a railway wagon, [...].

    1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646

Synonyms & antonyms

noundevice for making large forgings

Similar
drop forgedrop press
Broader
device
Also see
drop forgedrop presssteam hammer

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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