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cold forging
Description
Description
The metalworking process of forging whilst hot metal is right below its recrystallisation temperature, being cooled and solidified after casting.
Alternative Labels
cold casting
cold fabrication
cold fashioning
cold finishing techniques
cold forging
cooled casting process
cooled fabricating process
cooled fashioning process
cooled finishing process
Skill type
knowledge
Skill reusability level
cross-sector skills and competences
Relationships
Broader concepts
Essential for
Optional for
ornamental metal worker
blacksmith
ammunition assembler
hydraulic forging press worker
mechanical forging press worker
swaging machine operator
drop forging hammer worker
upsetting machine operator
tend mechanical forging press
maintain hydraulic forging press
tend drop forging hammer
operate forging tongs
Concept URI
Status
released