Forging In Closed Dies

Duration: 35 min.

Year Published: 1953

Creator: Paul Hance Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Describes various types of dies which have supplanted the crude anvil of bygone days and types of hammers such as the air lift hammer and hydraulic forging press which have supplanted the blacksmith's hammer. Shows the cutting, preparation and use of dies in a typical die room and the entire process of a drop forging, from the steelyard through the making of dies, to the finished forging.

Complete Record: Describes various types of dies which have supplanted the crude anvil of bygone days and types of hammers such as the air lift hammer and hydraulic forging press which have supplanted the blacksmith's hammer. Shows the cutting, preparation and use of dies in a typical die room and the entire process of a drop forging, from the steelyard through the making of dies, to the finished forging. , FORGING IN CLOSED DIES. Drop Forging Association. Made by Paul Hance Productions. 35 min., sd., color, 16mm. Kodachrome. © Paul Hance Productions, Inc.; 1Dec53; MP4095.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.