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drop hammer
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drop hammer [′dräp ‚ham·ər]
(mechanical engineering)
(metallurgy)
A hammer used in forging that is raised and then dropped on the metal resting on an anvil or on a die.

drop hammer
A heavy weight for driving a pile into the ground; dropped by gravity along a set of guide rails onto the head of the pile.


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Walking into his press room in Hockley is like stepping back in time as he still uses the same huge drop hammers and steel dies used by his great grandfather, Charlie Robathan, back in 1918.
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