trip hammer


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trip hammer

[′trip ‚ham·ər]
(mechanical engineering)
A large power hammer whose head is tripped and falls by cam or lever action.
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The earliest known trip hammer in America was most likely at Saugus Iron Works in the Massachusetts colony between 1646 and 1668.
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