Title
Forging at the foundry of AT Green & Sons Ltd, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Artist: Michael Walters
Caption
Forging at the foundry of AT Green & Sons Ltd, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, 1963. Impression die forging pounds or presses metal between two dies (called tooling) that contain a precut profile of the part being manufactured. Parts from a few ounces to 60,000 lbs can be made using this process. Although this one is being forged hot, some of the smaller parts can also be forged cold.
Date
2009
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Worldwide Photography
Reference
HRM19D72_034
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,2Mb (1,2Mb) / 15,8in x 12,3in / 4739 x 3699 (300dpi)