steam hammer
Vapor-powered forge tool
A steam hammer is a large power hammer driven by steam, used in forging and metalworking to shape heavy pieces of metal.
The hammer head rises on a piston and drops with tremendous force, delivering blows far more powerful than any hand-wielded tool.
Steam hammers were essential to 19th-century industrial manufacturing, forging everything from ship anchors to locomotive parts.
Reciprocating cylinder component
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- valveFluid flow controller
- boilerWater-heating vessel
- crossheadPiston-to-rod junction piece
flywheel · crank · exhaust · throttle · stroke · reciprocating · double-acting · self-acting
Objects shaped from heated metal
- steelworkMetal structural components
- foundryMetal casting facility
- smithyWorkshop for shaping metal
- furnaceEnclosed heat-producing structure
quenching · tempering · metallurgy · wrought-iron · crucible · ingot · slag · smelting
Loud metallic sound
- boomLoud deep sound
- thunderStorm's acoustic aftermath
- dinSustained unpleasant noise
- poundingForceful repeated striking
rhythmic · reverberating · deafening · clangor · ringing · metallic · earsplitting · echoing
Move air forcefully
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- forceStrength or compulsion
- thudDull impact noise
- poundingForceful repeated striking
crushing · driving · stamping · riveting · flattening · compressing · deforming · tonnage
Metal-shaping block
- dieStop being alive
- billetTemporary military quarters
- workpieceItem under fabrication
- shapingGiving something its form
swaging · upsetting · drawing · mandrel · heading · cogging · blocker · impression
Industrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- VictorianOf a prim era
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
machinery · fabrication · shipyard · arsenal · Krupp · Sheffield · Pittsburgh · mass-production
piston
Reciprocating cylinder component
crosshead · flywheel · crank · exhaust · throttle · stroke · reciprocating · double-acting · self-acting · trip
ironwork
Objects shaped from heated metal
furnace · quenching · tempering · metallurgy · wrought-iron · crucible · ingot · slag · smelting · mill
clang
Loud metallic sound
pounding · rhythmic · reverberating · deafening · clangor · ringing · metallic · earsplitting · echoing · percussive
blow
Move air forcefully
pounding · crushing · driving · stamping · riveting · flattening · compressing · deforming · tonnage · ram
anvil
Metal-shaping block
shaping · swaging · upsetting · drawing · mandrel · heading · cogging · blocker · impression · finishing
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- factoryIndustrial production facility
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- VictorianOf a prim era
engineering · machinery · fabrication · shipyard · arsenal · Krupp · Sheffield · Pittsburgh · mass-production · labor