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Flight bar (mining component) is manoeuvred with industrial tongs under the counterblow hammer
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Flight bar (mining component) having been forged in big hammer, is levered off the counterblow hammer, in order to move to clipping press
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Forge worker removes red hot steel billet from furnace for forging into crank shaft
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Forge worker grinding (or linishing) flight bar (mining component), removing last traces of excess "flash" not removed by clipping press
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Checking diameter of a still red hot flaming crank shaft with a vernier
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100mm square steel billet is removed from furnace as cold steel billet waits in foreground to be heated
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Forge worker pre forms steel billet on 5 tonne clear space hammer before it will be presented to set of two dies to be fully forged in hammer
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Forge worker swings finished forged component onto pallet as team works in background
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Flight bar (mining component) having been forged in a 15 MT counterblow hammer, is moved to clipping press to clip off excess "flash"
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Forge worker preparing to release finished upset forging into steel container
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Red hot steel billet which has already been partially pre formed is moved back in to the furnace
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Forge workers pre form red hot steel billet into flight bar (mining component) on hammer
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Forge workers pre form red hot billet into flight bar (mining component) on hammer
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Flight bar is moved out of the clipping press where excess "flash" has been removed
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Operative prepares to hook steel billet out of furnace. Team in background using counterblow hammer
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Checking dimensions on crank shafts in warehouse area as fork lift truck unloads a new steel container of product in background
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A clipped crank shaft is swung out in a pair of tongs from the clipping press into a steel container
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Sparks fly as counterblow hammer forms flight bar, the counterblow hammer forges by striking from both above and below mining component
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Operative levers still steaming drive shafts off trays in order to cool down
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Forge worker hands over pre formed steel billet to colleague for presentation to set of two dies in hammer to be fully forged into crank shaft
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An experienced worker explains the workings of a CNC machine to an apprentice
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Forge worker, second in command of hammer control or "stamper" in pre forming forging area with a set of industrial tongs as furnace door is closed
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100mm square steel billet is removed from furnace as cold steel billet waits to be heated, with furnace door operator in foreground
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Worker pre forms steel billet on 5 tonne clear space hammer before it will be presented to set of two dies to be fully forged in hammer
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Crank shaft is inserted into clipping press to remove excess "flash"
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Steelworkers using digital tablet with 10,000 tonne forging press in steelworks
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Flight bar (mining component) having been forged in 15 mt counterblow hammer, is moved to clipping press to clip off excess "flash"
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Operatives dragging newly heat treated forgings off trays and into steel container in heat treatment area
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Drilled and machined trunnions for railway freight coupling units
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Fully forged and clipped flight bar (mining component) is lined up to cool down for final stage of finishing process
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Czech Republic, North Moravia, Zlin, Roznov pod Radhostem, Wallachian Town. A metalsmith forging a piece of metal.
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Un forgeron de Samburu façonne une lance de barre de fer. Forgerons ont leur propre clan spécial au sein de la tribu et ne sont pas autorisés à se marier avec des filles d'autres clans. Leurs compétences sont transmis de père en fils. Cet homme aura deux jours pour faire une lance pour lesquels il sera payé une chèvre.
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Fully forged and clipped flight bar (mining component) is lined up to cool down for final stage of finishing process
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