FORGING

**Definition:** This place covers:

General metal forging or pressing methods, devices and furnaces. Riveting is traditionally part of forging.

Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping in the thickness of a solid metal billet using localized compressive forces at a temperature below fusion.

This subclass subdivides into:

**Limiting references (this place does not cover):** - Methods of forging specific products -> B21K1/00 - B21K23/04 - Finishing surfaces by hammering -> B23P9/04