Since the invention of computer-aided design (CAD) in the early 1960s, it has become much easier for product designers to design sheet metal components and parts for different applications. But one ...

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The art of forging dates to at least 4000BC and probably earlier. Metals such as bronze and wrought iron were forged by early man to produce hand toots and weapons of war. Forging of wrought iron and ...