metalworking
Let an agent explain metalworking processes and techniques, describe trades, industry and safety, support learning the craft and identifying techniques, and describe history and decorative traditions.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain metalworking processes and techniques, describe trades, industry and safety, support learning the craft and identifying techniques, and describe history and decorative traditions.
The process and craft of shaping, joining and finishing metals into objects, structures and parts, encompassing forming by forging, casting, rolling and pressing, cutting by machining and shearing, joining by welding, brazing and riveting, and finishing and decorative techniques such as filigree, gilding and ormolu, chromising and pewtersmithing, practised at scales from artisan metalsmithing to steelworking industry; metalworking is a field of work, an economic activity and a heritage craft.
What it is for: Shaping and joining metals.
It can be explain processes; describe trades and safety; support learning and identification; describe history and traditions.
Distinguishing features
Process families
Craft and industry
Decorative techniques
Safety-critical
What it looks like
Workshops and factories with forges, furnaces, machines and tools.
How it is recognised
Forming, cutting, joining and finishing metal
Artisan to industrial
Metallurgy studies metals scientifically; mining extracts ores
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - a metalworking trade
is related to - a basic metalworking tool
In practice
Families and kinds
forming processes such as forging, casting and rolling
cutting and machining
joining such as welding and brazing
finishing and coating such as chromising
decorative metalsmithing such as filigree and ormolu
Standards and regulation
Occupational safety rules for metalworking
Welding and machining standards
Hallmarking and precious metal regulation
Failure modes and hazards
Burns, fumes and machine injuries
Weld and casting defects
Confusing processes
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What metalworking is.
Craft and industry.
Processes
Process families.
Processes
Processes.
- How do forming, cutting, joining and finishing processes shape metal, and when is each used? definition
- Which entry fits a specific process? action
Materials
Metals and properties.
Materials
Materials.
- How do properties of steel, aluminium, copper alloys and precious metals affect how they are worked? definition
- Which entry fits a specific metal? action
Practise Learning and safety.
Practice.
Learn
Learning the craft.
Learn
Learning.
- How can someone learn metalworking, from hobby metalsmithing to trade qualifications? action
- Which entry fits vocational training? action
Safety
Safety.
Safety
Safety.
- What safety rules apply to heat, fumes, machines and materials in metalworking? provenance
- Is an injury present now, needing first aid? boundary
Decorative Decorative and heritage techniques.
Culture.
Techniques
Decorative techniques.
Techniques
Techniques.
- What are filigree, gilding, ormolu, pewtersmithing and other decorative techniques, and how are they identified? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific technique? action
Industry
Industry.
Industry
Industry.
- How is the metalworking industry organised, from steelworking to precision machining? provenance
- Which entry fits manufacturing? action
Learn History and teaching.
Education.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did metalworking develop from the Bronze Age through industrialisation to modern methods? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can metalworking be taught in schools and workshops? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each process be a separate entry?
- How should safety standards be linked?
- How should craft traditions be linked?