Metal-forming technologies, and the machine tool industry, continue to be the industrial backbone for any industrial economy.

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Metal-forming technologies are used to shape hard industrial metals like steel, iron and aluminum into the components that are needed to make everything from computers and iPads to cars and trucks.

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Metal-forming technologies have been in existence for thousands of years, but came into widespread use with the global industrialization that began to occur in the latter part of the nineteenth century.

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In 2007, the combined amount of CNC metal-cutting and forming tools produced in China was 126, 268, more than double the amount produced in 2005.

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It does make sense, after all, since metal work involves bending, shaping, forming.

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The blank is put under so much pressure that metal is squished into the diagonal grooves, forming a threaded spiral.

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Besides clean-up of materials, the company plans to remove unused utilities in the shaft, repair any damaged structures, install a water ring to control entry of water into the shaft and prevent ice from forming in winter, install a new power cable and a metal brattice between the eastern and western half of the shafts to provide a physical barrier, improving safety and functionality, company officials said.

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