Machine press

Manual goldsmith press
General-purpose hydraulic shop press
Power press with a fixed barrier guard
A HACO CNC hydraulic press brake
A press brake bending a sheet of steel

A forming press, commonly shortened to press, is a machine tool that changes the shape of a work-piece by the application of pressure.[1] The operator of a forming press is known as a press-tool setter, often shortened to tool-setter.

Presses can be classified according to

  1. ^ Press, retrieved 2009-11-24.