hot pressing

noun

1. a method of forming alloy steels or specialized ceramics from compound powders by the application of heat and pressure in a mold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hot pressing¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

Rishi felt something hot pressing its weight against his diaphragm.

From Literature

A sense of hot, pressing anger develops among the crowd, and violent revolution is avoided only at the last second when the order comes down to let the women and children through.

From New York Times

Pieces intended to receive a “pure” finish pass on without further treatment to the ordinary finishing processes such as calendering, hot pressing, raising, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

The treatment in most common use for worsteds and unions is hot pressing, which may be effected either in the hydraulic press or in the continuous press, but in most cases in the former.

From Project Gutenberg

The crystals are freed from the mother oils by draining and cold or hot pressing; they are then washed at 100� C. with concentrated sulphuric acid, afterwards with water and re-distilled or sublimed.

From Project Gutenberg