Swage (Verb)
Meaning
Form metals with a swage.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The blacksmith used a swage to carefully shape and form the desired curves in the sword blade.
- Copper pipes can be formed and bent using swage connections to maintain a tight seal.
- In modern steel manufacturing, swage is used to form tubing into a variety of angles and shapes.
- For precise metal forming, a swage block was used with various dies to cut, bend, and shape the desired metal pieces.
- Plyers-like swage tools can also form, crimp and bend thin wire and electric cable.