punch press

American  

noun

Machinery.

1. a power-driven machine used to cut, draw, or otherwise shape material, especially metal sheets, with dies, under pressure or by heavy blows.

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Etymology

Origin of punch press

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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punch press

He has one 81-year old employee still working a punch press.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 3, 2021

Her father constantly worried about his young daughter working with sheet metal and operating punch press machines.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2017

Gary said John, his grandfather, who died in the late 1970s, made the lure heads at home with a punch press, using a die like the one at Westclox.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2014

I go through floppies fairly regularly because we'll need to access a robot or punch press or milling machine or something else that has no other form of external media access.

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2010

For example, if the speed of a drill or the strokes of a punch press were multiplied, the increase would be easily recognized.

From Increasing Human Efficiency in Business, a contribution to the psychology of business by Scott, Walter Dill