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Latest comment: 9 years ago by Bermicourt in topic Definition and scope?

Definition and scope?

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For the purposes of defining this article's scope (the name is a separate question), is a "hammer mill" a device for processing metal to shape it, or for crushing metal ore to prepare it before smelting?

English terminology terms the triphammer mills used for metalworking as "hammer mills". These were used with ironworking to make finished goods, particularly agricultural implements, and also for manufacturing sheet metal. Similar mills were also widely used for making brass sheet, as battery brass or latten. In contrast, stamp mills were used for ore crushing.

In Germany, there's widespread use of the term "hammer mill". But as far as I can see so far, this was either used, or widely used, to refer to the stamp mill ore-processing form. The two types should not be confused. I'm concerned that some of the German sites linked here could be of the stamp mill form (and thus a different scope, belonging in a different article) rather than the metal-processing form of hammer mill. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:18, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply

German terminology distinguishes clearly between Hammerwerke which are hammer mills used for forging and Pochwerke which are stamp mills used for ore crushing. This is the translation of their article on [iron] hammer mills and is linked to de:Eisenhammer whereas stamp mill is, rightly, linked to de:Pochwerk. --Bermicourt (talk) 21:11, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply
P.S. As far as I can see the linked articles were used for metalworking, not ore crushing, but I'm happy to investigate more closely if you have any concerns. I'm quite up to speed with historical German mining terminology. Cheers. --Bermicourt (talk) 21:14, 30 April 2017 (UTC)Reply