Hydraulic press

In manufacturing, they are used for forging, clinching, molding, blanking, punching, deep drawing, and metal forming operations.

[4][5] The hydraulic press is advantageous in manufacturing, it gives the ability to create more intricate shapes and can be economical with materials.

[7] In geology a tungsten carbide coated hydraulic press is used in the rock crushing stage of preparing samples for geochemical analyses in topics such as understanding the origins of volcanism.

There are numerous other YouTube channels that publish videos involving hydraulic presses that are tasked with crushing many different items, such as bowling balls, soda cans, plastic toys, and metal tools.

A hydraulic press features prominently in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb".