History
Metalworking is one of the oldest industrial sectors, beginning with hand forging, casting, and simple cutting and shaping methods used to make tools, weapons, and structural parts. Over time, water and steam power supported heavier machining, and the industrial era brought lathes, mills, presses, and dedicated forming equipment. Today the sector combines conventional machine tools with CNC systems, automation, and line-based processing for higher precision and repeatability.
Applications
Metalworking equipment is used to cut, drill, bore, bend, straighten, peel, and finish metal parts for construction, transport, energy, machinery, and general manufacturing. Typical machines in this sector support bar and tube preparation, profile processing, turning, broaching, and other shaping tasks for both small batches and continuous production. In the used machinery market, these systems are valued for their role in producing components from raw stock, reworking material, and integrating into existing production lines.