In some cases metals are actually strengthened by this process, which is known as cold working.

If better properties are required then it may be heat treated or cold worked.

The alloy, being in a much softer state, may then be cold worked.

It was hard, cold work, but worth the effort.

Production cycle times when cold working are very short.

The process of wire drawing changes material properties due to cold working.

Cold working - The cooled bead can be further decorated.

It can then be subjected to additional cold working.

At the same time, cold work increases gum metal's yield strength.

They had a tribal trade system culture that crafted cold worked copper pieces.

It was wet, cold work; it could even be dangerous.

Warm and cold working together to make an icicle.

It is then cold headed, which is a cold working process.

Cold work also serves to harden the material's surface.

Bill had tried to be a book between them while they were watching TV since George's death, but it was cold work.

It strained his patience, particularly as the cold worked its way through his clothing.

Type 2 is a malleable nickel-iron which responds well to cold working.

A finishing operation, shaping, cold works the points on the tooth sides to flats.

All this prowling about at night is cold work.'

The greater the tensile cold working, the lower the compressive yield strength.

These stresses may be caused in a number of ways, ranging from cold working to non-uniform cooling.

Cold working and aging also tend to exaggerate the R-phase presence.

That was what it felt like, at least; cold working its way inward toward her heart, one painful inch at a time.

Cold works by possibly decreasing the size of the blood vessels and the blood flow to the area.

Whether it was the cold working on the ropes to make them more slippery or what, the slip-knots were coming undone.