hotshops
Hotshops are workshops where hot work is performed, meaning processes that involve applying heat to materials, typically metal, to join, shape, or treat them. This includes welding (MMA, MIG, TIG), cutting with oxy-fuel or plasma, brazing and soldering, forging, burning, heat-treating, bending with heating, and thermal spraying in some contexts. Hotshops may be standalone facilities within a manufacturing plant or designated zones within a larger shop, and they are common in construction, shipyards, metal fabrication, automotive and aerospace industries.
Work in hotshops is accompanied by strict safety procedures due to fire risks and burns, as well
Historically, hotshops evolved from blacksmith and foundry shops where heating metal was essential. Today the term