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Injection molding Injection molding

It is usually slow and inefficient to mold thermoplastics using the compression molding techniques described above. In particular, it is necessary to cool a thermoplastic part before removing it from the mold, and this requires that the mass of metal…

It is usually slow and inefficient to mold thermoplastics using the…

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Freezing in Glass (No More Broken Jars!) Freezing in Glass (No More…

Freezing in Glass (No More Broken Jars!) Creating glass containers can be accomplished by one of two different processes – the Blow and Blow, or the Press and Blow process. Each process is chosen based on the kind of glass bottle being made. All glass…

Freezing in Glass (No More Broken Jars!) Creating glass containers…

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How It Works: A Lean, Mean Nail Gun How It Works: A Lean, Mean…

Pneumatic nailers can slash the time it takes to fasten everything from window trim to roof rafters. The basic guts of the tool haven’t changed since the 1960s: Compressed air pushes a piston that drives a rod, forcing nails deep into wood, before the…

Pneumatic nailers can slash the time it takes to fasten everything…

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Quartz Glass Quartz Glass

Quartz Glass What is Quartz Glass? Quartz is one of the most abundant and widely distributed minerals in nature. Quartz is the only stable polymorph of crystalline silica on the Earth‘s surface. It is found in all forms of rocks: igneous, metamorphic…

Quartz Glass What is Quartz Glass? Quartz is one of the most…

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All About Pneumatic Nailers All About Pneumatic Nailers

Air-powered nail guns offer many advantages that the hammer-and-nail approach, no matter how honorable, can’t hope to match.     What Counts:     ? Type of fastener     ? Maximum and minimum length of the fastener     ? Ease of clearing nail jams…

Air-powered nail guns offer many advantages that the hammer-and-nail…

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