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  2. Oxide jacking - Wikipedia

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    Oxide jacking has caused concrete spalling on walls of the Herbst Pavilion at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The expansive force of rusting, which may be called oxide jacking or rust burst, is a phenomenon that can cause damage to structures made of stone, masonry, concrete or ceramics, and reinforced with metal components.

  3. Screw extractor - Wikipedia

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    A screw extractor held in a tap wrench. A screw extractor is a tool for removing broken or seized screws.There are two types: one has a spiral flute structure, commonly called an easy out after the trademarked name EZ-Out; [clarification needed] the other has a straight flute structure.

  4. Sink strainer - Wikipedia

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    A sink drain cover and a plastic sink plug A sink strainer used to completely replace the sink drain cover. In houses, sink strainers are often used as drain covers in sinks, showers and bathtubs. Water lines or kitchen systems can get gravel, deposits that break free, and other stray items in the line.

  5. Countersink - Wikipedia

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    A countersink may also be used to remove the burr left from a drilling or tapping operation, thereby improving the finish of the product and removing any hazardous sharp edges. [ 1 ] The basic geometry of a countersink (cutter) inherently can be applied to the plunging applications described above (axial feed only) and also to other milling ...

  6. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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    A rib neck carriage bolt has several longitudinal ribs instead of the square section, to grip into a metal part being fixed. confirmat screw: confirmat screw: Used in particleboard and medium-density fiberboard: elevator bolt: An elevator bolt is a similar to a carriage bolt, except the head (or foot, depending on the application) is thin and flat.

  7. Rusty bolt effect - Wikipedia

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    The rusty bolt effect is a form of radio interference due to interactions of the radio waves with dirty connections or corroded parts. [1] It is more properly known as passive intermodulation , [ 1 ] and can result from a variety of different causes such as ferromagnetic conduction metals, [ 2 ] or nonlinear microwave absorbers and loads. [ 3 ]

  8. Conservation and restoration of iron and steel objects

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    It has withstood corrosion for the last 1600 years. Iron, steel, and ferrous metals constitute a large portion of collections in museums. The conservation and restoration of iron and steel objects is an activity dedicated to the preservation and protection of objects of historical and personal value made from iron or steel. When applied to ...

  9. Screw - Wikipedia

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    A lathe of 1871, equipped with leadscrew and change gears for single-point screw-cutting A Brown & Sharpe single-spindle screw machine. Fasteners had become widespread involving concepts such as dowels and pins, wedging, mortises and tenons, dovetails, nailing (with or without clenching the nail ends), forge welding, and many kinds of binding with cord made of leather or fiber, using many ...