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  2. Mesh - Wikipedia

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    A plastic mesh may be extruded, oriented, expanded, woven [1] or tubular.It can be made from polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, PVC or PTFE.; A metal mesh may be woven, [2] knitted, welded, expanded, sintered, [3] photo-chemically etched or electroformed (screen filter) from steel or other metals.

  3. Polypropylene - Wikipedia

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    Polypropylene is most commonly used for plastic moldings, wherein it is injected into a mold while molten, forming complex shapes at relatively low cost and high volume; examples include bottle tops, bottles, and fittings. It can also be produced in sheet form, widely used for the production of stationery folders, packaging, and storage boxes.

  4. Steel wool - Wikipedia

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    Steel wool burning in air. Steel wool is commonly used by woodworkers, metal craftsmen, and jewelers to clean and smooth working surfaces and give them shine. [3] However, when used on oak, remaining traces of iron may react with tannins in the wood to produce blue or black iron stain, and when used on aluminum, brass, or other non-ferrous metal surfaces may cause after-rust which will dull ...

  5. Shape-memory alloy - Wikipedia

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    The two most prevalent shape-memory alloys are copper-aluminium-nickel and nickel-titanium (), but SMAs can also be created by alloying zinc, copper, gold and iron.Although iron-based and copper-based SMAs, such as Fe-Mn-Si, Cu-Zn-Al and Cu-Al-Ni, are commercially available and cheaper than NiTi, NiTi-based SMAs are preferable for most applications due to their stability and practicability [1 ...

  6. Wire wool - Wikipedia

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    Wire wool is a generic term for products made of filaments entwined, woven or otherwise agglomerated into a sort of felt pad or belt that is often rolled for convenience. Typical dimensions for most domestic wire-wool might be about 1 cm/¼" thick by 8cm/3" broad and cut to various lengths.

  7. Metal furniture - Wikipedia

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    Stainless steel table with glass plate top. The chairs are polypropylene composite plastic with stainless steel legs. Metal furniture is furniture made with metal parts: iron, carbon steel, aluminium, brass and stainless steel. Iron and steel products are extensively used in many application, ranging from office furnishings to outdoor settings.

  8. Twist tie - Wikipedia

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    The plastic, poly, or metallic paper twist ties withstand water better than the uncoated paper versions. Different sizes and strengths are used for different applications, from a small closure for a bag of bread to a large, heavy tie to hold unwieldy garden hoses in place. A twist tie with a broad paper covering may also be used for labeling.

  9. Extrusion - Wikipedia

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    Accumulator water drives are more expensive and larger than direct-drive oil presses, and they lose about 10% of their pressure over the stroke, but they are much faster, up to 380 mm/s (15 ips). Because of this they are used when extruding steel. They are also used on materials that must be heated to very hot temperatures for safety reasons. [14]