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1Extrusion — is a process used to create objects of a fixed cross sectional profile. A material is pushed or drawn through a die of the desired cross section. The two main advantages of this process over other manufacturing processes is its ability to create… …
2Work hardening — Work hardening, also known as strain hardening or cold working, is the strengthening of a metal by plastic deformation. This strengthening occurs because of dislocation movements within the crystal structure of the material.[1] Any material with… …
3Metal Improvement Company — (MIC) is a company specializing in metal surface treatments. MIC is a subsidiary of the Curtiss Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW), a diversified supplier of engineered products and services to the aerospace, nuclear power, oil and gas, defense and… …
4Equal channel angular extrusion — (ECAE) is an extrusion process, developed in the early 1990s in the Soviet Union. The technique is able to refine the microstructure of metals and alloys, thereby improving their strength according to the Hall Petch relationship. ECAE is unique… …
5Fabrication (metal) — Fabricator redirects here. For other uses, see Fabricator (disambiguation). A typical steel fabrication shop …
6Shielded metal arc welding — (SMAW), also known as manual metal arc (MMA) welding, flux shielded arc welding …
7Powder metallurgy — is the process of blending fine powdered materials, pressing them into a desired shape (compacting), and then heating the compressed material in a controlled atmosphere to bond the material (sintering). The powder metallurgy process generally… …
8metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …
9Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
10building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
