strip core, blockboard, loose core, strip board

A composite board; a coreboard whose core is made up of strips of wood, either laid separately or glued together; veneer is glued to both faces of the core strips with its grain at right angles to that in the strips.

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The change allowed Monarch to eliminate a loose core piece from one of its initial casting design iterations.

2012 casting competition: booming hacking industry calls for casting: a weldment to casting conversion by Monarch Industries won this year's annual Casting Contest. Ten others earned Best-In-Class and Honorable Mention status

A six-inch diameter telescope will show a fairly loose core which is actually 6,500 light years away.

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In production, the block is produced basically in an all green sand mold (minimal core application) in which the loose cores are set manually into a mold-setting fixture.

Dimensionally accurate, lightweight castings immediate goal of auto industry

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