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pinch bar

[′pinch ‚bär]
(design engineering)
A pointed lever, used somewhat like a crowbar, to roll heavy wheels.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

pinch bar, claw bar, ripping bar, wrecking bar

A steel bar with a U-shaped claw at one end and a chisel point at the other; often used as a lever for lifting heavy objects.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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* Release the pressure on the crowbar or pinch bar.
Torque rod check
The parison is pushed out, and at the end of the cylinder stroke (accumulator empty) the two pinch bars will close and seal the parison on the bottom.
The scoop on blow-pin stands, pre-pinch units & parison spreaders
Horizontally opposed V-Shape pinch bars strangle the neck for safe untying and automated opening and closing of the bag.
Spiroflow Systems introduces bulk bag (Fibc) discharger
The parison must be long enough to allow pinch bars to seal the parison bottom and clear the mold.
Making a part for the first time? Here's how to get going
Logs and branches were cleared, large stones levered out of the ground and tree stumps attacked with mattocks, saws and pinch bars, to reveal a clear patch of mud - lovely!
How we built Tufty's last stand
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