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gib
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GiB

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gib [gib]
(engineering)
A removable plate designed to hold other parts in place or act as a bearing or wear surface.
(mining engineering)
A temporary support at the face to prevent coal from falling before the cut is complete, either by hand or by machine.
A prop put in the holing of a seam while being undercut.
A piece of metal often used in the same hole with a wedge-shaped key for holding pieces together.


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Offers a wide range of mold components--pins, blades, sleeves, gibs, wear plates, undercut relief systems, date inserts, cooling components, and mold bases.
They come out to negotiate the jumps, gibs and bonks - obstacles patterned after the snowmaker covers that early snowboarders carommed off - regardless of whether the snow is real or manmade.
Nylon gibs guide the blade during travel of the blade.
 
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