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preform [prē′fȯrm]
(engineering)
A preshaped fibrous reinforcement.
A compact mass of premixed plastic material that has been prepared for convenient handling and control of uniformity during the mold loading process.
(engineering acoustics)
The small slab of record stock material that is loaded into a press to be formed into a disk recording. Also known as biscuit (deprecated usage).


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A high-cavitation hot-runner system designed specifically for molding bottle preforms of biodegradable polylactide (PLA) resins is offered by Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
0, into rectangular preforms containing different volume fractions of alumina (NF and SF) and alumina-silica (CF) short ceramic fibers.
 
 
 
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