In the brass spruing room is what is known as a Todd water tumbler, used for brass castings.
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Sprue
//spɹuː//
Synonyms for "sprue" (6 found)
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Dutch
4 entries- Indische spruw noun (malabsorption syndrome)
- aphthae tropicae noun (malabsorption syndrome)
- psilosis noun (malabsorption syndrome)
- tropische spruw noun (malabsorption syndrome)
German
1 entries- Anguss noun (Material that cools in the feed channels to a mold)
Portuguese
1 entries- psilose noun (malabsorption syndrome)
Russian
1 entries- ли́тник noun (hole allowing melted material into the mold)
Spanish
1 entries- esprúe noun (malabsorption syndrome)
Swedish
2 entries- nedgjut noun (hole allowing melted material into the mold)
- nedlopp noun (hole allowing melted material into the mold)
Sample sentences
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The method adopted for sprueing the wax pattern is much more important to the success of the inlay than is generally realized.
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The pattern is completed in its final contour, is then sprued, invested and burned out of the investment, and the gold alloy is cast in the same manner as when the indirect technique is utilized
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If we are to cast a simple pattern like a small ball we have at least three methods of sprueing the wax pattern (Fig. 6).
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