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PARTING PLANE [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
  • Facilities and Equipment (Rubber)
CONT

If one were inside a closed mold and looking outside, the mating junction of the mold cavities would appear as a line. It also appears as a line on the molded piece and is called the parting line. A piece may have several parting lines.

OBS

Compare with "mould seam".

OBS

parting line: can mean the line representing the surface of contact between mold halves, or the line found on the object.

Key term(s)
  • mould parting face
  • mold parting line

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
  • Installations et équipement (Caoutchouc)
OBS

Pour laisser échapper l'air contenu dans l'empreinte, on pratique des évents (trous ou rainures) au niveau du plan de joint des demi-moules.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
  • Instalaciones y equipo (Caucho)
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Record 2 2012-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Parting is caused by pressures that are applied to a crystal or by twinning. The pressure breaks the crystal on a plane of weakness. The plane between twins in a crystal can also break and form a parting plane ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
CONT

Plan de séparation : Il ne s'agit pas d'un clivage particulier, ni d'une cassure, mais d'un «glissement», sous l'action de pressions, dans la direction d'un plan de macle. Les corindons, par exemple, montrent des plans de séparation.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

In igneous rocks, the primary cleavage plane or parting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie

Spanish

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