Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A process in which olefinic and carbocyclic petroleum products are converted to high-octane branched-chain alkanes in the presence of hydrogen and a catalyst under pressure and heat.
- noun A manufacturing technique in which high-pressure hydraulic fluid is used to mold a sheet or tube of metal stock by forcing it against the surface of a die.
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- noun engineering A
cost-effective way of shapingmalleable metals intolightweight ,stiff pieces by means of high-pressurehydraulic fluid .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Samsung makes the camera's body through a process called hydroforming, which is more typically used for manufacturing car parts and bike frames; hydroforming creates a smooth shape through liquid pressure.
PCWorld 2010
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Samsung makes the camera's body through a process called hydroforming, which is more typically used for manufacturing car parts and bike frames; hydroforming creates a smooth shape through liquid pressure.
PCWorld 2010
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Samsung makes the camera's body through a process called hydroforming, which is more typically used for manufacturing car parts and bike frames; hydroforming creates a smooth shape through liquid pressure.
PCWorld 2010
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In fact, the X2 is the first chassis to use 'hydroforming', a specialised die-forming process that uses high-pressure hydraulic fluid to shape chassis components.
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The X2 platform in Tata Aria incorporates 'hydroforming', a specialised dye-forming process.
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Mr. DWAYNE SPRADLIN (President and CEO, InnoCentive): The first example I'll give you is called explosive hydroforming.
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There's only so much you can say about aluminium tubing, even though hydroforming gave it some extra mileage.
The Irrelevancy of Time: Bicycle Products Don't Spoil BikeSnobNYC 2009
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We approached the auto-parts makers and convinced them that, even though we didn't then have a tube mill in our asset mix, we could make the highest-quality tubes for their hydroforming operations.
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We see an exciting opportunity to increase market share by working with car makers to take out production costs by advancing new technologies like hydroforming, while incorporating benefits such as increased strength and added safety.
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One of these products is tubular steel used for hydroforming, a process where manufacturers mould a length of steel tube into complex shapes using thousands of pounds of water pressure.
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