Example Sentences

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To make the biodegradable plastic, the researchers fed Bacillus subtilis spores and TPU pellets into a plastic extruder.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

From the moment he enters the Frito-Lay facility, Montañez is a dogged learner, asking questions about chemical processes, wondering about an extruder, even celebrating an industrial power washer.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

After mixing and resting, a mechanical extruder pushes the dough through dies of different shapes, and then it’s cut at set intervals.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2023

The transformation of beans into fibrous protein is accomplished by a machine called an extruder, which is like a giant pressure cooker crossed with industrial-sized food processor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2020

It had only to go before any court in the land to be won with costs against the extruder.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)