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extrusion press

American  

noun

  1. a machine that shapes semisoft metals or plastics by forcing them through dies.


Etymology

Origin of extrusion press

First recorded in 1935–40

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The huge casting is actually only a single pact of a still bigger machine: a giant extrusion press 2� times more powerful than any of its type in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

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