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Investment casting is an industrial process based on and also called lost-wax casting, one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques. From 5,000 years ago, when beeswax formed the pattern, to today’s high-technology waxes, refractory materials and specialist alloys, the castings … Continue reading →

If you like to smoke tobacco and you are sick of the traditional forms of smoking, then you obviously have never smoked out of a tobacco water pipe. A tobacco water pipe has a reservoir that you place water into. … Continue reading →

Pump maker Disetronic announced on May 29 that its new Ultraflex Soft infusion set is now available for all insulin-pump users. The Ultraflex Soft has a reversible connector at the base that “clicks” into place. In addition, it has a … Continue reading →

What Is It? A Foley catheter is a thin bendable tube with a balloon on the end. The end of the tube and the balloon are pushed into your bladder to drain urine. While this tube is in the bladder, … Continue reading →

Oxygen mask: A mask that covers the mouth and nose, and is hooked up to an oxygen tank. It delivers oxygen directly to the patient. Oxygen can also be delivered directly through a nasal catheter, a tube that divides into … Continue reading →

Mechanical fasteners provide a clamping force between two pieces of material.There is a wide variety of types of fasteners and a variety of materials used to make them. There are threaded fasteners, non-threaded fasteners and special purpose fasteners. Steel fasteners … Continue reading →