Sentence examples for making thin from inspiring English sources

Slitting mills for making thin strips that were then fabricated into nails were introduced about that time, as were rolling mills for converting bars into flat plates.

Fine aggregate is used in making thin concrete slabs or other structural members and where a smooth surface is desired; coarse aggregate is used for more massive members.

His strength was in theoretical physics, but he was being forced to sit in a laboratory making thin films of beryllium.

The government has also banned plastic bag manufacturers from making thin plastic shopping bags because of their effect on the environment.

That was how the photographer Kosuke Okahara began a six-year connection with several young Japanese women who regularly harmed themselves through cutting, making thin, repetitive slashes on their wrists, forearms and thighs.

This means the battery can be put together like a sandwich, making thin, flat designs possible.The next step is to move from a gel to a solid polymer electrolyte, which will be thinner and lighter still.

It all began in 1925 when baker Frank Pepe started making thin-crust "tomato pies" in a coke-fired oven at his eponymous restaurant, Frank Pepe at 157 Wooster Street.

Like many of his predecessors, Mr. Wool, now 58, flirted with extinction at the beginning of his career, initially making thin-skinned paintings using rubber stamps and house-painting rollers, following the hands-off tradition initiated by Jackson Pollock's dripped canvases and Andy Warhol's silk-screen images.

Hyundai Heavy Industries, long distinguished as the world's top shipbuilder by market share, has made more headlines recently for its solar power plays, which include a joint venture making thin-film solar cells in South Korea with Saint Gobain of France and a $700 million solar power plant project in Arizona.

For instance, Nanosolar, which is developing novel techniques for making thin-film photovoltaic cells, announced in August it had swept up $300 million in additional funding, bringing its six-year start-up kitty to more than $500 million.

The membrane fabrication method is similar to that used for making thin-film composite (TFC) forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes, but further optimization and improvement have led to a new type of TFC hollow fiber membranes with much greater mechanical strength in addition to its excellent separation property and high water flux.