plug forming meaning
[Engineering]
"Thermoforming process for plastics molding in which a plug or male mold is used to partially preform the part before forming is completed, using vacuum or pressure."
"Thermoforming process for plastics molding in which a plug or male mold is used to partially preform the part before forming is completed, using vacuum or pressure."
Examples
- If there is a risk of methane hydrate ( clathrate ) plugs forming as the pressure changes through the valve due to Joule-Thomson cooling, then this is a reason to keep it low, where the rock is warmer than an appropriately-calculated temperature.