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Tool or device for imparting a desired shape, form, or finish to a material.
Examples include a perforated block through which metal or Eli Whitney and others, who used templates (tool-guiding patterns) and fixtures
the antecedents of today's tools and dies
to mass-produce firearms for the U.S. Army (see armoury practice ). Today the demand for dies used in metal forming, die casting , and plastic molding is filled by tool-and die-making shops.
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Brücke Die
die casting
die Grünen
tool and die making
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