Pieces of thin sheet metal pressed into clay models to divide them into smaller sections so that the plaster molds may be made in pieces.
Small steel plates used for leveling base plates or for packing between structural members.
thin, steel, round, flat washers used to exert resistance on the oil flow through a piston. A series of shims (valve stack or valving) with varying outer diameters and thicknesses are arranged in sequence to provide a damping affect.
Stainless steel packing pieces in varying thicknesses so that support corbels and the like can be accurately levelled.
Thin pieces of steel with multiple layers of sound-damping materials between the stamped metal - also called insulators. Placing shims on the backside of the backing plate reduces the vibrations that cause brakes to squeal.
A piece of steel used to level or square canopy beams or base plates.
Thin metal sheets that are inserted between the die and press to align the binder surface of the die and alter binder pressure” (Automotive Steel Partnership, 1991, p. 14).
Steel plate used to take up tolerance, usually referring to column base plates or bearings.