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2. Babbitt (alloy) - Wikipedia

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   The rods and caps would have shims that could be peeled off as the Babbitt wore down. Ford was known to use two 0.002" on each cap and Babbitt that was 86% tin, 7% copper, 7% antimony (see the KRW catalogs for the Model T). Steel shims were used, as the brass shims used today tend to compress over time, contributing to shorter bearing life. The ...

3. Shim (spacer) - Wikipedia

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   Pre-cut metal shims, all with a thickness of 1.00 millimeter. Many materials make suitable shim stock (also often styled shimstock), or base material, depending on the context: wood, stone, plastic, metal, or even paper (e.g., when used under a table leg to level the table surface).

4. Variety Wholesalers - Wikipedia

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   Variety Wholesalers, Inc., is a privately held company based in Henderson, North Carolina, which owns more than 380 retail stores in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic United States under the banners Roses and Maxway. The company employs more than 7,000 workers.

5. C&S Wholesale Grocers - Wikipedia

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   C&S Wholesale Grocers, LLC is a national wholesale grocery supply company in the United States, based in Keene, New Hampshire. In 2021 it was the eighth-largest privately held company in the United States , as listed by Forbes . [ 3 ]

6. Wholesaling - Wikipedia

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   Traditionally, wholesalers were closer to the markets they supplied than the source from which they got the products. [3] However, with the advent of the internet and e-procurement there is an increasing number of wholesalers located nearer to the manufacturers in China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. The profit margins of wholesalers depend ...

7. Revere Copper Company - Wikipedia

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   Revere Copper and Brass ranked 96th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts. [7] By 1938, James M. Kennedy, an employee, had invented copper-clad cookware, which went into production and is now known as Revere Ware .