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24 CORK INSULATION<br />

from capillarity. This property, the force that causes a blotter<br />

to suck up ink, is entirely lacking in <strong>cork</strong>, as evidenced by<br />

its l<strong>on</strong>g and successful use as stoppers in vessels c<strong>on</strong>taining<br />

liquids.<br />

Machines are insulated— perhaps more properly spoken of<br />

today as isolated—to permanently reduce the transmissi<strong>on</strong> of<br />

vibrati<strong>on</strong> and sound to an irreducable minimum. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Cork</str<strong>on</strong>g> iso-<br />

hm r ^<br />

- ". *-<br />

. -"- '. "^ :^ ",<br />

Za<br />

"-.V ^':-'-'<br />

!-.- r<br />

FIG. 20.—MACHINE BASE COMPLETELY ISOLATED WITH CORKBOARD<br />

INSULATION TO REDUCE VIBRATION AND NOISE.<br />

lati<strong>on</strong> is already widely used in the industries; but, since it<br />

takes so little to accomplish so much, the total quantity of<br />

<strong>cork</strong> c<strong>on</strong>sumed in its manufacture is a small factor in the <strong>cork</strong><br />

industry,<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Cork</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>insulati<strong>on</strong></str<strong>on</strong>g> takes <strong>on</strong> several forms of <strong>cork</strong>board, or<br />

sheet <strong>cork</strong>, and molded <strong>cork</strong> pipe covering; and it is the<br />

detailed treatment of the uses of these remarkable <strong>cork</strong> prod-<br />

ucts that shall comprise the greater part of this text.

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