#technical verb
- To abrade — (Technical, rare) To perform an abrasion operation; cutting or smoothing a rigid surface through friction with abrasive materials; to grind or polish industrially.
- To shot-peen — The act of transforming raw metal pieces into small spherical granules or pellets (shot) through melting, controlled casting, or mechanical calibration processes. In an extensive industrial sense, the term refers to shot peening or blasting a hard metallic surface by continuously bombarding it with steel or iron pellets, aiming to clean rust, remove burrs, or structurally harden the material.
- To self-vulcanize — To undergo or subject an elastic material (especially raw rubber, polymer mixtures, or silicones) to the process of vulcanization at room temperature or under normal ambient conditions, without external heat or high artificial pressure, utilizing chemical agents, catalysts, or atmospheric humidity.