They make knit fabrics, exhaust manifolds, cable anchors and milk coolers for dairy farms, respectively.

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With plastic intake manifolds and head-mounted injectors, it weighs a scant 234 pounds.

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Then bad welding on production manifolds made by FMC Technologies (weakened by months sitting unattended on the seafloor) led to leaks.

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Carmakers no longer have to mold a dozen or so brass inserts into their plastic intake manifolds to accept screws, at six cents per fastener.

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For instance, the elaborate system of manifolds and pipes had to be designed to avoid any 90-degree corners, so the bulky material used in the junk shot didn't get stuck.

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