Glass productionGlass production involves two main methods – the float glass process that produces sheet glass, and glassblowing that produces bottles and other containers. It has been done in a variety of ways during the history of glass. Broadly, modern glass container factories are three-part operations: the "batch house", the "hot end", and the "cold end". The batch house handles the raw materials; the hot end handles the manufacture proper—the forehearth, forming machines, and annealing ovens; and the cold end handles the product-inspection and packaging equipment.
Hybrid integrated circuitA hybrid integrated circuit (HIC), hybrid microcircuit, hybrid circuit or simply hybrid is a miniaturized electronic circuit constructed of individual devices, such as semiconductor devices (e.g. transistors, diodes or monolithic ICs) and passive components (e.g. resistors, inductors, transformers, and capacitors), bonded to a substrate or printed circuit board (PCB). A PCB having components on a Printed Wiring Board (PWB) is not considered a true hybrid circuit according to the definition of MIL-PRF-38534.
Matériau compositevignette|Multicouche, un exemple de matériau composite. Un matériau composite est un assemblage ou un mélange hétérogène d'au moins deux composants, non miscibles mais ayant une forte capacité d'interpénétration et d'adhésion, dont les propriétés mécaniques se complètent. Le nouveau matériau ainsi constitué possède des propriétés avantageuses que les composants seuls ne possèdent pas. Bien que le terme composite soit moderne, de tels matériaux ont été inventés et abondamment utilisés bien avant l'Antiquité, comme les torchis pour la construction de bâtiments.
