For owners who accept the offer, the replacement oil contains an additive from BG Products Inc.
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MTBE, an additive mixed with petrol to reduce air pollution, had caused it to leak into water supplies.
This technique is considered an additive manufacturing technique not unlike 3D printing that builds a product layer by layer.
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The soles are built using an additive manufacturing (also known as 3-D printing) system invented and patented at the university.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently considering whether to ban the use of menthol as an additive to cigarettes.
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Unlike 3-D however, Immerz is an additive, rather than zero-sum game.
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Ott immediately thought of an additive manufacturing process called direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) that she had encountered in her work at a major aerospace company.
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This problem is compounded by the possible presence of multiple chemicals which together have an additive effect that greatly increases the lethal action of any single chemical.
At the same time, the high price of oil is fuelling demand for ethanol, which is used as both a substitute for and an additive to petrol.
Anti-icing fluid also has an additive that thickens it more than deicing fluid to help it adhere to aircraft surfaces as it speeds down the runway during takeoff.
Ethanol, which is used mainly as an additive to petrol, is not a particularly good fuel: it offers only about two-thirds as much energy as petrol and can corrode pipelines and car engines.
This is because the FDA considers it a new dietary supplement which needs to be tested for safe use before it can be approved as an additive in energy drinks and other such products.
"For the hardcore fans that have played the games, read the books, read the comics, have the consumer products, and are fully intending to dive into 'Halo 4, ' this is very much an additive experience, " Feldman said.
We tend to go with thinner people who have a specific kind of bone structure, so when we put prosthetic on them, because makeup is an additive process, it doesn't look like we're building out their face too much.
At least seven companies are expected to show 3D printers at CES 2013, demonstrating the potential benefits of the technology for a wide swath of industries and users. 3D printing uses an additive process to create an exact physical duplicate of a product based on a digital model.
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Oil companies started using MTBE in the 1980s to replace lead as an antiknock additive in gasoline.
Some of the birds rescued after being covered in an oil additive have been released back into the wild.
Birds washed ashore on the south coast after being contaminated with an oil additive have been transferred to a wildlife centre in East Sussex.
The RSPB has called for ships at sea to be banned from discharging an oil additive which contaminated hundreds of birds on the south coast of England.
An RSPCA spokeswoman said there was no connection between the incident and the birds that washed up on the south coast of England covered in an oil additive, as the types of oil were different.
In the other, published in the Lancet in 2007, preschool and grade-school children seemed to be more hyperactive when given a juice drink with these same additives than they were after consuming an otherwise identical, additive-free drink.
Morris Technologies, an Ohio firm that specializes in additive manufacturing and is the largest deployer of DMLS in the world, did the job.
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This pilot institute will bridge the gap between basic research and product development for additive manufacturing, provide shared assets to help companies, particularly small manufacturers, access cutting-edge capabilities and equipment, and create an environment to educate and train workers in advanced additive manufacturing skills.
Many have a vegetable plot where they work for an hour or two a day, thus feeding themselves with additive-free produce while getting vital exercise.
An estimated 50 million dental copings gave been produced to date by additive manufacturing.
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The only time this is an exception is when you combine specific types of polymers and metals with specific additive manufacturing processes.
Additive manufacturing is not yet good enough to make a car or an iPhone, but it is already being used to make specialist parts for cars and customised covers for iPhones.
Its bitter leaves are an ingredient in South Indian rasam and curries, and its oil is a common additive to cosmetics, laundry soap, shampoos and toothpaste.
The company apologized on its website and said it discontinued partnerships with producers using the additive, which speeds muscle growth in pigs but can cause headaches and an irregular heartbeat when consumed by humans.
The company manufacture a pro-degradant additive (called d2w) which, when added to polyethylene during production, transforms it into an oxo-biodegradable product.
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