Their use in devices such as cell phones and PDAs can reduce breakage, a major cause for return or repair.

Slasher sizing machine needed for strengthening the warp by adding starch to reduce breakage of the yarns.

Hair is in a stretched state when wet, a wide-tooth comb reduces breakage by gently passing through hair.

This significantly reduced breakage during transport.

Sharpening the pencil helps reduce breakage in the wax.

The noodles are made from ground rice flour but sometimes with some added cornstarch to reduce breakage during frying.

This machine used flexible chain belts rather than gears to transmit power from the ground wheels to the working mechanism, reducing breakage and down time.

Sizing of the warp yarn is essential to reduce breakage of the yarn and thus production stops on the weaving machine.

A leather washer often cushioned the ceramic, to reduce breakage during installation.

Without that hand-sorting, GameFly was forced to add a cardboard sleeve to reduce breakage as the discs went through sorting machines.