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Filler (cigar)
In general, a filler is something that is used to fill gaps. Specialized meanings include: Materials * Filler (animal food), dietary fiber and other ingredients added to pet foods to provide bulk * Filler (materials), particles added to a matrix material, usually to improve its properties * Filler (packaging), a machine designed to fill packaging, usually occurs in food packaging * Filler metal, metal added in the making of a joint through welding, brazing, or soldering * Grain filler, a product that is used to achieve a smooth-textured wood finish * Injectable filler, a soft tissue filler injected into the skin to help fill in facial wrinkles * Star filler, a plastic insert in computer cables which separates wires Media and entertainment * Filler (media), in television and other media, material that exists outside the story arc to pad out other material * "Filler", song by hardcore punk band Minor Threat, from their debut E.P. Other uses * Filler (linguistics), a sound spoken t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler (animal Food)
In animal feed, a filler is an ingredient added to provide dietary fiber, bulk or some other non-nutritive purpose. Products like corn fiber (corncobs), fruit fibers (pulp), rice bran, and whole grains are possible fillers. Purpose As sources of dietary fiber, a filler has little inherent nutritional value for a monogastric (non-ruminant) animal insofar as calories are considered. On the other hand, this property makes it useful for managing the caloric density of a food formula, so that the animal does not overeat. Cheaper fillers like corncobs may also serve to adjust the price of food. Effects * Cellulose, beet pulp and pectin/Gum Arabic fibers help cats develop proper fecal consistency and overall colon health. * Cellulose fiber reduces postprandial blood sugar levels in naturally diabetic cats. * Adding 10-20% apple pomace reduces food energy density and protein absorption by cats. Although the latter is undesired in the usual case, it may be useful for animals with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler (materials)
Filler materials are particles added to binders (resin, thermoplastics, cement) to make a composite material. Filler materials improve specific properties or make the product cheaper. Coarse filler materials such as construction aggregate and rebar are used in the building industry to make plaster, mortar and concrete. Powdered fillers are mixed in with elastomers and plastics. Worldwide, more than 53 million tons of fillers (with a net worth of ca. US$18 billion) are used every year in the production of paper, plastics, rubber, paints, coatings, adhesives, and sealants. Fillers are produced by more than 700 companies, rank among the world's major raw materials and are contained in a variety of goods for daily consumer needs. The top filler materials used are ground calcium carbonate (GCC), precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC), kaolin, talc, and carbon black. Filler materials can affect the tensile strength, toughness, heat resistance, color, clarity, etc. This can be util ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler (packaging)
Fillers (or filling machines) are used for packaging, mainly for food/beverage but for other products as well. These are used to fill either a bottle or a pouch, depending on the product. There are several types of fillers used by the packaging industry. The following are the most common: *Auger/agitator fillers: designed to fill dry mixes, such as flour and sugar. The fillers have a hopper shaped like a cone that holds the mix and puts it in a pouch using an auger conveyor that is controlled by the agitator. The mix is filled in a pouch that is made of paper or poly that is formed in a collar and the pouch gets sealed by a series of heaters and dies. The interface with the process supplying the powder is of prime importance to ensure an efficient filling. *Vibratory weigh fillers: provide a blend of accuracy, speed, and versatility for linear feeders. Every weighing-hopper is designed to handle the needs for precise weights. *Flow fillers: designed for liquids, oils, and thin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler Metal
In metalworking, a filler metal is a metal added in the making of a joint through welding, brazing, or soldering. Soldering Soldering and brazing processes rely on a filler metal added to the joint to form the junction between the base metal parts. Soft soldering uses a filler that melts at a lower temperature than the workpiece, often a lead-tin solder alloy. Brazing and hard soldering use a higher temperature filler that melts at a temperature which may approach that of the base metal, and which may form a eutectic alloy with the base metal. Filler alloys have a lower melting point than the base metal, so that the joint may be made by bringing the whole assembly up to temperature without everything melting as one. Complex joints, typically for jewelry or live steam boilermaking, may be made in stages, with filler metals of progressively lower melting points used in turn. Early joints are thus not destroyed by heating to the later temperatures. Welding Welding processes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grain Filler
A grain filler (pore filler or paste wood filler) is a woodworking product that is used to achieve a smooth-textured wood finish by filling pores in the wood grain. It is used particularly on open grained woods such as oak, mahogany and walnut where building up multiple layers of standard wood finish is ineffective or impractical. Composition Grain fillers generally consist of three basic components; a binder, a bulking agent and a solvent. The binder is wood finish, and in the case of oil-based fillers is typically a blend of oil and varnish. In the case of water-based fillers, it is acrylic or urethane. The type of binder influences the type of solvent used; oil-based fillers usually use mineral spirits, while water-based fillers use water. Both types of filler use silica as a bulking agent as it resists shrinking and swelling in response to changes in temperature and humidity. Other bulking agents may include quartz powder, wood flour, and talc. Use Woodworkers will use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Injectable Filler
Injectable filler is a special type of substance made for injections into connective tissues, such as skin, cartilage or even bone, for cosmetic or medical purposes. The most common application of injectable fillers is to change one's facial appearance, but they also are used to reduce symptoms of osteoarthritis, treat tendon or ligament injuries, support bone and gum regeneration, and for other medical applications. Injectable fillers can be in the form of hydrogel or gels made from pulverized grafts. Injectable fillers have risen in popularity mostly due to the wide application of dermal fillers in 80's. Their premise is to help fill in facial wrinkles, provide facial volume, and augment facial features. Side effects include bruising or infections from improper sterilisation. This may include HIV infection, also allergic reactions, which may cause scarring and lumps. Blindness due to retrograde (opposite the direction of normal blood flow) embolization into the ophthalmic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Filler
A star filler (also known as cross filler, splines, separators and crossweb fillers) is a type of plastic insert in Cat 5 and Cat 6 cable which separates the individual stranded pair sets from each other while inside of the cable. It increases the thickness and density of the cable but reduces crosstalk In electronics, crosstalk (XT) is a phenomenon by which a signal transmitted on one circuit or channel of a transmission system creates an undesired effect in another circuit or channel. Crosstalk is usually caused by undesired capacitive, ... and is commonly used only in higher-performance Cat 6A cable, but is also sometimes seen in Cat 5e. A major reason it isn't used widely in cable in the consumer world is that it is not only typically more expensive than regular cable, but it takes up more room, it is harder to bend, and very difficult to manually crimp compared to Cat cable without the star filler. In the IT world, it is often used in cable that is deployed in noi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler (media)
Filler is material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain Broadcast programming#Time slot, television or radio time slot or physical medium, such as a music album. Broadcasting During the Golden Age of Radio, when a scheduled program was unavailable or delayed or when a program ran overtime or undertime leaving space to fill until the next scheduled program. Radio stations would have musicians (and radio orchestra, orchestras or big band, bands in the case of networks and larger stations) on hand to perform live musical interludes. The long-running show ''Make Believe Ballroom'' began as a way to fill up time with recorded music to fill up gaps during WBBR, WNEW's coverage of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial in 1935. In the early days of television, most output was live. The hours of broadcast were limited, and so a test card was commonly broadcast at other times. When a breakdown happened during a live broadcast, a standard recording filled in. On the BBC, a film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Washington, D.C., by vocalist Ian MacKaye and drummer Jeff Nelson. MacKaye and Nelson had played in several other bands together, and recruited bassist Brian Baker and guitarist Lyle Preslar to form Minor Threat. They added a fifth member, Steve Hansgen, in 1982, playing bass, while Baker switched to second guitar. The band was relatively short-lived, disbanding after only three years together, but had a strong influence in the emerging American hardcore punk scene, both stylistically and in helping to further establish the "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and concert promotion. Minor Threat's song " Straight Edge" was the basis of the straight edge movement, which emphasized a lifestyle without alcohol or other drugs, or promiscuous sex. AllMusic described Minor Threat's music as "iconic" and noted that their groundbreaking music "has held up better than hat ofmost of their contemporaries." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler (linguistics)
In linguistics, a filler, filled pause, hesitation marker or planner (sometimes called crutches) is a sound or word that participants in a conversation use to signal that they are pausing to think but are not finished speaking.Juan, Stephen (2010).Why do we say 'um', 'er', or 'ah' when we hesitate in speaking? These are not to be confused with placeholder names, such as ''thingamajig''. Fillers fall into the category of formulaic language, and different languages have different characteristic filler sounds. The term filler also has a separate use in the syntactic description of wh-movement constructions (see below). Usage Every conversation involves turn-taking, which means that whenever someone wants to speak and hears a pause, they do so. Pauses are commonly used to indicate that someone's turn has ended, which can create confusion when someone has not finished a thought but has paused to form a thought; in order to prevent this confusion, they will use a filler word such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filler (surname)
Filler is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Deb Filler (born 1954), New Zealand born writer/performer, character artist and producer * Graham Filler, American politician * Louis Filler (1911–1998), American teacher and scholar * Martin Filler (born 1948), American architecture critic * Ross Filler (born 1972), known as Remedy, American rapper {{surname, Filler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seat Filler
A seat filler is a person who fills in an empty seat during an event. There are two types of seat fillers: # A person who subscribes to a seat-filling theatre club. Members of these clubs help fill in unsold seats for theatre, music, film, sporting events, dance performances and other live events. The producers of the event give complimentary tickets to the seat-filling organization, who pass them on to their members. The producers get a fuller audience and therefore a better experience for the paying patrons (and talent), while the seat-filler is able to see an event for a small service charge. Within the industry, this is also referred to as "papering the house".Some seat-filling companies charge no surcharge per ticket and only a membership based fee. This model is popular in cities with a larger number of shows and therefore a higher number of tickets to go around. # A person who takes up spare seats when the person allocated the seat is elsewhere. An example of this is the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
