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What does shimming mean?

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Verb
  1. present participle of shim
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This global know-how and skillfulness concerning equipment represents an important added value for the shimming of tubes.
For more than fifty years, he was responsible for the incredibly delicate craft of space shimming, not unlike a master carpenter.
See Trouble Shooting section for a description of when shimming is required.
The spacers used for shimming are shaped like a plastic washer and are 0.20 inches thick.
One common way to fix the problem would have been shimming, or using small fillers of similar material to fill gaps between larger sections.
Likewise, an excessively large opening will require shimming and extra trim to cover the gap.

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