(1) A continuous, usually flexible coating on the inside surface of a filament-wound pressure vessel, used to protect the laminate from chemical attack or to prevent leakage under stress. (2) In extruders and injection molders, the hard-alloy interior surface of the cylinder. Decades ago, some of these were separately fabricated and pressed into the steel cylinders. Today they are centrifugally cast into cylinders.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
About this entry
Cite this entry
Gooch, J.W. (2011). Liner. In: Gooch, J.W. (eds) Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_6934
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8_6934
Publisher Name: Springer, New York, NY
Print ISBN: 978-1-4419-6246-1
Online ISBN: 978-1-4419-6247-8
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials ScienceReference Module Physical and Materials ScienceReference Module Chemistry, Materials and Physics