1936 H. W. Rowell Technol. Plastics xxiii. 170 Another form of pre-cure is due to mixing a batch of quick curing powder or already cured powder with one having a normal rate of cure.

1962 J. T. Marsh Self-smoothing Fabrics xi. 172 Where the material is batched or plaited in a warm condition immediately after the stenter, there are dangers of what has been termed ‘pre-cure’ which it is essential to avoid where mechanical processing takes place before the final condensation, and which it may possibly be wise to avoid generally.

1985 Headlight June 17/1 With the precure system, the tread has already been manufactured and is added to the prepared canvas.

1997 Cabinet Maker (Nexis) 3 Oct. 24 Pre cure of the adhesive before pressure is applied, or insufficient cure before the press is opened, will both result in suspect bonds.

1937 Industr. & Engin. Chem. 31 1486/2 Such mixes..have a tendency to precure rapidly at ordinary room temperatures and must be used within a relatively short time after mixing.

1949 Industr. & Engin. Chem. 41 2834/2 Compounds tend to scorch or precure during inner tube processing.

1952 J. Delmonte Plastics Molding viii. 208 If preheating is carried much beyond this temperature, it [sc. a thermosetting resin] will begin to precure excessively and will lose its flow qualities.

1973 Cement & Concrete Res. 3 665 The pastes [were] autoclaved for 15 hours and precured for 0, 4 and 8 hours respectively.

1989 Jrnl. Appl. Physics 66 3241 The prepolymer is heated (precured) to enable some chemical cross-linking.

1995 Proc. National Sci. Council, Republic China: Part A 19 451 The wet film was precured at 150°C for an hour.

1964 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 108 529 A flexible film of precured resin.

1991 Optical Engin. 30 312/1 The first successful attempt using lasers to splice precured rubber compounds.