The decision to close the factory has consigned 6 000 people to the scrap heap.
关闭那家工厂的决定使6 000人遭到了遗弃。
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With the closure of the factory, thousands of workers have been thrown on the scrap heap.
工厂倒闭,几千名工人被遗弃。
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Scrap iron is the production of waste and a major source of pollution factory. This paper presents one device design that can clean iron filings on machine automatically.