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GRIPPERS [1 record]

Record 1 2004-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

In sheet-fed presses, [one of the] metal clamps that grasp the press sheet off of the feed board and carry it through the press for printing until it is released at the delivery end.

OBS

usually plural

Key term(s)
  • grippers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Sur une presse à feuilles, [un des] doigts mécaniques qui [prend] la feuille et la [tient] en place durant l'impression.

OBS

habituellement au pluriel

Key term(s)
  • pinces

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo (Artes gráficas e imprenta)
  • Litografía, offset y fototipia
DEF

Cada una de las lengüetas que, montadas en una barra junto al cilindro de las máquinas de imprimir, sujetan el papel al mismo mientras dura su rotación sobre la forma.

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