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Record 1 2001-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

A machine used to grind wheat into flour and by-products. It consists of one or more pairs of cylindrical rolls arranged with their axes parallel and set in a heavy frame. Rolls may be corrugated (break rolls) or smooth (reduction rolls).

OBS

See the photograph between pages 286 and 287 in LOMIL.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
CONT

Les appareils à cylindres comportent deux forts cylindres de fonte trempée tournant en sens contraire à des vitesses différentes, et dont l'écartement est réglable avec précision. Il existe deux séries d'appareils à cylindres différents (broyeurs et convertisseurs), à travers lesquels le blé doit passer successivement afin de pouvoir être réduit progressivement en farine.

Spanish

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