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CROSS MACHINE DIRECTION [13 records]

Record 1 2011-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Mechanics (Physics)
  • Structural Testing (Materials)
DEF

Having dissimilar elastic properties, such as those of timber, in two mutually perpendicular directions.

CONT

Geotextiles very often have two principal directions, which are at right angles to each other. With woven fabrics these are known as the warp and the weft, with non-woven fabrics the machine direction and the cross direction... Mostly the fabric shows symmetry with respect to these two principal directions, at least for a good approximation. This means that the properties of a fabric in a direction which makes an angle [theta] with one of the principal directions are equal to those in a direction at an angle of-[theta] to the same principal direction. Then the fabric is at all points so-called planar orthotropic...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique générale (Physique)
  • Contrôle structural des matériaux
CONT

Un matériau est dit orthotrope s'il a deux plans de symétrie de comportement mécanique, il y a donc trois axes d'orthotropies. Dans ce cas il y a 9 constantes mécaniques pour définir la loi de comportement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

[A device] to test the folding resistance of strips of paper of standard width, and to count the number of double folds the inserted strip can withstand before breaking.

OBS

The test is made both in the cross-and the machine direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

[Appareil qui] mesure la résistance du papier au pliage.

CONT

[...] l'exposition recrée de manière visuelle et sonore l'ambiance d'un laboratoire de création et de tests de papier. Plusieurs appareils qui datent 1930, dont le surprenant pliagraphe Schopper, un extensomètre, des balances de précision, structurent l'évocation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Equipment
  • Continuous Handling
  • Materials Handling
DEF

Any type of conveyor which moves material crosswise or laterally to the original direction of movement or line of travel of the machine in which it is used. In a pickup baler, the cross conveyor carries hay laterally from the pickup mechanism to the baling mechanism.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel agricole
  • Manutention continue
  • Manutention

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Maquinaria agrícola
  • Manutención continua
  • Manipulación de materiales
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Record 4 2002-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

The result of internal tension within the web, either in the machine or cross direction, as it passes through a converting machine from the unwind to the reel up, or until the sheet is delivered into the delivery section. The effect of drying or relative humidity may also be a cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

Formation and surface roughness defect in mainly the cross machine direction.

OBS

It usually appears as a light streak or adjacent light and dark streaks when viewed by transmitted light; width of streak is usually 25 mm (1") or less. Can give a similarly shaped defect in a print. Caused by non-uniform drainage through a wire or dryer felt seam. The distance from one defect to the next is a clue to the origin of the mark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
DEF

Bande claire, d'environ 25 mm de largeur, apparaissant dans le sens travers du papier.

OBS

Elle est causée par un égouttage différent au niveau de la couture des toiles ou des feutres des machines à papier.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

The axis along which most of the fibers are aligned in parallel. In all machine-made paper, the fibres which make up the sheet lie to a large degree in one general direction(either cross or machine) because of the flow of the pulp on the moving screen which forms the sheet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers
DEF

Direction dans laquelle sont orientées les fibres du papier et qui révèle le sens de fabrication.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

Deformation of a sheet of paper which tends to roll into the form of a cylinder. The axis may be either in the machine direction, cross direction or diagonal. The paper may be curled towards the wire-like or the felt-like side.

CONT

Thus the direction of curl should be described at specific relative humidity and temperature conditions and in terms of towards wire or felt side and orientation of the curl axis. Caused by inequalities in hygroreactivity or stress levels between the two sides of the paper. Contributing factors include: differences between the two sides in fibre orientation, filler or fines content, sizing and drying conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
  • Propriétés des papiers
DEF

Déformation cylindrique, en rouleau, des bords d'une feuille de papier causée par un séchage non uniforme ou par l'absorption de l'humidité de l'air. Ce phénomène est dû à des différences structurelles entre les deux faces du papier, soit longueur et orientation des fibres, soit poids et composition de la couche.

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
DEF

In textiles, the direction in a machine-made fabric parallel to the direction of movement the fabric followed in the manufacturing machine.

CONT

Warp yarns lie in the machine direction and filling yarns are inserted in the cross machine direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
DEF

Sens qui s'étend le long de l'étoffe, c'est-à-dire le sens suivant lequel l'étoffe a été produite par la machine.

Spanish

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Record 9 1994-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Plastic
DEF

A biaxially oriented polypropylene film.

CONT

The basic raw materials for OPP films are four different polypropylene-rich resins : homopolymer, copolymer, terpolymer, and modified resins.... When a film is biaxially oriented, it is mechanically stretched in directions which are at right angles to each other. By doing this, the film's molecules are aligned in the cross(transverse) machine direction(XD) as well as in the machine direction(MD).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
OBS

[polypropylène] - Applications essentielles [...] Films d'aspect bi-orienté dit «OPP» pour produits alimentaires [...] suremballage de paquets de cigarettes, enveloppage de fleurs [...]

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
DEF

The direction perpendicular to the machine or manufactured direction.

CONT

Warp yarns lie in the machine direction and filling yarns are inserted in the cross machine direction.

OBS

Machine direction: In textiles, the direction in a machine-made fabric parallel to the direction of movement the fabric followed in the manufacturing machine (synonym, lengthwise).

OBS

Transverse direction : The deprecated term for cross-machine direction.

OBS

woof : The deprecated term for cross-machine direction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
DEF

Direction perpendiculaire au sens production.

OBS

Sens de production : direction d'avancement de l'étoffe pendant sa production.

OBS

(...) le non tissé peut théoriquement résister dans toutes les directions alors que le tissé résiste principalement dans la direction de fabrication et dans la direction perpendiculaire à cette dernière.

Spanish

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Record 11 1991-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Strength of Materials
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Rammer test.... A test for investigating the resistance of a geotextile to puncturing by falling stones has been developed by the Bundesanstalt fur Wasserbau... in Germany. This test is carried out with a special 30 kg rammer.... The rammer test is carried out with a fall height of 2. 0 m or 1. 0 m depending on the stone to be used in the construction. The geotextile is placed on a layer of compacted sand and kept in place by means of a 170 kg concrete ring. Three tests are carried out in the machine, cross and diagonal direction of the geotextile. A geotextile is considered to be puncture resistant in this test if all the tests carried out show no puncturing. Each test is carried out on a new specimen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Percement. Cette caractéristique résulte de la concentration d'une sollicitation mécanique qui peut être engendrée soit à vitesse lente, soit à vitesse rapide (effet dynamique). Le percement d'une nappe est complexe à analyser, car il dépend d'un grand nombre de paramètres que l'on maîtrise difficilement (vitesse d'impact, forme du poinçon ou du projectile). On recense trois types de processus de percements différents qui aboutissent à une altération du géotextile: perforation (coupure), poinçonnement (effet de compression), éclatement (mise en pression localisée). Expression du résultat: selon la méthode d'essai, le percement s'exprime sous forme d'une dimension géométrique, d'une force ou d'une pression.

Spanish

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Record 12 1991-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Strength of Materials
  • Soil Mechanics (Engineering)
CONT

Rammer test.... A test for investigating the resistance of a geotextile to puncturing by falling stones has been developed by the Bundesanstalt fur Wasserbau... in Germany. This test is carried out with a special 30 kg rammer.... The rammer test is carried out with a fall height of 2. 0 m or 1. 0 m depending on the stone to be used in the construction. The geotextile is placed on a layer of compacted sand and kept in place by means of a 170 kg concrete ring. Three tests are carried out in the machine, cross and diagonal direction of the geotextile. A geotextile is considered to be puncture resistant in this test if all the tests carried out show no puncturing, Each test is carried out on a new specimen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Résistance des matériaux
  • Mécanique des sols
OBS

Percement. Cette caractéristique résulte de la concentration d'une sollicitation mécanique qui peut être engendrée soit à vitesse lente, soit à vitesse rapide (effet dynamique). Le percement d'une nappe est complexe à analyser, car il dépend d'un grand nombre de paramètres que l'on maîtrise difficilement (vitesse d'impact, forme du poinçon ou du projectile). On recense trois types de processus de percements différents qui aboutissent à une altération du géotextile: perforation (coupure), poinçonnement (effet de compression), éclatement (mise en pression localisée). Expression du résultat: selon la méthode d'essai, le percement s'exprime sous forme d'une dimension géométrique, d'une force ou d'une pression..

Spanish

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Record 13 1980-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling (Machine-Tooling)
  • Machine-Tooling (Metallurgy)
CONT

The major construction features of [the planer milling machine] [include] a rigid crossrail mounted on uprights that are floor-mounted on each side of the bed-table unit, or floor-mounted and also attached to the bed.(...) The spindle carrier or carriers are mounted to a cross saddle and are powered in the Y-axis or cross direction on ways mounted on the crossrail.

OBS

This part may be found on planers or vertical boring machines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fraisage (Usinage)
  • Usinage (Métallurgie)
OBS

La traverse est une pièce dont les glissières principales sont perpendiculaires à celles du montant. Elle peut être fixe ou mobile. Dans le premier cas, elle est rigidement fixée au montant et quelquefois en fait partie (...)

OBS

Partie d'une raboteuse ou d'un tour vertical.

Spanish

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