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CRUSH ROLLS [4 records]

Record 1 2014-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Percussion Instruments
CONT

Circus bands traditionally use crush rolls, accented on the after beat.

OBS

crush roll : term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • crush rolls

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à percussion
OBS

Identique à un roulé, sauf qu'on laisse la baguette rebondir le plus longtemps possible, ce qui donne la possibilité de faire un son continu que l'on entend à des vitesses plus lentes qu'en roulé classique.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forestry Operations
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
DEF

Crushing machine, composed of one or two rolls, using compression to crush the tree stems and separate the wood fibers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation forestière
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
DEF

Défibreur constitué d'un ou de deux rouleaux qui écrasent les troncs d'arbres par compression pour séparer les fibres du bois.

Spanish

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Record 3 1981-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
  • Mechanical Construction
CONT

Precision machined intermeshing conditioning rolls are designed with wide, shallow lugs that crush and crimp thoroughly, yet gently, for fast drying with minimum leaf loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
  • Construction mécanique
CONT

Les rouleaux de conditionnement à nervures spiralées et peu profondes sont usinés avec précision; ils assurent, en douceur, un pressage total pour accélérer la rapidité de séchage avec un minimum de perte de feuilles.

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
DEF

A power-drawn machine combining the cutting mechanism of the mowing machine with a set of rolls which crimp or crush the stems and heavy parts of the hay as it is cut. This makes possible faster and more even drying and curing and reduction in the loss of the valuable leaves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines de récolte (Agriculture)

Spanish

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