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SEAM MARK [2 records]

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Record 1 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 2 1990-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Packaging
  • Transport of Goods
CONT

Reuse of Packagings. No person shall use a previously used packaging that bears a specification mark, or is otherwise represented as complying with a safety standard, for handling or transporting dangerous goods unless... the person who inspected the packaging... attests that the packaging meets the applicable safety standard by marking the packaging... with the capital letter "R", and where the packaging has passed a seam leak test set out in the applicable safety standard, with the capital letter "L" following the capital letter "R".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Emballages
  • Transport de marchandises
CONT

Il est interdit à une personne d'utiliser aux fins de la manutention ou du transport de marchandises dangereuses un emballage qui a déjà servi [...] sauf si : [...] la personne qui a examiné l'emballage [...] atteste la conformité de l'emballage à la norme de sécurité en marquant sur l'emballage les renseignements suivants : [...] (ii) la lettre majuscule "R", (iii) dans le cas où l'emballage a subi avec succès l'épreuve d'étanchéité des joints prévue dans la norme de sécurité, la lettre majuscule "L" après la lettre majuscule "R".

OBS

Source : Règlement sur le transport des marchandises dangereuses. - Modification (Annexe no 9) - Gazette du Canada, Partie I. Le 8 août 1987.

Spanish

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