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WIRE FORMING MACHINE [6 records]

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Record 1 2017-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coils and Windings (Electrical Components)
  • Conductors and Resistors
DEF

One or more turns of wire forming a continuous coil for a transformer, relay, rotating machine or other electric device.

OBS

winding: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bobines et bobinage (Composants électrotechniques)
  • Conducteurs et résistances
OBS

enroulement; bobinage : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bobinas y bobinados (Componentes eléctricos)
  • Conductores y resistencias
DEF

Conjunto de espiras o de bobinas que tienen una función determinada en una máquina eléctrica rotativa.

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Record 2 2002-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
DEF

The impression left on the paper by the forming wire or dandy roll wire of the paper machine.

Key term(s)
  • paper wiremark

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

A multi-ply paperboard manufacturing machine that incorporates some features of a fourdrinier-and-cylinder-type paper machine, mainly a cylindrical forming roll to support the forming wire mesh and special-shaped nozzles to supply the stock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Terme générique désignant les divers engins de formation de la feuille dont peut être munie la machine à papier.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

A perforated, covered, narrow box extending across and over the area through which the paper machine wire runs so that it will remove water from the forming paper web by the use of suction created by a pump connected to it. It is also used to remove water from wet felts in the same manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
  • Fabrication du papier
DEF

Enceinte mise en dépression pour extraire l'eau d'une structure poreuse comme une feuille en formation, un feutre, un matelas fibreux, etc.

OBS

Dans la source CTD-1, on trouvera le terme "caisse aspirante" sous l'article 8.3.5.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

The line at which the free, glossy, water surface disappears on the forming wire of a fourdrinier paper machine.

OBS

The machine tender interprets the position and shape of the "dry line" as indicators of wet end operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier
CONT

Vue de dessus, on peut observer une ligne de séparation sur la toile de la machine (généralement près de la deuxième caisse aspirante classique); cette ligne correspond à l'endroit où le miroir d'eau à la surface de la feuille disparaît [...] Le conducteur de machine se sert de la position de la "ligne d'eau" pour contrôler le fonctionnement de la partie humide. Tout changement de la position de la ligne d'eau indique une modification de l'égouttabilité de la suspension qu'on doit compenser par un changement de concentration en caisse d'arrivée ou de dépression dans les caisses aspirantes classiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
DEF

Rolls located immediately after the breast roll or the forming board on the wet end of a paper machine. Such a roll consists of a steel tube covered by a thick rubber sleeve in which grooves have been cut to provide gentle drainage while a paper web is being formed on the wire running over it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
DEF

Type de pontuseau dont la surface est rainurée pour retarder l'égouttage.

Spanish

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