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COMPRESSION ROLL [5 records]

Record 1 2021-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
  • Cotton Industry
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
CONT

The final compression of the loose sheet of cotton from the screen is accomplished in the calender roll section.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
  • Industrie cotonnière
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
CONT

Condensé en nappe [le coton] est alors happé par deux cylindres [...] qui l'amènent à un système de calandres [qui] se compose de 4 lourds cylindres [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Papermaking Machines
OBS

In supercalenders, the nips are formed by mating a hard roll with a soft roll. The covers of the soft rolls are made of compressed paper, rubber or cast polymers, which have approximately the same hardness as paper under compression in the nip. The soft cover serves to distribute the pressure in the nip more evenly over the hills and valleys in the paper web...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines à papier
OBS

Solution proposée par l'Association canadienne des pâtes et papier.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
DEF

The ... roll that is used to limit the amount of boundary air that is entrapped between the wraps on the rool as it is being wound.

OBS

[The lay-on] roll is sometimes referred to as a rider roll or simply a contact roll The lay-on roll also is used to spread the web when there is substantial wrap around the roll. And the roll is used to tighten the wraps of the winding roll by utilizing the stack compression available in the winding wraps. The magnitude of contact area pressure that is exerted in the lay-on roll nip determines the amount of boundary air entrapped and the winding roll hardness

French

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

Cylindre situé avant la bobineuse qui élimine l'air à l'enroulage de la bobine tout en tenant compte de la vitesse et du diamètre du matériau enroulé.

OBS

rouleau presseur : Terme et définition tirés du Vocabulaire de la flexographie de France Brodeur. Reproduction autorisée par l'Institut des communications graphiques du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-07-09

English

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

Chipper feeding system consisting of a feeder table and horizontal or vertical forced feed wheels, that guide the trees into the chipper, at a constant speed.

CONT

The hydraulic capacity and torque of the compression feed roll system on the new RXL unit has been more than doubled over previous models(Pulp and Paper, June 1978, p. 93).

French

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

Système d'alimentation de la déchiqueteuse, composé d'un tablier et de rouleaux presseurs à axe de rotation vertical ou horizontal, lesquels font avancer l'arbre dans le déchiqueteur à une vitesse constante.

CONT

Un système d'alimentation forcée permet, en pressant les branches contre le tronc, de régulariser la vitesse de la machine.

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Natural Construction Materials
  • Wood Products

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contreplaqués
  • Matériaux de construction naturels
  • Produits du bois

Spanish

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