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HAND-FED [5 records]

Record 1 2006-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plywood
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
CONT

surfacer : A planer having a single peripheral-milling cutterblock mounted between two bottom beds that are stepped so as to give the desired thickness of cut, i. e. depth of surfacing, to the work-piece; generally hand-fed.... A power-driven travelling-head veneer jointer smooths the edges of long veneer sheets, the veneer being held stationary in a clamp while a peripheral-milling cutterblock does the smoothing.

French

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

Machine servant à lisser les rives d'une longue feuille de placage en même temps que celle-ci est maintenue pour permettre à un porte-couteau d'effectuer le surfaçage.

OBS

porte-outil : mot composé invariable.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-21

English

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

A machine consisting of a circular rip saw and a power-driven or hand-fed carriage, used for sawing bolts into boards or planks.

Key term(s)
  • short log bolter

French

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

Scie ronde utilisée pour débiter des billes courtes en planches [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Publishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éditique

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
CONT

Because the surface of the drawsheet on the platen is perfectly flat and smooth, some device is necessary to hold the sheet in the proper printing position... On hand-fed platen presses gauge pins... are used.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typography
DEF

On older presses, a term used to designate sheets of paper placed in the guides by hand.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Typographie (Caractères)
DEF

Sur les presses anciennes, se dit des feuilles de papier livrées manuellement à l'impression.

Spanish

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