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KNIFE CYLINDER [2 records]

Record 1 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
  • Papermaking Machines
  • Woodworking

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
  • Machines à papier
  • Travail du bois
DEF

Cylindre sur lequel le ou les couteaux rotatifs d'une coupeuse sont fixés.

OBS

Pluriel : des porte-couteaux.

OBS

porte-couteaux (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Printing Machines and Equipment
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

In a rotary web press, the cylinder on which the cutting knife and the folding blade are mounted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement (Imprimerie et arts graphiques)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)

Spanish

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