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KNIFE SLICING MACHINE [4 records]

Record 1 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
  • Pastries
CONT

The principle of the [slicing machine] is the same in all cases, a frame holding a large number of thin knife blades, separated by the distance of the required slice. These knife blades, oscillate at great speed while the loaf is being passed through it.... While slicers and wrappers may be purchased as two separate machines the largest machines combine the two operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
  • Pâtisserie
CONT

Tranchage. Diverses machines résolvent ce problème important pour divers pains de régime, pains d'épices ... Elles comportent des scies aiguisées, lisses ou à dents, de divers types. Mais un certain nombre de facteurs influent sur la qualité du tranchage, notamment : - l'état du pain lorsqu'il arrive à la trancheuse [...]

OBS

machine à trancher le pain : Cette expression est à éviter parce qu'elle est explicative.

Key term(s)
  • trancheuse de pain

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-05-13

English

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

A slicing machine on which the counter movements of the log and knife are horizontal.

French

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

Trancheuse sur laquelle la bille, soutenue horizontalement sur le chariot, est tranchée.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

Glossaire 61

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Tools

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outils (Construction)

Spanish

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