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OVERSIZE SCALPING [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
CONT

Scalping, grading, dusting and flour dressing are all sifting operations... Flour dressing is the sifting out of oversize particles from finished flour.

CONT

Flour dressing. The machines used for sifting out the flour made in the reduction system are either plansifters or centrifugals ...

Key term(s)
  • dressing of flour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

[...] opération qui, après chaque passage dans un appareil à cylindres (broyeur, claqueur ou convertisseur), classe la marchandise selon la grosseur des différentes particules. [...] Dans la meunerie moderne on a affaire le plus souvent à des plansichters [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Molinería y cereales
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Record 2 2015-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Processing of Mineral Products
  • Mineral Processing (Metallurgy)
  • Industrial Techniques and Processes
DEF

Strictly, the removing of ... oversize from a feed which is predominantly fine.

CONT

Prater Vibrating Screens are used in various operations including scalping of coarse particles ...

OBS

Commonly used to describe the removal of unwanted oversize material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préparation des produits miniers
  • Minéralurgie (Métallurgie)
  • Techniques industrielles
DEF

Opération qui consiste à séparer les plus gros éléments de dimensions plus ou moins anormales, contenus dans un échantillon.

Spanish

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