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DAMPING ROLLER [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Printing Processes - Various
DEF

A roller that applies pressure to the trough roller to regulate the amount of fluid fed into the damping system.

OBS

damping pressure roller: term and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Procédés d'impression divers
DEF

Rouleau exerçant une pression sur le rouleau à aube pour régler la quantité de liquide fournie au système de mouillage.

OBS

rouleau mouilleur à pression : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
DEF

On offset presses, one of a series of rolls which transfer water or a damping solution onto the nonprinting surface of the plate.

CONT

The printing plate [in a litho press] is secured to the plate cylinder, where it is first damped by passing under the damping rollers, then inked by the inking rollers before the image is transferred to the surface of the blanket covering the transfer cylinder.

OBS

Normally used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • dampener roller
  • moistening roller

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
DEF

Sur les presses offset, genre de rouleau effectuant le mouillage des surfaces non imprimantes de la plaque.

OBS

rouleau de mouillage; mouilleur : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR.

Spanish

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