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FRICTIONNE MACHINE [2 records]

Record 1 1998-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paper Manufacturing Processes
DEF

The glossy finish produced on a Yankee machine. There the paper is pressed against a large steam-heated, highly polished revolving Yankee cylinder, which dries the sheet and imparts a highly glazed surface on the side next to the cylinder, usually leaving the other side rough, of about the texture of the felt used on the machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication du papier

Spanish

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Record 2 1989-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Properties of Paper
  • Packaging in Paper
DEF

[Said of a] ... high-gloss surface finish produced on the wire side of a sheet by passing it over a large diameter, highly polished, steam-heated roll as used on yankee-type paper machine dryers.

OBS

Besides being the official abbreviation for machine glazed, "MG" is also used by the multilayer flexible packaging industry in its system of notation of converting materials.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés des papiers
  • Emballages en papier
DEF

Qualificatif attribué à un papier dont une face a été rendue unie et brillante par séchage au contact d'un cylindre de métal poli et chauffé.

Spanish

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