E-Open Nips with Precision.
A patented hydraulic nip adjustment for calender CALENDER. An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should consist of 365 days, except every fourth year, which should contain 366, the additional day to be reckoned by counting the twenty-fourth day of February (which was the 6th of the calends of March) twice. rolls is said to be the first that combines emergency nip-opening capability (to 3-in, separation) with more precise adjustment of the nip gap than is provided by conventional screw-type mechanical devices. Comerio Ercole SpA in Busto Arsizio Busto Arsizio (b `stō ärsē`tsyō), city (1991 pop. 77,094), Lombardy, N Italy. , Italy, developed the hydraulic-piston opening system five years ago. It has seven installations, including one on a lab calendering calendering, a finishing process by which paper, plastics, rubber, or textiles are pressed into sheets and smoothed, glazed, polished, or given a moiré or embossed surface. line at DuPont Co., Wilmington, Del. The second U.S. installation, set for later this year, will be a retrofitted tire-rubber calendering line. Comerio's nip adjustment uses Moog servo An electromechanical device that uses feedback to provide precise starts and stops for such functions as the motors on a tape drive or the moving of an access arm on a disk. valves and guarantees accuracy of [+ or -]0.1 mil. It costs about $80,000.
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