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Gate roll size press
Table 4.3.1.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Surface treatments
Subdomain (3rd level):  Coating
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Size press-type two-sided coater that utilizes gate rolls to meter a film of coating colour onto each applicator roll. In this arrangement, the sheet does not pass through a pond of coating colour.
Definition source:  EN 9
Context:  Gate roll size press: press with a gate roll design involves replacing two rolls with six, thus contributing toward higher initial investment and increased maintenance costs. Many gate roll size press installations in North America and Europe have now been replaced with other types of surface sizing equipment. It is noteworthy that the gate roll press continues to be well accepted in Japan.
Context source:  EN 60
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Rod metering size press
Hyponyms:  GRICoater
Hyperonyms:  Film-press
Synonyms:  Gate roll coater
It:  Film press a rulli
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Gate-Roll
Degree of reliability FR:  3