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Machine chest
Table 4.1.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Stock preparation
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  A large agitated storage tank located just ahead of the paper machine in which the stock furnish being pumped to the paper machine is stored.
Definition source:  EN 13
Context:  The thick stock screening (high consistency screening) approach places the paper mill pressure screens between the blend chest and machine chest rather than in the more conventional location of just before the PM.
Context source:  EN 16
Attestation:  2
Contained in:  Approach system
Related terms:  Stuff box, Basis weight valve, Fan pump, Centrifugal cleaner, Pressure screen
It:  Tina di macchina
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Cuvier de tête de la machine à papier
Degree of reliability FR:  3