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Pressing
Table 4.2, Table 4.2.3
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Paper web manufacture
Subdomain (3rd level):  Pressing
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Uncountable
Definition:  Mechanically squeezing water out of a fiber mat by applying pressure.
Definition source:  EN 9
Context:  During pressing, about 80 - 85% of the incoming water is expressed into felts in a series of compression nips, so that the existing sheet dryness is usually in the range 35 - 50%.
Context source:  EN 48
Attestation:  2
Related terms:  Press section, Drying
It:  Pressatura
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Pressage
Degree of reliability FR:  3