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AAVV (1992)
Pulper (en)
Table 4.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Stock preparation
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Batch or continuous equipment for dispersing dry pulp or waste paper in water to prepare papermaking stock.
Definition source:  EN 9
Context:  The raw material generally comes to the mill in substantially dry form as sheets of pulp resembling crude cardboard, and must first be broken down in water to produce a pumpable slurry of fibres. Such action is carried out in various types of pulper and is often known as slushing.
Context source:  EN 29
Attestation:  2
Contains:  Rotor (en1)
Hyponyms:  High-consistency pulper
Related terms:  Pulping, Deflaker, Refiner
It:  Pulper
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Pulpeur
Degree of reliability FR:  3