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Rotor (en2)
Table 4.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Stock preparation
Grammatical category:  Simple term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Rotating device in a refiner fitted with metal blades.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  The word “beating” is often used as a synonym for “refining.” Both words refer to the passage of a fiber slurry between a rotor and stator or counter-rotating disks.
Context source:  EN 8
Attestation:  2
Contained in:  Refiner
Related terms:  Stator
It:  Rotore
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Rotor (fr2)
Degree of reliability FR:  3