dandy-roll

A form of dandy roller — A roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

Meanings

noundandy-roll (plural dandy-rolls)

plural dandy-rolls

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dandy roller.

    The body of the roll was made in much the same way as any dandy-roll is made at the present time.

    2014, R. H. Clapperton, The Paper-making Machine
    2 more examples

    Heretofore the manner in which these accumulations have been removed was to take the dandy-roll out of position, causing a stoppage of the machine and a consequent loss of production.

    1886, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Paper

    According to this invention the bearing of the dandy-roll at each end is carried on a pillar or support on top of an upper plate supported on springs, rubber pads, oil or air cushions or the like fitted between the upper plate and lower plate.

    1918, The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal
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