Calender
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A calender is a series of hard pressure rollers used to finish a sheet of material such as paper, textiles, rubber, or plastics. Calender rolls are also used to form some types of plastic films and to
Calender at end of paper machine
Old calender machine
Threading paper through calender rolls, 1941
Calender machine for electrode pressing in lithium-ion battery manufacturing
Serge (fabric)
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Serge is a type of twill fabric that has diagonal lines or ridges on both inner and outer surfaces via a two-up, two-down weave. The worsted variety is used in making military uniforms, suits, greatco
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…itself is a derivation of the word κύλινδρος kylindros, the Greek word that is also the source of the word "cylinder". Calender mills for pressing serge were apparently introduced to the Netherlands by Flemish refugees from the Eighty Years' War in the 16th and 17th centuries. In eighteenth century…
A serge suit