Prensa de sapata

English translation: shoe press

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Portuguese term or phrase:Prensa de sapata
English translation:shoe press
Entered by: Andrew Hunt

18:53 Aug 5, 2011
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Paper / Paper Manufacturing / terminology
Portuguese term or phrase: Prensa de sapata
Can anyone advise me the technical name for these?
I want to say 'shoe clamps', but from what I have read about them they appear a bit more substantial than simply that term.
There is a lot of information on Google but nothing I can find suitable in English.



Esta Máquina de Secagem foi construída pela xxxxxx, juntamente com terceiros, em meados de 1982. Em 2005 a xxxxx agregou uma prensa de sapata na posição 3 da Máquina de Secagem, em substituição ao sistema de compressão pela ação de dois cilindros sobrepostos. Estes cilindros eliminavam a água da celulose úmida que passa entre eles
Andrew Hunt
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:35
shoe press
Explanation:
Shoe presses - the breakthrough
- [ Oversett denne siden ]
www.tappsa.co.za/.../Shoe_presses.../shoe_presses_-_the_bre... - BufretLignende
Du +1-et dette offentlig. Angre
Although the shoe press technology had already proven a success for different paper grades, there seem to be three main reasons for the sluggish ...
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Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 01:35
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shoe press


Explanation:
Shoe presses - the breakthrough
- [ Oversett denne siden ]
www.tappsa.co.za/.../Shoe_presses.../shoe_presses_-_the_bre... - BufretLignende
Du +1-et dette offentlig. Angre
Although the shoe press technology had already proven a success for different paper grades, there seem to be three main reasons for the sluggish ...

Salvador Scofano and Gry Midttun
Norway
Local time: 01:35
Native speaker of: Native in NorwegianNorwegian, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4
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