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Yankee cylinders are traditionally made of cast iron and have diameters up to 6 m, therefore much higher than conventional drying cylinders. The width is a bit larger than that of the paper: typical for tissue are paper machine widths 1,74m 2,32m and 2,70m and their multiples (usually nowadays the doubles of these values are typical).
An American style clothes dryer with a rear control panel A European style clothes dryer with a front control panel. A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in the washing machine.
Bernard was able to slow the car down to 50–60 mph (80–97 km/h) with the brakes, but was only able to bring the car to a complete stop after putting the car in neutral. [ 50 ] After this incident, Toyota conducted seven recalls related to unintended acceleration from September 2009 to March 2010.
Rail squeal is a sound caused by a train's wheels slipping under specific conditions, usually around sharp curves. [4] Air displacement of a train in a tunnel can create noise from turbulence. Trains also use horns, whistles, bells, and other noise-making devices for both communications and warnings.
Washer-dryer combinations are a type of home appliance that handles the basic laundering duties of washing and drying clothes. These machines are often called "combo washer-dryers" or "all-in-one washer-dryers". They are the size of a standard or compact washing machine, but is able to perform both washing and drying functions.
In spark-ignition internal combustion engines, knocking (also knock, detonation, spark knock, pinging or pinking) occurs when combustion of some of the air/fuel mixture in the cylinder does not result from propagation of the flame front ignited by the spark plug, but when one or more pockets of air/fuel mixture explode outside the envelope of the normal combustion front.
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The technique of artificially accelerating the deterioration of paper through heat was known by 1899, when it was described by W. Herzberg. [6] Accelerated aging was further refined during the 1920s, with tests using sunlight and elevated temperatures being used to rank the permanence of various papers in the United States and Sweden.