machine direction

基本解释

Angle cutter Machine for cutting paper at an angle to the machine direction of the paper.
斜切裁紙刀能把紙張斜切的機器。它的切線與紙紋方曏成一角度。
Machine direction: The direction in which fibres lay on the wire of a paper-making machine, i. e. along the web. Also called Grain direction.
絲流方曏（縱曏）：在造紙機上，纖維在長網上的排列方曏；即沿著紙卷的方曏。亦稱紙紋方曏。
This paper presents a new generalized predictive self-tuning controller and its successful application on the machine direction distribution control of a polyster film spread line.
本文給出了一種新型的廣義預測自校正控制器及其在滌綸薄膜拉伸生産線上的縱曏分佈控制中的成功應用。
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