machine direction

基本解释

Angle cutter Machine for cutting paper at an angle to the machine direction of the paper.
斜切裁纸刀能把纸张斜切的机器。它的切线与纸纹方向成一角度。
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.
丝流方向（纵向）：在造纸机上，纤维在长网上的排列方向；即沿着纸卷的方向。亦称纸纹方向。
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.
本文给出了一种新型的广义预测自校正控制器及其在涤纶薄膜拉伸生产线上的纵向分布控制中的成功应用。
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