dandy-roll

English

Noun

dandy-roll (plural dandy-rolls)

1. Alternative form of dandy roller
   • 1886, Charles Thomas Davis, The Manufacture of Paper:

     Heretofore the manner in which these accumulations have been removed was to take the dandy-roll out of position, causing a stoppage of the machine and a consequent loss of production.

   • 1918, The Paper-maker and British Paper Trade Journal:

     According to this invention the bearing of the dandy-roll at each end is carried on a pillar or support on top of an upper plate supported on springs, rubber pads, oil or air cushions or the like fitted between the upper plate and lower plate.

   • 2014, R. H. Clapperton, The Paper-making Machine:

     The body of the roll was made in much the same way as any dandy-roll is made at the present time.