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Press box

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004490

The compartment of a cotton gin in which ginned lint is packed down by a tramper before pressing. The lint is fed into the box, the tramper tamps it into a dense mass, and a press then compresses it into a bale that is banded with ties. A standard US bale weighs about 480 pounds net.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004490
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectManufacturing
TranslationsGerman: Presskasten; Spanish: caja de prensa; French: boîte de presse
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004490",
  "term": "Press box",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "The compartment of a cotton gin in which ginned lint is packed down by a tramper before pressing. The lint is fed into the box, the tramper tamps it into a dense mass, and a press then compresses it into a bale that is banded with ties. A standard US bale weighs about 480 pounds net.",
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Presskasten",
    "es": "caja de prensa",
    "fr": "boîte de presse"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/press-box/"
}

Record 4,862 of 7,291 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.