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Calender
(Noun) A machine in which material is passed between heavy rollers bowls rotating together under mechanical or hydraulic pressure

Calendered sheet
Compact, hard and stiff layer used in Tarkett HE commercial floorings to provide mechanical resistance and spread constraints over larger surfaces. Calendered sheet is made of high recycled content

Calender
(Verb) To pass material in sheet form through a calender to modify its thickness, surface, appearance or handle

Conductivity
A process in which material passes in sequence through a series of stages to give a continuous output of processed material

Continuous process
A process in which material passes in sequence through a series of stages to give a continuous output of processed material

Calendaring
Method for producing polymeric, homogeneous plastic floorcovering, foils, films and cloths. The calendaring machine consists of several rollers that compresses the material between them

Castor oil
Vegetal oil based plasticizer

Cellular layer
Layer with a foamed structure

Chemical foam
Largely closed-cell foam produced by incorporating blowing agent which decomposes at a specific temperature to release bubbles of gas

Coating
Application of paste to a surface, before it is gelled

Cohesion
Property of a material which holds it together and which prevents its disintegration

Colophony
Natural resin from conifer rosin. Used I varnish, linoleum, sticking plasters, etc.

Conventional pattern depth
Depth of material that can be removed from a surface without significantly affecting its appearance

Cork floorcovering
Floorcovering whose main component is agglomerated cork and whose wear layer is intended to be used with a finishing coat or coats. They may include layers of decorative cork or wood veneers

Cork linoleum
Product produced by Calandaring a homogeneous mixture of linoleum cement, granulated cork, pigment and inorganic filler into a fibrous backing. The product is then converted into its final form by an oxidative curing process.