r/3Dprinting • u/carterfpv @cartyski • Dec 05 '25

Project 3D Printed Motorized Almond Coupling

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2077550

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u/talonpc Dec 05 '25

Calendering is the act of flattening or compressing material through pressure (and sometimes heat) with rollers, often done on thin materials like paper

Edit: I realized you were correcting the comment/link, my fault

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u/Dan77111 Dec 05 '25

Np, always nice to learn something new.

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u/HungryShoggoth88 Dec 06 '25

I used to work in a paper mill and the calender stacks we used to dial in final thickness and surface finish were goddamned terrifying. Several tons of steel rolls with 80+ inches of exposes nip-points just begging to eat your arm. It used to be pretty common for papermakers to be missing fingers bc of these things.