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The multi-roll calender, precursor of the modern machine, was originally developed in the mid-1800s for the processing of rubber into sheet. Rubber sheeting is still produced by calendering, which has also become the leading industrial process for the production of PVC sheeting of all kinds (including flooring sheets for direct use or for subsequent cutting into floor tiles). Other thermoplastics sometimes calendered into sheeting include some polyurethane compositions, thermoplastic rubbers, polyolefins (including chlorinated polyethylene), and ABS plastics.
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Titow, W.V. (1990). Calendering. In: PVC Plastics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3834-5_14
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