That’s how they make paper and a lot of other flat goods like tape. The manufacturer makes these gigantic rolls then there’s this entire industry called converting where a company, a converter, takes it and process it down into a finished product. They may add adhesives, lamination or printing to it during the process.
You can go to a store and buy 3M tape but they don’t actually make it like that. They make a 12ft wide, 10,000 ft roll that someone buys and forklifts into a machine that buys to make a bunch of smaller rolls that you can buy
Those machines are referred to as slitters. I designed and built 2 for 3M Abrasive division back in the 1990’s. Talk about a process that involves less than reliable hardware, (I never met an air bar or pneumatic web sensor I didn’t hate), and enough wishful thinking to achieve the speeds 3M wanted them to run at that would make an Alchemist proud. I was constantly amazed that my designs even worked at all.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Large industrial size roll of paper
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
OK, based on the comments, it’s AI.
This one isn’t. A sheet of paper from mythbusters.
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MBM@lemmings.world 2 months ago
Looks a lot larger than A1 tbh
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 2 months ago
wasn’t that foil?
vodka@feddit.org 2 months ago
No, that’s from trying to fold paper more than 7 times.
You might be thinking of the lead foil for the lead balloon?
jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Telltales: floor too shiny, machines on the sides dont make sense, inconsistencies in piping in the ceiling, random floating bits on the top right
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The spacing on the lights up top is super weird. AI seems to have a real problem recreating consistent repeated patterns.
Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Wonky floor hole shape is what made me certain, didn’t look too close at first and thought it was photoshopped.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This image… I don’t know if it is AI or it isn’t… but it certainly feels like AI…
RattlerSix@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s how they make paper and a lot of other flat goods like tape. The manufacturer makes these gigantic rolls then there’s this entire industry called converting where a company, a converter, takes it and process it down into a finished product. They may add adhesives, lamination or printing to it during the process.
You can go to a store and buy 3M tape but they don’t actually make it like that. They make a 12ft wide, 10,000 ft roll that someone buys and forklifts into a machine that buys to make a bunch of smaller rolls that you can buy
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Bluewing@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Those machines are referred to as slitters. I designed and built 2 for 3M Abrasive division back in the 1990’s. Talk about a process that involves less than reliable hardware, (I never met an air bar or pneumatic web sensor I didn’t hate), and enough wishful thinking to achieve the speeds 3M wanted them to run at that would make an Alchemist proud. I was constantly amazed that my designs even worked at all.
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It’s listed on Adobe Stock photos[1]
I did find other similar photos[2][3] so it looks like it’s an actual thing that exists. Actually found a listing for a 1 metric ton roll of it[4].
[1] stock.adobe.com/fr/images/…/689500501 [2] dreamstime.com/large-rolls-paper-cardboard-produc… [3] www.alamy.com/stock-photo/large-paper-rolls.html [4] m.kraftpaper-rolls.com/sale-11507857-100gsm-envir…
e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
The Adobe stock photos link says its generated.
trd@feddit.nu 2 months ago
Called a Tambur, usally between 15-25 tonns. Reason not bigger / heavier is that then it starts to damage “crushes” it self.