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troqueles

English translation: Dies / Die-cuts


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Spanish term or phrase:troqueles
English translation:Dies / Die-cuts
Entered by: Ángel Domínguez
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Marketing - Advertising / Public Relations
Spanish term or phrase: troqueles
This is in a website for a Spanish company that does point of sale advertising (like cardboard display stands and table top stands for products) and packaging. According to the Oxford Spanish to English dictionary, un troquel is a "die", but I don't see how that fits with this context:

XXX ofrece la posibilidad mediante un estudio previo sin coste, de reducir costes a partir de unificar troqueles, materiales, manipulados o mejorar las características de los packs

And later, when listing what they provide the customer:

Planos de troqueles con pruebas.
Lisa Mann
Spain
Local time: 12:26
Dies / Die-cuts
Explanation:
Hay varios tipos de troqueles... para crear piezas plegables de cartón o papel se usan tanto troqueles de corte como de pliegue.

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-10-15 11:00:42 GMT)
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Lisa: yeah, it certainly is used in the print industry. I’ve worked as a designer for over 8 years and have ordered custom dies for folders and business cards every now and then :)
The technique is also used to manufacture boxes, displays, etc...
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Ángel Domínguez
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Local time: 12:26
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5 +2Dies / Die-cuts
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Dies / Die-cuts


Explanation:
Hay varios tipos de troqueles... para crear piezas plegables de cartón o papel se usan tanto troqueles de corte como de pliegue.

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Note added at 15 mins (2009-10-15 11:00:42 GMT)
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Lisa: yeah, it certainly is used in the print industry. I’ve worked as a designer for over 8 years and have ordered custom dies for folders and business cards every now and then :)
The technique is also used to manufacture boxes, displays, etc...


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_cut
    Reference: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troquel_(cortante)
Ángel Domínguez
Spain
Local time: 12:26
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Asker: I thought a die was only for forming metal, but I'm seeing lots of Google hits for die-cut cardboard...I think you're right Ángel, but I'll wait a little longer til all the votes are in...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tara Orzolek: Ángel is absolutely right. For all kinds of cardboard packaging - for breakfast cereal, for example - you use a die/troquel. A die is simply a mechanized way to cut a material in a production process.
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agree  Emma Ratcliffe
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