"jam-up" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010, Richard J. Schonberger, World Class Manufacturing: The Next Decade",
          "text": "The rationale goes something like this: Increasing line speeds, complex packaging equipment, and ever-lighter-weight containers and packaging materials make jam-ups likely—usually many per day.",
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          "ref": "2012, R.J. Footitt, A.S. Lewis, The Canning of Fish and Meat, page 151",
          "text": "Record the number and location of jam-ups, the number of cans inspected and the number of metal fragments found.",
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        "The situation where material becomes jammed in a machine, or some process similarly grinds to a halt."
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          "text": "Pete's a real jam-up guy.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Splendid; wonderful; upstanding."
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