Valmet Corporation

Michaell Odell

Antti Poikolainen

Jyrki Jaakkola

Ari Linsuri

A twin-wire web former in a paper machine, having a single-wire initial portion, after which a twin-wire zone starts in the area of a ribbed deck of a first forming shoe placed inside one of the wire loops. After the first forming shoe, a pressure-loaded dewatering unit is arranged and which includes opposite sets of ribs and dewatering chambers. A first dewatering chamber in the dewatering unit is placed above the first forming shoe so as to remove water that drains from the area of the curved ribbed deck of the first forming shoe through its suction-deflector duct. The first dewatering chamber is followed by a second dewatering chamber, whose lower part is connected with a set of dewatering and guide ribs having gap spaces into which a drain duct of the second dewatering chamber opens. Against the set of dewatering and guide ribs, a set of loading ribs operates, which is placed inside the opposite wire loop and which operates by means of the medium pressure of loading hoses.

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Jyvaskyla, Finland

Michaell Odell