Fourdrinier machine, paper manufacture

Paper machine Machine on which paper or paperboard is manufactured. The most common type is the fourdrinier machine using the fourdrinier wire as a felting medium for the fibers. 

Nonwovens The textile and paper industries are based on the two oldest (wet and dry) processes. Manufacturers of nonwovens for plastics draw on both. With the wet, there are basically two types namely the Fourdrinier and cylinder machine types that have been modified. In addition, two basic types exist for the process formation of the web and application of the bonding agent or system where mechanical carding of fibers is used. The particular equipment and method of operation to be used, with their many modifications, is influenced by desired requirements such as mechanical properties, softness, surface condition, tenacity, etc. There are certain t) es of so-called nonwoven fabric that are directly formed from short or chopped fiber as well as continuous filaments. They are produced by loosely compressing together fibers, yarns, rovings, etc. with or without a scrim cloth carrier assembled by mechanical, chemical, thermal, or solvent methods. Products of this type include melted and spun-bonded fabrics. 

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