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Forming section
After reading this article you will..
- understand the role of the forming section in paper and board manufacturing.
- know types of formers.
- understand the role of the headbox in the forming section.
Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Paper structure
- Fibres and bonds
- Paper surface and thermal, electrical and friction characteristics
- Paper optics
- In-plane tensile properties
- Structural mechanics of paper and board
- Moisture transport
- Rheology
- Dimensional stability
- Printing
Authors & references
Authors:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
Based on Norman, B., Web forming, (Chapter 6), In: Paulapuro, H. (ed.), Papermaking Part 1, Stock Preparation and Wet End, (Book 8), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Finnish Paper Engineers´ Association /Paperi ja Puu Oy. Jyväskylä, 2007, p. 219–284. More literature references can also be found in this chapter.
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This page has been updated 14.11.2020