The Fourdrinier Wire
The fourdrinier wire causes the forming of paper at the wet end of the machine.
- It is the section of the papermaking machine made up of a fine woven screen to let water drain away causing the pulp to remain to form a thin mat.
- Suction boxes remove water as the mat moves along the wire.
- Synthetic plastic fiber wires are used in modern papermaking machines.
When the mat had left this stage of production it contains 75% water.