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Abstract

An apparatus for forming a paper or cardboard web from a fibrous suspension, said apparatus having a twin wire section consisting of a first wire loop formed by a first wire, a second wire loop formed by a second wire and at least one headbox, from which headbox the fibrous suspension can be fed into the space between the wire loops, said first wire loop being provided with a dewatering box placed above the wire and arranged to drain water from the fibrous suspension between the wire loops via the bottom of the dewatering box and through the first wire, said apparatus having two successive dewatering zones provided in the area of the dewatering box, where the direction of web movement in the area of the first dewatering zone is away from the dewatering box and the runs of each wire loop are substantially straight while in the area of the second dewatering zone the direction of web movement is towards the dewatering box and water drainage from the fibrous suspension is arranged to take place substantially in a direction towards the dewatering box. To achieve more effective water drainage in the second zone, the bottom of the dewatering box forms a fraction line including straight portions and edges between them, over which the web between the two wires moves.

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