PROFILED PLASTERBOARD

摘要

Apparatus for manufacturing plasterboard comprises a forming station in which a slurry of gypsum is spread over a paper layer, a back cover is placed over the slurry, the forming station including means to form the side edges of a continuous length of plasterboard; a conveyor to transfer the continuous length of plasterboard to a cutting station where the plasterboard is cut into elongate sheets; the cut sheets then being transferred to a drying station characterised in that a forming tool is positioned either just before or just after the cutting station to form an indentation across the sheet of plasterboard at predetermined spacing along the length of the plasterboard.