Twin wire web forming with wire tension control

摘要

A twin wire web forming machine suitable for making newsprint or slower draining grades of product is provided with a substantially continuously curving S-shaped formation and dewatering path, wherein one of the wires diverges from the web subsequent to passage through a formation zone lying about an arc of a first roll, a suction compartment within a couch roll at the point of wire divergence assuring continued adherence of the web to the remaining wire as it passes around the couch roll. A brake is controlled on the first roll to provide a predetermined value of wire tension.