head-box
head-box After mixing, the pulp is ready to be made into paper. The pulp [PT] is placed in a large box (called a _head-box_) at the back end of the paper machine (rectangular assembly about one hundred yards long and one story high). The mixture at this stage is about nintEy-nine per cent water and...
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| Language: | English |
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1973
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36089 |
| Summary: | head-box After mixing, the pulp is ready to be made into paper. The pulp [PT] is placed in a large box (called a _head-box_) at the back end of the paper machine (rectangular assembly about one hundred yards long and one story high). The mixture at this stage is about nintEy-nine per cent water and one percent pulp. The mixture is then fed onto a fast-moving [PT above fourdrinier] belt of wire mesh (like the mesh on a screen door) called a fourdrinier wire. The water drains through the screen, and leaves a mat of moist Yes JH 10/73 Not Used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Fri 10 Apr 2015 |
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