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Dilution headbox
Table 4.2.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Paper web manufacture
Subdomain (3rd level):  Stock distribution
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Hydraulic headbox characterized by a series of water injectors, which are parallel to the flowspreader and allow controlling grammage profile without adjusting the top lip.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  The wet end of the No.11 paper machine was also completely rebuilt with a Metso OptiFormer gap former and OptiFlo dilution headbox.
Context source:  EN 50
Attestation:  1
Hyperonyms:  Hydraulic headbox
It:  Cassa a diluizione
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Caisse de tête à dilution
Degree of reliability FR:  3