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Twin wire former
Table 4.2, Table 4.2.2
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Paper web manufacture
Subdomain (3rd level):  Sheet formation
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Paper or paperboard forming device in which the jet impinges into the converging gap between two wires.
Definition source:  EN 9
Context:  A twin wire former has been developed by Paprican and McGill Univ. Its headbox fires a broad thin pulp jet into the drainage section, where it is dewatered by a combination of forming roll, foils and vacuum.
Context source:  EN 10
Attestation:  2
Contained in:  Paper machine
Co-hyponyms:  Fourdrinier table, Twin wire former
Hyponyms:  Blade former, Roll former, Roll-blade former
Hyperonyms:  Forming section
Synonyms:  Gap former
Variants:  Twin-wire former
Related terms:  Headbox (1), Press section, Smoothing press, Dryer section (1), Predryers, Size press (en1), After-dryers, Machine calender, Reel
It:  Formatore a doppia tela
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Formeur à double toile
Degree of reliability FR:  3