the first section of the paper machine where furnish is mixed and then distributed evenly along the plastic wire mesh

a key component of a paper machine and defines the quality of paper

The compartment that holds the pulp slurry before it is poured onto the forming wire of a papermaking machine.

Chamber at the beginning of a paper machine that dispenses pulp stock evenly onto a moving wire (former)

On a paper machine, the box that dispenses the appropriate amount of furnish (pulp) into the papermaking process.