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V Headbox Services
Benefits
Figure 1.
Headbox performance justified by CD profile spread
Figure 2.
Dry weight profile before service
Updating of headboxes
Old headboxes can be updated with the solutions
of the latest technology and design. This improves
the performance and the maintenance. The typical
measures are:
• Updating of the slice lip design and its loading Figure 3.
mechanism Dry weight profile after service
• Updating of the existing apron with a more rigid
apron construction
• Replacing of the manual slice control system with
automatic one
• Replacing of the mechanical slice position indica-
tors with electrical ones
Figure 4.
Example of a headbox apron after on-site reconditioning