This forming section consists of a long moving belt of fine mesh screen supported by rolls or foils. For many decades, this screen belt was made of bronze and called the "wire." Today it is made of synthetic polymer -- primarily polyester monofilament -- and is called the forming fabric. - http://www.astenjohnson.com/paper-machine-clothing/overview


Until about 30 years ago, paper machine clothing was made from bronze wire and woolen felts. Traditionally a felt maker, Huyck recognized in the late 1950s that bronze wire could be replaced by a textile and invented the modern "plastic wire." - http://www.xerium.com/weavexx/aboutWeavexx/weavexxHistory.as...

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Maszyna ta składała się zasadniczo z dwóch wałów obracających się w tym samym kierunku, na których biegnie sito bez końca - http://roman.plebanski.w.interia.pl/mechan.html

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» wire (kat.: technika) - sito maszyny papierniczej
przykład: wire side - that side of a sheet of paper formed in contact with the wire of the mold in handmade paper, or the wire of the papermaking machine.