Abstract: The device comprises a head box with a nozzle for applying a pulp suspension on a wire located below the nozzle. A pressure plate is located after the nozzle over the pulp suspension. The pressure plate comprises a concave formed portion, against which the pulp suspension is sprayed, and a subsequent convex formed portion. The fiber web is formed in a forming zone where dewatering is effected in that the convex portion of the pressure plate and an unsupported portion of the wire are pressed against each other.
Abstract: A method and a device for forming a web in a papermaking machine. The stock (2) is sprayed out on the wire (3) through a nozzle (1) and the web is formed in a space (8) between an upper lip (5, 18, 19) and a portion of the wire (3). The dewatering is effected in this space (8) by means of an overpressure between the upper lip (5, 18, 19) and the wire (3).