Polyester forming fabric, also known as polyester mesh or polyester screen, is a type of fabric used in the papermaking process. It is composed of monofilament polyester yarns that are woven together to form a mesh structure. Polyester forming fabrics are primarily used in the forming section of paper machines to drain water from the paper pulp and create a uniform paper sheet.
Polyester forming fabric refers generally to the polyester fabrics woven with polyester fiber in spiral and heddle inserting methods for various industrial uses in producing of paper, corrugated paper, paper for train fare, filtration and separation in environmental protection, pharmaceutical, mine, metallurgy, machinery, airspace and other fields.
4-shed , 5-shed series single layer polyester forming fabrics are the two widely used polyester forming fabric in paper making, mainly used for producing cultural paper (single glue, double glue and color glue), printing paper, glazed paper, packing paper, common newsprint. Suitable for common fourdrinier paper machine.
8-shed single layer polyester forming fabric is suitable for kraft paper, cardboard , corrugated paper making. Also could be used for producing common printing paper. Suitable for common fourdrinier paper machine.
8-shed double layer fabric is suitable for producing quality printing paper. For example ,dictionary paper, offset printing paper, newsprint and wrap paper. It can be used for tissue paper making and the surface pulp, lining pulp, core pulp and bottom pulp of the board paper etc. Suitable for medium and high speed paper making machine.
16-shed double and a half layer polyester forming fabric is suitable for producing quality printing paper, such as offset printing paper, copper plate paper, newsprint and cigarette paper series (wrap paper and filter tips paper), Also is could be used for producing toilet paper, tissue paper and surface pulp, lining pulp, core pulp and bottom pulp of the board paper etc. Suitable for medium and high speed paper making machine.