Dewatering elements for board and paper machines
Increased production capacity and improved quality with proper initial drainage
Dewatering equipment beneath the forming fabric helps drain water from the stock and conduct it away into the whitewater system. We can offer you a comprehensive range of ceramics and polyethylene dewatering elements, and adjustable foils to suit all positions and OEM machine configurations.
Easy and safe installation
Low friction
Fast turn-around time
Available for all OEM designs
Let us be your co-driver for success
Valmet solutions that combine parts and expert support will drive your production performances further. When you choose Valmet performance parts you are not just buying wear parts. You are also gaining greater availability, higher end-product quality and enhanced productivity.
With the combination of parts and expertise, we can together make a difference at every stage of your production process. We have increased production output and decreased total costs together by applying optimal performance parts to each position.
Further strengthening OEM expertise
Acquiring Coldwater has enabled us to expand our dewatering services offering through more expertise on dewatering elements and further strengthened product portfolio.
Read more about our OEM partnerships.
From full shift to 30 minutes
Are you looking to increase productivity and additional dewatering capacity? If so, we're excited to share how our experts helped a mill go from taking a full shift to replace table blades to now taking only 30 minutes!
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Let our co-drivers contact youCarefully selected materials for the longest lifetime and quality
Our carefully selected materials are used in different applications for different purposes. For example, we finalize our ceramics to very low surface roughness to make sure that fabric wear and power consumption is minimal.
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Premium Silicon Carbide |  |
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Silicon Nitride |  |
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If you wish to get further information like technical specifications, need a quotation, or wish to discuss different solutions, fill in the contact form and our experts will contact you shortly.
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Dewatering Element Ceramic
- Wear resistant materials offer long and trouble-free operation and optimized dewatering
- Short delivery times
- Grinding and repairing service available
Dewatering Element Poly 1000-8000
Whether you need conventional or specially designed
components, Valmet’s Service experts have many years
of experience serving the board and paper industry,
helping to select and produce all types of drainage
components. Our polyethylene materials are formulated and
developed to deliver optimum performance across a
wide range of operating conditions.
Ceramic dewatering element positions on OptiFormer multi forming section
- Forming board
- HydroFoil
- VacuFoil
- High-vacuum foil box (wet suction box)
- Support Foil
- Transfer Suction Box
- HiVac1
- HiVac2, HiVac3
- Top Suction Formation Shoe
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If you wish to get further information like technical specifications, need a quotation, or wish to discuss different solutions, fill in the contact form and our experts will contact you shortly.
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