Patent ID: 7935224

Claim:
A self-supporting unit for a forming section in a paper making machine, wherein the forming section comprises an outer clothing being supported by rolls and an inner clothing, the outer clothing and the inner clothing being arranged to run in endless loops about the rolls and form a forming zone therebetween about a forming roll; in which forming section a headbox is arranged to inject a paper stock between said two clothing in a forming gap in order to form a paper web in the forming zone due to drainage of water through at least one of the outer clothing and the inner clothing, said drained water being evacuated from the forming section by at least one tray, said self-supporting unit being arranged as a separate frame element for mounting the rolls supporting one of the clothings and the tray, wherein the tray is an integrated tray defining a shape and dimension of the unit, and wherein the rolls supporting at least one of the outer clothing and the inner clothing are mounted to and supported by the unit.