Patent ID: 8685209

Claim:
A wet end for a Fourdrinier machine, the wet end comprising: I. a forming board section comprising: A. a plurality of fixed blade and B. a plurality of height adjustable blades each including: a control subassembly that controls height relative to an underside of a forming fabric; II. a hydrofoil section having: A. a plurality of height adjustable blades and B. a plurality of angle adjustable blades each including: a control subassembly that controls a height of a respective blade relative to the underside of the forming fabric, and wherein the plurality of angle adjustable blades each have a control subassembly that controls an angle of a respective blade relative to the underside of the forming fabric; and, III. a low-vacuum section comprising: A. at least one vacuum assisted foil unit and B. at least one vacuum unit, wherein the vacuum assisted foil unit comprises: a plurality of height adjustable blades each including a control subassembly that controls height relative to the underside of the forming fabric, and wherein the at least one vacuum unit comprises a plurality of angle adjustable blades each including a control subassembly that controls an angle of a respective blade relative to the underside of the forming fabric.