Dandy Roll

Name:
Dandy Roll
Detailed information:
A light roller covered with wire cloth that rides on the formed sheet near the dry end of the fourdrinier wire. Its purpose is to provide a closer finish to the sheet as well as to impress a screen pattern on the upper surface of the sheet similar to that made by the wire on the under surface. Paper so marked is called “wove” in the trade. The dandy roll may also impress a pattern of parallel lines, in which case the paper is called “laid.” It is also used to apply watermarks.