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Flexoplan® Caul Screens and press screens – The premier name in press screens for the engineered wood and building products industry.

For decades, GKD has been the leader in quality standards for technical meshes made either of metal or synthetics for wood manufacturing industries worldwide.

GKD custom-made mesh is fabricated to Flexoplan screens for single or multi-stage presses , produced into continuous process conveyor belts for indexing and conti roll presses, and fabricated into notched and customized top screens for the indexing press operations. All are heat and pressure resistant by design.

 

GKD meshes are being used for the fabrication of products such as:

Particle board (PB) made of medium-coarse particles  

Medium density fiberboard (MDF)   

Oriented strand board (OSB) - coarse wood chip waferboard

Fiberboard (FB) and Hard Fiberboard (HFB)

Wood Veneer

Special applications for gypsum, cement, asphalt, straw, sugar cane and recycled boards

 

Flexoplan meshes
Type: 452 Kp
Mesh: 80 x 6 per cm
Warp diameter: 0.25 mm (.0098')
Weft diameter: 0.30 mm/7 fold (.012')
Weave Pattern: Twilled Weave

 

Material Combination:
Completely Carbon Steel - Style14164000
Stainless Steel/Carbon Steel - Style 14343410
Completely Stainless Steel - Style 14343411

Type: 163 Special
Mesh: 18 x 5 per cm
Warp diameter: 0.19 mm/f-fold + core (.0075')
Weft diameter: 0.30 mm/7 fold (.012')
Weave Pattern: Plain Weave

For caul screens, all carbon steel construction is used. For conti-roll ayatems, stainless steel construction is used.

Flexoplan orders come complete with all standard connection guides and tow bars, which are manufactured according to the Original Equipment Manufacturer's specified data.

In addition, many other weaves and materials are produced to support the wood industry in pressing, compensation meshes, press draining, and forming and ventilating. Most are customized.

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OSB boards produced on GKD FLEXOPLAN® process mesh

 



Special mesh type for OSB-boards

 



Mesh type 452 KP for chipboards and MDF-boards