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An apparatus for forming blanks from fibrous material is disclosed. The apparatus includes a die having a molding surface and perforations through molding surface and a body of the die; a molding screen; and a vacuum mechanism positioning fibrous material onto the molding surface and extracting water away from the fibrous material.
1. An apparatus for forming blanks from fibrous material, comprising:
a die having a molding surface and perforations through molding surface and a body of the die;
a molding screen disposed on the molding surface; and
a vacuum mechanism positioning fibrous material onto the molding screen and extracting water away from the fibrous material.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the die includes interior filler walls, exterior filler walls, and a support wall.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the interior filler walls form interior filler sections of the blank.
4. The apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the interior filler walls have a greater thickness than the exterior filler walls.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the exterior filler walls height is less than or equal to the height of the interior filler walls.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the support wall height is less than the height of the exterior filler wall.