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The present invention relates to a twin wire former in a machine for the production of a fiber web, especially a paper or cardboard web from at least one fiber stock suspension, including a vertical twin wire segment having two wires running over a peripheral area of a turning element, especially a guide roll whose surface is preferably not equipped with suction and is smooth or substantially smooth; and in that at least one separation element, such as a transfer suction box is provided indirectly or immediately following the guide roll that separates the top wire from the bottom wire on which the fibrous web is supported.