the edge from the lengthwise direction to a second direction and turning the web fibers in the second direction while expanding the width of the web the profile of fibrous webs i e the thickness uniformity weight and fiber density across its width can be changed and controlled according to the apparatus disclosed application_number US 90839978 A description referring to fig1 the apparatus includes a first conveyor 10 a first blade having an edge 12 a second conveyor 14 a third conveyor 16 a second blade having an edge 18 and a take off conveyor 20 a continuous length of preformed fibrous web 22 is carried on the moving surface of the conveyor 10 toward the first blade in a direction a the source of supply of the web is not critical for example the web may come from a supply roll or from an adjacent upstream web forming operation e g conventional carding or air laying in a continuous web forming and expanding operation the web may be formed of multiple two dimensional layers assembled together where conventional carding operations are employed the predominant fiber orientation resulting from the web forming operation is in the machine direction a along the first conveyor 10 is disposed the first blade which is formed of suitable material such as sheet metal to have a flat surface which rides against web 22 as it is carried on the conveyor 10 and which terminates in a free edge 12 the blade is so disposed that the edge 12 lies at an angle to the direction a of.