Drying section
AssigneeVoith Paper Patent GmbH
InventorsPeter Kahl, Markus Oechsle, Roland Mayer, Edwin Bowden, Robert Procter
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Abstract
Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device. The at least one web guidance device is structured and arranged to direct pressurized gas at the material web so that, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from the at least one wire and resting against the at least one wire.
Claims45
A drying section of a machine for producing a material web comprising:
- at least one web guidance device;
- and
- at least one wire arranged to guide the material web through the at least one web guidance device,
- wherein said at least one web guidance device is structured and arranged to direct pressurized gas at the material web so that, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from said at least one wire and resting against said at least one wire.
A drying section of a machine for producing a material web comprising:
- at least one airborne web dryer with at least one wire positioned at least one of (a) between a last pressing nip of a pressing section and a first drying cylinder and (b) inside a predrying section.
An airborne web dryer comprising:
- a wire arranged to support the web.
A process for transporting a material web through a drying section of a machine that includes at least one web guidance device and at least one wire, said process comprising:
- guiding the material web through the at least one web guidance device on the at least one wire;
- and
- directing pressurized gas at the material web, whereby, in a web travel direction, the material web is alternately lifted from said at least one wire and resting against said at least one wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.