Shoe press apparatus of a papermaking machine
AssigneeIchikawa Co., Ltd.
InventorKazumasa Watanabe
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Abstract
In a shoe press apparatus of a papermaking machine, a press part comprises a roll which serves as a pressing member and a shoe. A belt is sandwiched between the roll and the shoe. A lubricant feeder supplies a lubricant from the outside of the shoe at the upstream side of the shoe. A lubricant holding section, comprising a plurality of grooves is provided on the upstream end of the shoe. Lubricant supplied from the lubricant feeder is held in the lubricant holding section of the shoe, and is more reliably supplied to the press part as the belt runs through the press part. The Structure of the lubricant holding section is comparatively simple, and the lubricant holding section decreases friction, thereby saving energy.
Claims20
A shoe press apparatus for a papermaking machine, said shoe press apparatus having a press part comprises a shoe, a pressing member cooperating with, and in opposed relationship to, said shoe, a belt sandwiched in said press part between said shoe and said pressing member and movable relative to said shoe in a first direction from an upstream side of the shoe toward a downstream side of the shoe, said belt being arranged to come into contact with the shoe at a location on said upstream side, and a lubricant supply means arranged to supply lubricant to said shoe and belt on the upstream side of the shoe, wherein the improvement a lubricant holding section formed in the surface of the shoe at least in part on the upstream side of said location.
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