Device and process for transferring a material web

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for transferring a material web, particularly a web made of paper, board, tissue, or other pulp. In order to transfer the material web and, preferably, a supporting belt from a first supporting surface to a subsequent supporting surface, a pick-up box with a pick-up zone to lift the material web off the first supporting surface and a stabilizer box with a stabilizing zone to stabilize the material web are arranged before the subsequent supporting surface. Suction can be applied to the pick-up zone and the stabilizing zone by means of a vacuum source. A further zone to separate the vacuum in the pick-up zone from the vacuum in the stabilizing zone is located between the pick-up zone and the stabilizing zone. This invention also relates to a process for transferring a material web performed with the device according to the invention.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.