Support band

A method of using a support band in a drying arrangement for a fibrous web in a papermaking machine, comprising the steps of:

• wrapping the support band around a drying cylinder with the fibrous web therebetween, the support band including:
• one of a metal band and a metal fabric;
• at least one storage band adjacent one of said metal band and said metal fabric;
• and
• neutral fiber positioned in a connecting region of said at least one storage band and one of said metal band and said metal fabric, said neutral fiber deviating by at most 50% of a thickness of one of said metal band and said metal fabric;
• and
• cooling a side of the support band opposite said drying cylinder.

A method of using a support band in a drying arrangement for a fibrous web, comprising the steps of:

• wrapping the support band around a drying cylinder with the fibrous web therebetween, the support band including:
• a water-impermeable sealing layer;
• and
• at least one water-absorbing storage layer adjacent said water-impermeable sealing layer, at least one of said water-impermeable sealing layer and said water-absorbing storage layer being made at least partially of a highly thermally conductive material, said highly thermally conductive material being a metal band having a profiled surface on one side thereof, said profiled surface forming at least a part of said water-absorbing storage layer, said metal band having another side that is at least a part of said water-impermeable sealing layer;
• and cooling said water-impermeable sealing layer located on an outside of the support band.