Press roll comb plate and related method

A method for installing a comb plate and anti-rewet plate has been conceived comprising:

• stopping rotational movement of the roll in a roll press, wherein the roll has support ribs arrayed across a length of the roll, wherein adjacent support ribs define drainage channels, wherein ends of the drainage channels are disposed at ends of the roll, wherein the roll further comprises a deck disposed on tops of the support ribs, the deck defines a deck channel communicating with a top of the drainage channels, and wherein a perforated plate is disposed on a top of the deck, and wherein the perforated plate defines perforations in communicates with the deck channel;
• removing the perforated plate defining an outer surface of the roll;
• exposing ends of drainage channels;
• inserting a comb plate along a length of a drainage channel, the comb plate comprising a comb tooth, wherein the comb tooth does not extend into deck channel;
• tilting the comb plate such that the comb teeth extend into at least one deck channel such that comb plate disposed under a perforated plate extending through the deck channel toward a drainage channel, the comb tooth having a first end disposed on a back of the perforated plate and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first end and the second end of the comb tooth define a slope configured to direct filtrate from the perforated plate through the deck channel into the drainage channel;
• securing the comb plate to a support rib of a drainage channel;
• and
• reinstalling the perforated plate to define an outer surface of the roll.