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US 2018/0236709 A1Published application
Manufacturing process for papermaking belts using 3d printing technology
AssigneeStructured I, LLC
InventorsJames E. SEALEY, II, Bryd Tyler MILLER, IV
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Abstract
A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.
Claims17
A papermaking belt comprising:
- zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process, wherein the zones comprise:
- a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone;
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- at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.