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AssigneeStructured I, LLC
InventorsJames E. Sealey, II, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Justin C. Pence, Taras Z. Andrukh, Shane Ervin Hayes
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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.
A method for making a three-dimensional papermaking belt configured for use in forming, pressing, drying or molding of fibrous web, wherein the process comprises forming the belt by 3D printing of a polymeric material having at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the belt.
A method of making a papermaking belt, comprising:
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