Sixteen harness dual layer weave

A method to manufacture papermakers' fabric comprising:

• providing a paper stock-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns;
• providing a machine-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns positioned with relation to the paper stock-contacting layer so as to form a pair of yarns essentially one on top of the other;
• interweaving the machine direction yarns with the cross-machine direction yarns to interconnect them providing a fourteen float on said machine-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns and six float and eight float sections on said paper stock-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns, with two adjacent machine direction yarns passing over said machine-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns directly over the six float section of said paper stock-contacting cross-machine direction yarns.

A method to manufacture papermakers' fabric for use on a papermaking machine for the production of paper from paper stock, said method comprising:

• providing a paper stock-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns;
• providing a machine-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns positioned with relation to the paper stock-contacting layer so as to form a pair of yarns, essentially one on top of the other;
• interweaving machine direction yarns with the cross-machine direction yarns to interconnect said cross-machine direction yarns so that two adjacent machine direction yarns pass over only one machine-contacting cross-machine direction yarn, the machine-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns has a fourteen float and the paper stock-contacting layer of cross-machine direction yarns contacts the paper stock at fourteen points in the sixteen harness weave.