Method for continuously intensively wetting a flat article, especially a textile strip

Process for continuous intensive wetting of a textile strip with a wetting fluid, comprising the steps of:

• a) providing an outer surface of a permeable drum (1) with a permeable accompanying member (2) contacting the outer surface;
• b) pressing a textile strip against the permeable accompanying member (2) with a permeable press belt;
• c) moving the textile strip together with the permeable accompanying member (2) and the permeable press belt around the permeable drum;
• d) tensioning the permeable press belt on the textile strip to exert a pressing force on the textile strip and to provide a tension in the permeable press belt;
• e) controlling the tension in the permeable press belt exerting the pressing force on the textile strip so as to prevent the textile strip from swelling;
• f) dipping the permeable drum (1) together with the accompanying member (2), the press belt and the textile strip only partially in a wetting liquid to load the accompanying member (2) and the permeable press belt with the wetting liquid;
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• g) subjecting the textile strip, the accompanying member (2) and the permeable press belt to a suction pressure in a suction treatment to draw the wetting liquid through the textile strip, the permeable press belt and the accompanying members (2).