Drying section with additional press nip

A drying section of a paper making machine with additional web dewatering, the drying section comprising:

• at least a first and a second drying group, with each of the drying groups including a plurality of heatable drying cylinders having a heatable surface;
• each of the drying groups having an upstream end at which a paper web enters the drying group to move through the drying group in the downstream direction, and having a downstream end where the paper web leaves the drying group;
• web guide means for guiding the paper web to be dried over the surfaces of the drying cylinders of the drying group and to be moved from the upstream to the downstream ends of the drying group;
• at least one dryer wire in each of the drying groups;
• wire guide means guiding the dryer wire to support the paper web against the heatable surfaces of the drying cylinders within the drying group and for the wire to move with the web through the drying group;
• a first and a second press roll disposed between the first and the second drying groups;
• a dewatering belt passing around at least one of the press rolls, the press rolls being in contact with the dewatering belt between them for defining a press nip, and the web guide means guiding the web through the press nip on the path from the first drying group to the second drying group.

A drying section of a paper making machine with additional web dewatering, the drying section comprising:

• at least a first and a second drying group, each of the drying groups including
• a plurality of heatable drying cylinders having a heatable surface,
• each of the drying groups having an upstream end at which a paper web enters the drying group to move through the drying group in the downstream direction, and having a downstream end where the paper web leaves the drying group;
• web guide means for guiding the paper web to be dried over the surface of the drying cylinders of the drying group and to be moved from the upstream to the downstream ends of the drying group;
• at least one dryer wire in each drying group;
• wire guide means guiding the dryer wire to support the paper web against the heatable surfaces of the drying cylinders within the drying group and for the wire to move with the web through the drying group;
• a press roll located in the drying section, the press roll being supported for pressing the web against one of the drying cylinders and for defining a press nip between the press roll and the one drying cylinder;
• the web guide means guiding the web through the press nip;
• a web dewatering belt passing around the press roll and passing together with the paper web through the press nip between the press roll and the one drying cylinder such that the press roll presses on the dewatering belt and the web for additionally dewatering the web passing around the one drying cylinder.