Transfer belt for a paper machine
AssigneeTamfelt Oyj Abp
InventorsSatu Hagfors, Olli Jermo
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Abstract
Transfer belt for a paper machine, comprising a base structure (2) and a fiber batt layer (3) attached to the base structure and facing the fiber web. At least the fiber batt layer side of the belt is provided with a polymer matrix (4) impregnating the fiber batt layer (3). According to the idea of the invention, the transfer belt fiber batt layer comprises at least two fibers with different surface properties, the transfer belt surface facing the fiber web being thus provided with hydrophilic and, correspondingly, hydrophobic areas. The fibers in the fiber batt layer may differ from one another with regard to their polarity, hydrophilicity, electric charge, surface energy, friction properties, degree of fineness or porosity.
Claims11
A transfer belt for a paper machine, comprising:
- a base structure,
- a fibre batt layer attached to the base structure and arranged to face the fibre web,
- a polymer matrix arranged at least on the fibre batt layer side to impregnate the fibre batt layer,
- the batt fibres extending to the surface of the polymer matrix on the belt surface facing the fibre web,
- the transfer belt surface facing the fibre web is provided with hydrophilic and hydrophobic fibres forming hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas,
- the hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas are formed by providing the fibre batt layer of the transfer belt with at least two fibres having different surface properties.
A transfer belt for a paper machine, comprising:
- a base structure,
- a fibre batt layer attached to the base structure and arranged to face the fibre web,
- a blocking layer between the base structure and the fibre batt layer, whereby only the fibre batt layer on the fibre web side of the transfer belt is impregnated with a polymer matrix,
- the batt fibres extending to the surface of the polymer matrix on the belt surface facing the fibre web,
- the transfer belt surface facing the fibre web is provided with hydrophilic and, correspondingly, hydrophobic areas, and
- the hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas are formed by providing the fibre batt layer of the transfer belt with at least two fibres having different surface properties.
A transfer belt for a paper machine, comprising:
- a base structure,
- a fibre batt layer attached to the base structure and arranged to face the fibre web,
- a blocking layer between the base structure and the fibre batt layer, whereby only the fibre batt layer on the fibre web side of the transfer belt is impregnated with a polymer matrix,
- the batt fibres extending to the surface of the polymer matrix on the belt surface facing the fibre web,
- the transfer belt surface facing the fibre web is provided with hydrophilic and, correspondingly, hydrophobic areas,
- the hydrophilic and hycdrophobic areas are formed by providing the fibre batt layer of the transfer belt with at least two fibres having different surface properties;
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- wherein the blocking layer is made of a polymer which melts at a low temperature, and that the blocking layer is sealed after a needling phase by subjecting the transfer belt to a thermal treatment which closes up pores in the blocking layer structure, thereby rendering the blocking layer substantially impermeable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.