Method and apparatus for making a tissue paper with improved tactile qualities while improving the reel-up process for a high bulk web

A dry end section for a paper-making machine for producing a high-bulk tissue, said machine comprising:

• a through-air dryer adapted to finally dry a paper web;
• a through-air drying fabric configured to transport the web through the through-air dryer;
• a separating device for separating the web from the through-air drying fabric, the separating device being further configured to receive the web directly thereon;
• a roll disposed adjacent to the separating device so as to define a nip therebetween and to form a web-compressing device;
• a reel configured to receive the web;
• and
• a single fabric configured to wrap about the roll, to pass through the nip, and to extend to the reel, the single fabric being configured to receive the web thereon at the nip and to transport the web from the nip to the reel, the web being transferred directly from the single fabric to the reel without free draw of the web.

A method for making a tissue with enhanced tactile quality and facilitating reel-up of the tissue in a dry end of a tissue paper-making machine, said method comprising:

• finally drying a tissue web on a through-air drying fabric with a through air dryer;
• separating the tissue web from the through-air drying fabric with a separating device having a single permeable fabric wrapped thereabout such that the tissue web is received directly on the single permeable fabric;
• transporting the tissue web to a reel with the single permeable fabric;
• and
• winding the tissue web onto the reel, the tissue web being received on the reel directly from the single permeable fabric without free draw of the tissue web.

A method for making a tissue with enhanced tactile quality and facilitating reel-up of the tissue in a dry end of a tissue paper-making machine, said method comprising:

• finally drying a tissue web on a through-air drying fabric with a through air dryer;
• separating the tissue web from the through-air drying fabric with a separating device such that the tissue web is received directly on the separating device;
• directing the tissue web through a web-compressing device having a nip formed between the separating device and a roll disposed adjacent thereto, the roll having a single fabric wrapped thereabout such that the tissue web is received on the single fabric at the nip;
• transporting the tissue web to a reel with the single fabric;
• and
• winding the tissue web on the reel, the tissue web being received on the reel directly from the single fabric without free draw of the tissue web.

A method of making a tissue with enhanced tactile quality and facilitating reel-up of the tissue in a dry end of a tissue paper-making machine, said method comprising:

• finally drying a tissue web, having a basis weight of between about 10 g/m2 and about 50 g/m2, on a through-air drying fabric with a through air dryer, the web having a dry caliper of between about 0.2 mm and about 0.5 mm and, therefore, a density of between about 20 kg/m3 and about 250 kg/m3;
• separating the tissue web from the through-air drying fabric with a separating device having a single permeable fabric wrapped thereabout such that the tissue web is received directly on the single permeable fabric;
• transporting the tissue web to a reel with the single permeable fabric;
• and
• winding the tissue web onto the reel, the tissue web being received on the reel directly from the single permeable fabric without free draw of the tissue web.

A method for making a tissue with enhanced tactile quality and facilitating reel-up of the tissue in a dry end of a tissue paper-making machine, said method comprising:

• finally drying a tissue web, having a basis weight of between about 10 g/m2 and about 50 g/m2, on a through-air drying fabric with a through air dryer, the web having a dry caliper of between about 0.2 mm and about 0.5 mm and, therefore, a density of between about 20 kg/m3 and about 250 kg/M3;
• separating the tissue web from the through-air drying fabric with a separating device such that the tissue web is received directly on the separating device;
• directing the tissue web through a web-compressing device having a nip formed between the separating device and a roll disposed adjacent thereto, the roll having a single fabric wrapped thereabout such that the tissue web is received on the single fabric at the nip;
• transporting the tissue web to a reel with the single fabric;
• and
• winding the tissue web on the reel, the tissue web being received on the reel directly from the single fabric without free draw of the tissue web.