Coating station
AssigneeMetso Paper, Inc.
InventorsLeo Kurkinen, Vilho Nissinen, Mika Vähäkuopus, Risto Väätänen
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Abstract
A coating station, which in intended for coating a web with a coating material, includes a load-bearing and cross-directional frame extending substantially across the entire width of the web. The coating station also includes applicator elements supported to the frame. The frame is arranged by at least one cross component formed out of sheet metal into a box-type structure, the cross component extending substantially across the entire width of the web. The cross component is attached to the end components by its end parts.
Claims13
A coating station, which is adapted for coating a web produced by a forming machine with a selected coating material, the coating station including a load-bearing and cross-directional frame, which extends substantially across the entire width of the web, as well as applicator elements supported by the frame for applying the coating material to the surface of the web arranged to pass through the coating station, characterized in that
- said frame includes opposing end components for attaching said frame to said forming machine, and at least one elongated cross component of a box-type structure formed of a plurality of sheet metal cells extending along a longitudinal direction between and connecting said end components, said as least one elongated cross component including at least one partition wall disposed perpendicularly to said longitudinal direction in said as least one elongated cross component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.