Drying section and a smoothing apparatus for such a drying section

Abstract

A drying section of a machine for the manufacture of a material web, in particular of a paper or of a board web, comprises a smoothing nip which is extended in the web running direction and is formed between two pressing areas lying opposite one another of which at least one is formed by a shoe roll, with at least 70%, and preferably at least 90%, of the outer shoe roll diameter lying above the machine base. In a method for the combined drying and smoothing of a material web, in particular of a paper web or of a board web, in a drying section, the following steps are provided: the material web is first dried to a pre-settable drying content >60%, in particular >65%, and preferably >70%; the material web having this pre-settable drying content is guided through a smoothing nip which is extended in the web running direction and is formed between two pressing surfaces lying opposite one another of which at least one is formed by a rotating belt and of which at least one is heated; the pressing time resulting in the extended smoothing nip is selected >0.8 ms; and the material web is further dried after the smoothing nip.

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