Advanced dewatering system
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorsJeffrey Herman, Thomas Thoroee Scherb, Luis Carlos Silva, Hubert Walkenhaus
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Abstract
Method of drying a paper web in a press arrangement. The method includes moving the paper web, disposed between at least one first fabric and at least one second fabric, between a support surface and a pressure producing element and moving a fluid through the paper web, the at least one first and second fabrics, and the support surface. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Claims24
A method of drying a paper web in a press arrangement, the method comprising:
- moving the paper web, disposed between at least one first fabric and at least one second fabric, between a support surface and a pressure producing element;
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- moving a fluid through the paper web, the at least one first and second fabrics, and the support surface,
- wherein the pressure producing element is arranged in a belt press.
A method of pressing and drying a paper web, the method comprising:
- pressing, with a pressure producing element, the paper web between at least one first fabric and at least one second fabric;
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- simultaneously moving a fluid through the paper web and the at least one first and second fabrics,
- wherein the pressure producing element utilizes a permeable belt having a tension of at least approximately 30 KN/m.
A method of drying a paper web in a press arrangement, the method comprising:
- moving the paper web, disposed between at least one first fabric and at least one second fabric, between a support surface and a pressure producing element;
- moving a fluid through the paper web, the at least one first and second fabrics, and the support surface;
- pressing, with the pressure producing element, the paper web between the at least one first fabric and the at least one second fabric;
- and
- applying a vacuum to the paper web with said pressure producing element,
- wherein the pressure producing element utilizes a permeable belt having an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 10%.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.