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Fabric and use of the fabric in a tissue machine

US11920303B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Susanne Klaschka · Cologne, DE
Robert Eberhardt · Ellwangen, DE
Hubert Walkenhaus · Kerpen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 12, 2020
Grant date	Mar 5, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD21F11/14
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fabric, in particular a felt, for use in a machine for producing a tissue web, has a base structure, which has a textile structure with MD threads, and at least one layer of nonwoven fibers. The MD threads predominantly or as a whole have a diameter ranging between 0.25 mm and 0.45 mm, in particular between 0.3 mm and 0.35 mm, and the thread density of the MD threads is more than 37%, in particular between 37% and 45%. There is also described a machine and a method for producing a tissue web using such a fabric.

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