Patent · US Expired

Process and device for drying of a material web

US6482295B1 · kind B1 · utility

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9References

5Claims

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Assignee

Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Robert Wolf · Woodbury, US
Markus Oechsle · Heubach, DE
Wolfgang Mayer · Chieming, DE
Thomas Mack · Sontheim, DE
Roland Mayer · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 14, 2000
Grant date	Nov 19, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 14, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD21F5/04
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Process and apparatus for drying a material web. The process includes guiding the material web to at least one heated area, maintaining the material web in uninterrupted contact with the at least one heated area at least until the material web achieves a firmness sufficient for detaching the material web from the heated area. The apparatus includes at least one heated area arranged to receive the material web. The at least one heated area includes a removal zone arranged for the removal of the material web from the at least one heated area. The at least one heated area has a length is sufficient to achieve a sufficient firmness of the material web to be removed in the removal zone.

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