Abstract: A conveyor cleaning brush assembly and method are disclosed. In some embodiments, the conveyor cleaning brush assembly comprises a brush coupled to a frame and movable to different positions with respect to a conveyor surface to be cleaned by the brush. The brush can be substantially elongated, and in some embodiments is rotatable about two or more axes that can extend in a machine direction of the conveyor surface, a cross-machine direction of the conveyor surface, or in any other direction therebetween. The brush can be coupled to and movable along a beam coupled to the frame, such as to move the brush to different cross-machine positions of the conveyor surface. Also, in some embodiments, the brush can be moved into and out of engagement with the conveyor surface. Such movement of the brush can be accomplished, for example, by movement of a beam to which the brush is coupled.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring a vibrational force to the wire of a papermaking machine in order to re-align the fibers of the web forming on the wire or to clean press section felts. In some embodiments, the apparatus is a vibrational device including at least one vibration-inducing mechanism, a vibrational head coupled to the vibration-inducing mechanism for vibrating the wire, and a dampening mechanism coupled between the vibrational head and the vibration-inducing mechanism.