Abstract: An industrial blade for use in pulp and papermaking processes and method of making such a blade. The industrial blade is typically a doctor blade and is fabricated from a plurality of web layers, each web layer formed from a mixture of polyamide and copolyester, thereby forming a thick felt. A polyurethane coating is applied to an edge of the thick felt and the felt is cut at an angle on the coated edge.

Abstract: A coater belt for carrying and supporting a web through a coating station on a paper or board machine, or an off-line coater, said belt comprising an endless base member and at least a first surface layer. Said surface layer is an impermeable coating comprising a first material and a particulate filler material. The filler material which are present in the web-contact surface provide a well-defined roughness on micro-scale of said web-contact surface. The web-contact surface further presents a well-defined surface energy for accomplishing an adhesion to the web for picking-up the web at an entrance side of the coating station and for holding the web against the coater belt during its path through the coating station.