Abstract: A vacuum roller system and a method of operation the vacuum roller system can include an assembly of interdigitated rollers, and a vacuum system, wherein the assembly of interdigitated rollers is operably connected to the vacuum system to move sheets of media through a downstream dryer in a printer, wherein a vacuum is drawn between individual rollers among the assembly of interdigitated rollers so that the vacuum is distributed across a sheet of media and is split around the individual rollers. The spacing between the individual rollers among the assembly of interdigitated rollers is variable to vary the vacuum.

Abstract: Drying section of a machine for producing a material web. The drying section includes a support roll with an associated impingement dryer, and at least one straight or curved section forming at least a part of a closed path between a last nip of a press section adjacent the drying section and the support roll. The support roll and the impingement dryer are arranged to guide the material web over the support roll, and, thereby, to subject the material web to at least one of hot air and hot steam impingement. The at least one straight or slightly curved section is structured and arranged to form at least one of an impingement drying section and a transfer foil section.

Abstract: A device (10) for drying rotary cut wood veneer comprises at least two conveyor loops (11) facing each other along an outbound path to define between them a conveyance passage for the rotary cut veneer. Along the outbound path are present drying means (18) acting on the conveyance passage. The two conveyance loops comprise conveyance chains (13) supporting transversely to the direction of conveyance a sequential jointed plurality of rigid elements (12) providing facing and essentially unbroken conveyance surfaces along said outbound path to delimit the conveyance passage.