Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe press belt (10) which comprises a reinforcing fibrous base material (6) embedded in a polyurethane layer, and has an outer circumference layer (2a, 21) and an inner circumference layer (2b, 22) each formed with a polyurethane. The polyurethane layer comprises a polyurethane which is produced by curing a composition comprising a mixture of an urethane prepolymer (A) and a curing agent (B). The urethane prepolymer (A) is produced by reacting an isocyanate compound (a) containing 55 to 100 mol % of a p-phenylene-diisocyanate compound with polytetramethylene glycol (b) and has an isocyanate group at its terminal. The curing agent (B) is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, hydroquinone bis-?hydroxylethyl ether, 3,5-diethyltoluenediamine and 3,5-dimethylthiotoluenediamine. The belt (10) has excellent cracking resistance, bending fatigue resistance and wear resistance.

Abstract: A press felt 10 comprises a base body 30, a wet paper web side batt layer 20, and a press side batt layer 23. The wet paper web side batt layer 20 has a wet paper web contact side batt layer 21 and a base body side batt layer 22, the wet paper web contact side batt layer 21 being made of a core-in-sheath fiber 41 which has a core member made of high-molecular-weight nylon with an absolute viscosity of 80 mPa·s or more and a sheath member made of nylon with a lower melting point than the core member, and the base body side batt layer 22 being made of a nylon fiber 42 which does not include the core-in-sheath fiber 41. Rewetting of the wet paper web can be prevented, because water within the press side batt layer 23 is blocked from moving to the wet paper web side due to increased density of the wet paper web contact side batt layer 21 resulted from melting of the sheath member of the core-in-sheath fiber 41.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shoe press belt (10) which comprises a reinforcing fibrous base material (6) embedded in a polyurethane layer, and has an outer circumference layer (2a) and an inner circumference layer (2b) each formed with a polyurethane. The polyurethane layer constituting the outer circumference layer (2a) comprises a polyurethane which is cured by the reaction of an urethane prepolymer (A) with a curing agent mixture (B). The urethane prepolymer (A) is produced by reacting an isocyanate compound selected from p-phenylene-diisocyanate and 4,4?-methylenebis(phenylisocyanate) with a polytetramethylene glycol and has an isocyanate group at its terminal. The curing agent mixture (B) comprises 1,4-butanediol and an aromatic polyamine having an active hydrogen group (H). The shoe press belt has excellent wear resistance, cracking resistance and bending fatigue resistance.

Abstract: A belt (shoe press belt) for a paper making machine, which has good ability of squeezing water from moist paper and which, during use, has reduced damage (cracks and wear) on the outer peripheral surface of the belt. The shoe press belt for making paper carries felt for receiving water squeezed from moist paper. A water discharge groove extended on the surface on the felt side is formed as an intermittent groove, and the width and depth of the water discharge groove are continuously varied in the direction of travel (MD direction) of the groove. The shape of the intermittent groove can be asymmetrical or symmetrical at the left and right with respect to the width, or can be formed to have a narrow width at the center of the groove, or can be formed so that the groove is deep at the center. Because the water discharge groove is intermittent, water discharge ability, the quality of paper, and the smoothness of the surface of moist paper are enhanced at the same time.

Abstract: In a seam felt for paper manufacture, seam loops formed at opposite ends of a length of ground fabric to which layers of batt fiber are integrated by needle punching, are formed as groups of loops composed of machine direction yarns. When the opposite ends of the ground fabric are brought together, the groups of loops are intermeshed in an alternating arrangement to form a common bore for receiving a seam thread by which the intermeshed groups of loops are secured together. The loops of each group can be held together by adhesive bonding, or by heat adhesion if the machine direction yarns are core-in-sheath composite fibers wherein the sheath has a lower melting point than that of the core.

Abstract: A belt (10) for shoe press comprising a shoe side layer (20), a substrate (30) formed on the our circumference of the shoe side layer (20), and a wet paper side layer (60) formed on the outer circumference of the substrate (30). The substrate (30) consists of a lattice-like material (40) formed by bonding the intersection of a warp (40A) and a weft (40B), and a thread winding layer (50) formed by winding a thread (50A) spirally. Bonding at the intersection of the warp (40A) and the weft (40B) is separated easily and friction takes place between them, but since the warp (40A) is made to wear earlier than the weft (40B), the weft (40B) does not wear in the early stage as compared with prior art. Consequently, strength and dimensional stability of the belt for shoe press are enhanced.

Abstract: A felt for papermaking which is less prone to be crushed during operation of high speed paper machine, promptly begins stable papermaking after starting the machine, assures durability, and maintains surface smoothness.

Abstract: A wet paper web transfer belt (1) has a wet paper web-side layer (31), including a hydrophilic fibrous body (30), and a machine-side layer (32). A base fabric (33) disposed in the belt comprises a first woven fabric (34), disposed on a wet paper web (W) side, and a second woven fabric (35) disposed on a press roll (10) side, and the first woven fabric (34) and the second woven fabric (35) are stacked together. A portion of the hydrophilic fibrous body (30) is exposed on a surface (37) of the wet paper web-side layer (31). The first woven fabric (34) and the second woven fabric (35) include weft yarns (36) made of a material of low water absorptivity. When the hydrophilic fibrous body (30) is formed in the wet paper web-side layer (31) of the belt (1) by needle punching, an increase in the widthwise dimension of the belt due to the absorption of water by the hydrophilic fibrous body (30) is reduced.

Abstract: A press felt 10 comprises a base body 30 and a batt layer having a wet paper side layer 20. The wet paper web side layer 20 has a base body side batt layer 22, upright fiber bundles 50 are formed in the basebody side batt layer 22. After needle punching a core-in-sheath fiber 41, the upright fiber bundles are formed by melting the sheath member of the core-in-sheath fibers 41 into a pillar form melted by heat treatment. As a result, the base body side batt layer 22 is made dense and blocks water within the press side batt layer 23 from moving to the wet paper web side, thereby preventing rewetting; moreover, the invention successfully enhances resistance to abrasion and compression fatigue of the felt 10 by the upright fiber bundles 50 fusion-bonded into a pillar form.

Abstract: A belt (4) for a shoe press is disposed for rotational movement between a press roll (2) and a shoe (3). The belt (4) includes a shoe-side layer (21), a base layer (22) disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the shoe-side layer (21), and a wet paper web-side layer (25) disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the base layer (22). The base layer (22) has a pair of reinforcing bases (11). The reinforcing layers (11) are disposed circumferentially in a warpwise direction in given regions (E1) corresponding respectively to shoe edges (10) on the opposite sides in a widthwise direction of the shoe (3). The rigidity of belt portions of shoe edge abutment regions (E1) on opposite sides in the widthwise direction of the shoe (3) is partially increased to increase bending stresses and crack resistance of the belt.

Abstract: A seam felt 10c for papermaking comprises wet paper web side batt layer 30c and seam region 12. Fragments of a sheet-shaped nonwoven fabric 40a, which is disposed at a region of the wet paper web side batt layer 30c adjacent to the seam region 12, and which is crushed by means of needle punching, are dispersed within the widthwise range of the batt layer. At least a part of the fibers of the batt layer penetrates holes of the fragments of nonwoven fabric 40a, and the fragments of nonwoven fabric 40a are melted by heat and adhere to fibers of the batt layer.

Abstract: A papermaking felt is provided with a base member, a batt layer formed on the base member, and a protective layer which is formed over a predetermined width in a contacting portion of the papermaking felt where a press roll of a press apparatus comes into contact.

Abstract: A papermaking seamed felt 10 of the present invention comprises a base layer 30 having a seam part, a wet paper web side batt fiber layer 20 formed on the wet paper web side surface of said base layer, and a press side batt fiber layer 21 formed on the press side surface thereof, wherein said wet paper web side batt fiber layer 20 having a core-in-sheath fiber 41 comprising a core member made of high-molecular-weight nylon with an absolute viscosity of 80 mPa·s or more and a sheath member made of nylon with a lower melting point than the core member. A net-shaped fiber layer is formed with melted sheath members of the core-in-sheath fiber 41, which makes the wet paper web side batt fiber layer 20 dense. As a result, the wet paper web side batt fiber layer 20 works as a barrier to block water within the press side layer from moving to the wet paper web side, thereby preventing rewetting.

Abstract: A wet paper web transfer belt comprises a base body 30, a paper side layer 20, and a machine side layer 23. The paper side layer 20 is composed of a paper contacting side batt layer 21 made of hydrophilic fibers 41 and a base bode side batt layer 22 without the hydrophilic fibers 41, at least the paper contacting side batt layer 21 being impregnated with a high molecular weight elastic body 50 and at least a part of the hydrophilic fibers 41 being exposed on the surface of the paper contacting side batt layer 21. The water contained in the wet paper web remains within the paper contacting side batt layer 21 made of the hydrophilic fibers 41 with only a small amount of water moving into the base body side batt layer 22, thereby reducing dimensional changes of the belt.

Abstract: A paper transporting felt includes a base layer, a first batt layer formed on a wet paper side surface of the base layer, a second batt layer formed on a press side surface of the base layer, a polymer elastic material impregnated in the base layer, the first batt layer and the second batt layer, and a wet paper contacting layer which is formed on a wet paper side surface of the first batt layer so as to come into direct contact with a wet paper, and includes a flexible resin material. The compressibility of the wet paper contacting layer is larger than that of a layer formed of the base layer, the first batt layer and the second batt layer.

Abstract: A leader cloth for pulling and installing a belt body onto rolls in a paper machine able to pass between rolls with a small clearance and capable of preventing sag or deflection. At a position near the base portion and a position closer to the apex portion of the leader cloth, stabilizers of a rope or belt-like shape are attached in the width direction to opposite surfaces. Preferably, a sticking fastener is used for the stabilizers The rear face of one piece of the sticking fastener is attached on the surface of the leader cloth by means of stitching to expose sticking face (L-like shaped hooks or loops). The sticking face of the other piece of the sticking fastener is forcefully pressed against the first while applying a tensile force in the width direction to stick the two pieces to each other.

Abstract: A belt for a shoe-press of a paper machine having water drain grooves which are resistant to the occurrence of cracks in side walls of the water drain grooves. The surface condition of the water drain grooves side wall is arranged to be a pear-skin state having minute unevenness. Preferably the surface has an average surface roughness in a range of 10 to 50 micrometers in at least the upper two thirds of the total distance (depth) of the side walls of the water drain grooves between the top of the groove and the bottom thereof. The water drain grooves can be manufactured by rotary cutting blades disposed in a position in contact with a roll around which a belt is wound. The roll and the rotary cutting blades rotate simultaneously and a groove cutting device is shifted in the width direction of the belt so that water drain grooves are formed in the belt.

Abstract: The present invention provides a belt for a papermaking machine having excellent property such as crack resistance, abrasion resistance and hair crack resistance.

Abstract: A paper transporting felt includes a base layer, a first batt layer formed on a wet paper side surface of the base layer, a second batt layer formed on a roll side surface or a shoe side surface of the base layer, and a wet paper contacting layer formed on a wet paper side surface of the first batt layer so as to come into direct contact with a wet paper. The wet paper contacting layer is formed of a flexible resin material.

Abstract: A paper transporting felt includes a base layer, a first batt layer formed on a wet paper side surface of the base layer, a second batt layer formed on a roll side surface or a shoe side surface of the base layer, and a wet paper contacting fibrous layer formed on a wet paper side surface of the first batt layer so as to come into direct contact with a wet paper. The wet paper contacting fibrous layer is made of modified cross-section fibers.