Abstract: A method for producing a topographical pattern on or in a papermachine fabric. The method for creating the pattern on or in an fabric, includes producing a topographical polymer pattern on or in a papermachine fabric using a rotary screen. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A transport belt for a machine for producing a fiber material web, in particular paper or paperboard, has, on a web material side, a web material contact surface and, on a machine side, a machine contact surface, wherein a multiplicity of depressions are provided in the transport belt on the machine side.

Abstract: An industrial fabric having a composite layer, the composite layer having a non-woven mesh layer structure and a yarn layer structure being parallel to the non-woven mesh layer structure. The yarn layer structure has first and second yarns, with the first yarns being connected to the second yarns to form a mesh like structure, and the yarn layer structure being embedded into the non-woven mesh layer structure.

Abstract: A fabric, in particular for a paper making machine, includes a plurality of helically wound coil members arranged side by side with respect to each other in an intermeshing manner, such that connecting channels are formed by adjacent intermeshing coil members, a hinge member being introduced into and extending along each connecting channel for interconnecting adjacent coil members, a stuffer channel being formed within each coil member extending along and between two connecting channels associated to a respective coil member, at least a part of the stuffer channels being filled with stuffer members extending longitudinally within the stuffer channels, a stuffer material being provided at least in regions of the fabric for filling spaces formed within the fabric between the coil members, the hinge members and the stuffer members.

Abstract: A covering for a machine for the production of a fibrous web has, at least in some sections, a two-dimensional structure which is formed by a multiplicity of polymer-based regions which differ from each other at least in part by virtue of a different fraction of filler material and/or by virtue of a different type of filler material.

Abstract: A fabric for an advanced dewatering system having a woven fabric, the woven fabric having a paper side and a roll side, the paper side having a paper side surface and the roll side having a roll side surface and a polymer material. The polymer material is deposited onto the fabric and extends above the paper side surface. The polymer material has at least one of a random pattern, a random motif, a pseudo-random pattern, a pseudo-random motif, a predetermined pattern, and a predetermined motif.

Abstract: Apparatus includes a multi-layer dewatering fabric and a dynamic condensation drying apparatus having a hot surface. The multi-layer dewatering fabric is arranged to sandwich a paper web onto the hot surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a belt for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrying structure and a pattern of wear-resistant material on at least one side of the carrying structure. The invention further relates to a machine for the production of a fibrous web in which the inventive belt is utilized.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a papermachine fabric has a device for removing contaminants from a fabric. The device has a contact surface which comes into contact with at least an outer side of the fabric and which is constructed and arranged in such a way that the contaminants can be transferred from the fabric to the contact surface. The apparatus is particularly useful in the cleaning of dryer fabrics having sticky or tacky contaminants in paper production.

Abstract: A fabric comprising a plurality of coiled yarns arranged in side-by-side intermeshing relationship and having elongated pintles extending through intermeshed portions of the yarn. Elongated stuffer elements extend through central portion of each of the coils in between adjacent pintles. The stuffer elements respond to a given input after insertion to expand and fill the central portions of each of the coils. The input may be temperature, light, sound, chemical and tension. In one form, the stuffer elements formed from auxetic material which is placed in tension, after insertion, to cause the stuffer elements to expand and reduce the permeability of the fabric.

Abstract: A paper machine includes a clothing carried by a plurality of rolls. At least one of the rolls is movable to exert a selected tension load on the clothing. The clothing includes auxetic fibers. By moving one of the rolls to exert a selected tension and/or press load on the clothing, a thickness of the auxetic fibers is modified to become thinner under a lesser load or thicker under a greater load.

Abstract: A transport belt for a machine for producing a fiber material web, in particular paper or paperboard, has, on a web material side, a web material contact surface and, on a machine side, a machine contact surface, wherein a multiplicity of depressions are provided in the transport belt on the machine side.

Abstract: Paper machine clothing having a composite configuration whereby side fabric portions made of a more resistant material are woven to the main body portion of the fabric. Side fabric portions that are not protected from the paper web, and therefore exposed to harsher environmental conditions than the portion of the fabric covered by the paper web, deteriorate faster. By replacing the side portions that are exposed to harsher environment with more resistant material, the paper machine clothing will last longer. This can be accomplished by incorporating into the weave of a first side portion of the main body portion liquid crystalline polymer (LCP) melt-spun fibers.

Abstract: Yarn for an industrial fabric which is subjected to a heat-set temperature during production, the yarn being made from a polymeric material, the polymeric material including a first phase and a second phase. The melting temperature of the second phase is equal to or less than the heat-set temperature and the melting temperature of the first phase is higher than the heat-set temperature.

Abstract: A fabric for use in dynamic condensation drying apparatus comprises a single fabric comprising at least a core layer (22) of relatively large structure and large void size, and a paper support layer (21) of relatively fine structure and pore size, and optionally a cylinder side layer (23) of intermediate structure and pore size. A range of alternatives are shown, including the use of fibrous batts, woven fabrics, perforated membranes, sintered layers, chain-link fabrics, and honeycomb layers, as well as unitary woven or sintered fabrics incorporating the layers in a single structure.

Abstract: A covering for a machine for the production of a fibrous web has, at least in some sections, a two-dimensional structure which is formed by a multiplicity of polymer-based regions which differ from each other at least in part by virtue of a different fraction of filler material and/or by virtue of a different type of filler material.

Abstract: A fabric, in particular for a paper making machine, includes a plurality of helically wound coil members arranged side by side with respect to each other in an intermeshing manner, such that connecting channels are formed by adjacent intermeshing coil members, a hinge member being introduced into and extending along each connecting channel for interconnecting adjacent coil members, a stuffer channel being formed within each coil member extending along and between two connecting channels associated to a respective coil member, at least a part of the stuffer channels being filled with stuffer members extending longitudinally within the stuffer channels, a stuffer material being provided at least in regions of the fabric for filling spaces formed within the fabric between the coil members, the hinge members and the stuffer members.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cleaning and/or conditioning a fabric in a machine for producing and/or processing a material web, in particular a fibrous web such as a paper, board or tissue web, in which suitable meassures are carried out in order to set an intended state for specific properties of the fabric, the suitable measures being determined while taking account of the specific structure of the fabric to be cleaned.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a papermachine fabric has a device for removing contaminants from a fabric. The device has a contact surface which comes into contact with at least an outer side of the fabric and which is constructed and arranged in such a way that the contaminants can be transferred from the fabric to the contact surface. The apparatus is particularly useful in the cleaning of dryer fabrics having sticky or tacky contaminants in paper production.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-woven fabric having linear yarns spaced apart and extending substantially parallel to each other and a matrix structure having polymeric matrix material, wherein the matrix structure interconnects and at least partially embeds the yarns, wherein the matrix structure has filler material mixed with the polymeric matrix material and wherein the filler material has in at least one physical and/or chemical property a different behaviour to the polymeric matrix material.