Abstract: A seam structure for a drying wire, produced by reducing the thickness of the end portion of the drying wire and folding the end portion double and stitching the double wire portion to hold it together; and a method for producing the seam structure. At least part of the stitch (6; 6a, 6b) is sewn in parallel with warp threads (2) in the direction of travel of the drying wire between the warp threads (2) so that it will be positioned below the contact surfaces of the warp threads, the stitch end close to the seam being sewn double over a distance and the stitch end remote from the seam is bonded to the wire side facing away from the web by silicone (7) or some other suitable glue-like material.

Abstract: A dryer screen in a paper machine has two superimposed connected gauze structures. It has a surface gauze layer an a bottom gauze layer, each having respective weft threads (1, 3) and warp threads (2, 4). In the dryer screen, the warp threads (2, 4) are similar in both the surface and bottom gauze layers, and they are similar in cross-section. The warp threads (4) of the bottom gauze layer pass at suitable intervals over the weft threads (1) of the surface gauze layer to bond the bottom and surface gauze layer together. The cross-sectional area and shape of the weft threads of the bottom gauze are selected so that the respective actual lengths of the warp threads (2, 4) of the surface gauze layer are equal to the corresponding threads of the bottom gauze layer.