Abstract: The invention relates to a slide bearing for a stationary or rotary shaft roll (1, 1′) in a paper/board or finishing machine, and a method for manufacturing a slide bearing for such a roll, said bearing comprising a number of bearing elements provided with hydraulically loadableloading shoes (2, 2′), which are mounted either on a stationary shaft (3) of the stationary shaft roll (1) for supporting a roll shell (4) rotatably and for loading the same hydraulically, or around a rotating shaft (5) of the rotary shaft roll (1′) for supporting the shaft (5) rotatably relative to a bearing block (6) or the like.

Abstract: The invention concerns a blade coater and a method for coating a web backed by a rotatable backing roll. The blade coater unit includes a support structure, a feeder mounted to the support structure and capable of feeding the coating mix onto the web when brought close to the web in running conditions, and a smoothing device arranged to the immediate vicinity of the web for the application of the fed coating mix. The blade coater unit is essentially placed below the backing roll, the smoothing device is a flexible blade having a tip inclination angle .alpha. less than 20.degree., and the feeder has a narrow exit opening arranged to the stem of the flexible blade without any essential steps in order to facilitate a fast, laminar flow of the coating mix. The approach in accordance with the invention achieves a coat of high quality.

Abstract: This publication describes a short-dwell coater for coating a web with coating mix against a rotating backing roll. The coater comprises a support structure, a feeder means adapted to the front lip for feeding the coating mix into an application zone formed between the backing roll and the support structure, and an actual doctor blade, adapted into the support structure to press against the web, with which blade the excess coating mix passing over form the application zone can be removed. According to the invention, a separate predoctoring blade is adapted at a short distance before the actual doctor blade in the machine direction of the web for smoothing out disturbances in the coating mix flow before the mix proceeds up to the actual doctor blade.