Abstract: The invention concerns a method and equipment for the compensation of voltage increase in electrodes of a apparatus used to process dielectric materials. In the apparatus the electrodes are arranged parallel, at a constant distance from each other across the conveying path of the material to be treated. Electric power to the electrodes is supplied by connecting the adjacent electrodes to a opposite pole of a high frequency power source. In order to minimize the voltage increase in the electrodes, a reverse magnetic field is brought to influence with the magnetic field of each electrode, by arranging a return path for the electrode current at a suitable distance from the electrode and connecting these return paths to the return paths of the adjacent electrodes.

Abstract: The invention concerns equipment for drying of a web material (1) or for equalization of its moisture content by means of induction heating. The web is passed between the rolls in two or more pairs of rolls (2,3; 4,5; 6,7). High-frequency energy is passed to one of the rolls (2,4,6) in the pairs of rolls by means of a capacitive energy transfer member. One of the electrodes in this capacitive energy transfer member consists of the mantle of the roll (2,4,6) concerned. As the other electrode, a trough unit (8,9,10) which surrounds a part of the roll mantle is arranged. Alternatively, the trough unit may be substituted for by a rod electrode, which may be placed outside or inside the roll.