Abstract: A method and apparatus in a drying section of a paper making machine wherein a so-called single-wire draw is applied and wherein blow boxes (20) are used, which are intended to prevent phenomena that disturb the mutual support contact between the web (W) and the drying wire (12). The blow boxes (20) extend across the entire width of the web (W), and they communicate with members (17, 18, 21, 22) that supply blow air, and they are provided with at least two nozzle slots (13, 14) transverse to the running and longitudinal direction of the web (W) as well as with a carrier face (16) between said nozzle slots. Negative pressure is produced in the space (A-) defined by the carrier face (16) and the drying wire (12) by means of the ejection and prevention effects of the air jets (F.sub.1, F.sub.2) blown through the nozzle slots (13,14). In order to speed the threading of the web (W), in the blow boxes (20) the blow sections (24.sub.k+1. . . 24.sub.

Abstract: Apparatus for drying a moving web includes a first infrared dryer unit having a first infrared treatment gap, a gas-support unit situated substantially immediately after the first infrared dryer unit and having a gas-support unit gap into which web-supporting gas blowings are directed, and a second infrared dryer unit situated after the gas-support unit and having a second infrared treatment gap. The gas-support gap has a width which is less than the width of the first infrared gap and the width of the second infrared treatment gap is less than the width of the first infrared treatment gap and greater than the width of the gas-support gap.