Abstract: The invention relates to a device (12) which is used to press a pressure shoe (10) against a counter surface, comprising at least one at least partially flexible pressure body (16) which is supported on the bearing body (14), said pressure body comprising at least one cavity (18) which can be impinged upon by pressure fluid in order to produce a predetermined pressing force over a corresponding pressure body volume.

Abstract: A press belt (2) comprises both-end corresponding regions B positioned so as to correspond to both ends of a press roll (1) or a press shoe (3) in a width direction and having a small thickness and a center region A positioned between the both-end corresponding regions B and having a thickness larger than that of the both-end corresponding region B.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a loading device for a shoe press having a shoe press roll (1) and a mating roll (2) for forming a press nip, preferably in a dewatering device such as in a papermaking machine, through which press nip at least one paper web is guided for dewatering. The shoe press roll (1) has at least one press shoe (4) and at least one supporting device (5), and the press shoe (4) and the supporting device (5) are connected by a multiplicity of hydraulic devices, in order to load the press shoe (4). The invention is characterized in that the hydraulic device has at least one first guide element (7) for guiding a cylinder sleeve (8) substantially linearly, and the cylinder sleeve (8) engages at least in sections into at least one second guide element (9) which is connected to the press shoe (4) in a substantially stationary manner.

Abstract: A paper machine dewatering system includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and an airflow device. The first fabric carries a fibrous web on a side thereof. The second fabric is in at least partial contact with the fibrous web, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric. The airflow device moves air successively through the first fabric, the fibrous web, and the second fabric.

Abstract: A support body (7) for an apparatus having an extended nip (N) that is defined by a contact surface (13) of the support body and an opposed surface (4), the support body having two side surfaces (69, 70) facing from each other and connecting to the contact surface, and a bottom surface (71) facing from the contact surface, the support body being arranged to be moved towards the opposite surface by means of a loading system in order to load the nip via the contact surface. According to the invention the support body is elastically deformable and has its contact surface adaptable to the opposite surface in interaction therewith. The invention also relates to a holding device for such a support body and an apparatus, e.g. a press, for the treatment of a fibre web, said apparatus having such a support body.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming an extended nip between a mating roll and a shoe roll for treating a product web, the shoe roll having a stationary carrier and a flexible roll shell which can rotate around the carrier and which, in the region of the extended nip, is supported on a hydrodynamically lubricated running surface of a press shoe guided on the carrier, for which purpose a device for applying lubricant to the inner side of the roll shell is provided, where, in an inlet region, the press shoe has a plurality of holes which are arranged transversely with respect to the machine running direction, are connected to a lubricant supply in order to be fed with lubricant and, for this purpose, end at the running surface, and the holes comprise restrictors whose resistance is designed for a pressure drop of 5 to 15 bar.

Abstract: A shoe press apparatus of a paper machine for pressing wet paper through a nip includes a counter roll, and a shoe module disposed adjacent to the counter roll. The shoe module includes a cylindrical blanket, and a press mechanism disposed inside the cylindrical blanket, extending in a width direction of the cylindrical blanket and individually pressing a plurality of pressed portions formed on the cylindrical blanket along a traveling direction of the wet paper, toward an outer-surface of the counter roll so that the wet paper is pressed in the nip between the cylindrical blanket and the counter roll so that a pressure can be applied efficiently in response to a density required for paper solely by the shoe press apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus to produce a fibrous web having a three-dimensional surface structure, especially a paper, cardboard or tissue web, includes a headbox, a forming element, especially a forming roll, a structured fabric and a dewatering fabric, whereby the structured fabric and the dewatering fabric run together and form a stock infeed nip and are carried over the forming element whereby the structured fabric is the inside fabric and the dewatering fabric is the outside fabric and whereby fibrous suspension is fed into the stock infeed nip by way of the headbox.

Abstract: A method for changing the distribution of the loading pressure prevailing in the press nip of a shoe press, which shoe press includes a number of adjacent loading elements (K) acting on the press shoe (70), the first end of the elements being supported on the supporting beam (12) of the shoe press and the other end on the press shoe (70). The loading elements (K) are moved in the machine direction (MD) in the space between the press shoe (70) and the supporting beam (12) by acting on the loading element (K) at least at the end adjacent to the press shoe in such manner that the end adjacent to the press shoe is moved in the machine direction (MD) in relation to the press shoe (70), and that the end of the loading element adjacent to the supporting beam (12) can be caused to freely assume a position in relation to the supporting beam (12), preferably at least during the transfer.

Abstract: A press belt having superior cracking resistance, wear resistance and pressure deflection resistance and an excellent traveling property and a method of manufacturing the same as well as a shoe press employing the same are provided. A press belt in a press comprising a rotatively traveling endless press belt and pressing means, including terminal corresponding areas (B, B?) corresponding to both ends of the pressing means in the cross direction and a central area (A) located between the terminal corresponding areas and mainly composed of thermosetting polyurethane obtained from a thermosetting polyurethane material containing a phenylene isocyanate derivative having an isocyanate group (NCO) on an end and a hardener having an active hydrogen group (H) on an end with the equivalent ratio (H/NCO) between the active hydrogen group and the isocyanate group set relatively high on the terminal corresponding areas and relatively low on the central area and a method of manufacturing the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a fibrous web includes: a circulating permeable structured belt defining a sheet forming zone in which the fibrous web is formed; a circulating unstructured permeable supporting belt; a pressing section through which the fibrous web is led lying between the circulating permeable structured belt and the circulating unstructured permeable supporting belt; a Yankee cylinder having a surface and defining a press nip and a press nip region, wherein the fibrous web is led together with the structured belt through said press nip, the fibrous web in the region of the press nip being transferred from the structured belt to the surface of the Yankee cylinder; at least one doctor which doctors off the surface of the Yankee cylinder continuously; and a coating device which recoats the surface of the Yankee cylinder so that a renewed coating material is always present in the press nip.

Abstract: A loading unit for a shoe press, especially designed to apply a load to the shoe (70) of the shoe press, said unit comprising a first cylinder part and a first piston part disposed in the cylinder part (6, 71), a first piston part (1, 114) arranged in the cylinder part, in which piston part the surface (2) facing towards the inner wall of the cylinder part is so shaped as to permit mutual tilting of the piston part and the cylinder part. The piston part (1) and/or the cylinder part (6) are/is provided with means for arranging a loading element (K) and/or the press shoe (70) to be movable in the longitudinal direction (MD) of the machine and that the piston part (1) and/or cylinder part are/is provided with means (22) for reducing lateral forces between the loading element and the shoe press supporting beam (12) or equivalent.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for producing a fibrous web in an apparatus that includes at least one nip formed between a smooth roll and at least one opposing element, a felt and an embossing belt. The process includes guiding the fibrous web and the felt through the at least one press nip formed between the smooth roll and the at least one opposing element, and passing the fiber web, in an unsupported manner, over a free draw from the smooth roll onto an embossing belt. 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 support body for an apparatus having an extended nip formed between the support body and a counter-pressure member, having a working surface, being elastically deformable, and comprising a plurality of pressure chambers pressurized for controlled expanding in the direction of the working surface in order to load the nip. According to the invention the support body comprises a plurality of reinforcing profiles disposed in at least one chamber of the pressure chambers, the interiors of the profiles being in fluid communication with one another via holes, a wall of the profile facing said working surface including holes for communicating fluid between the interior of the profile and the chamber in which said profile is located, said profiles providing an inner support to walls defining said at least one chamber.

Abstract: This invention relates to a press device with a suction press roll. According to the invention, a linear force increase can be achieved in press devices with suction press rolls of identical or smaller size than conventional suction press rolls by equipping the suction press rolls with a compliance compensator. Said compliance compensator is arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the suction press roll in said suction press roll. Different concepts are possible depending on the roll cover construction and the arrangement of the suction box, whereby the one first embodiment is characterized by the integration of a shoe press roll in the suction press roll. A second embodiment is characterized by the combination of a routing of connection channels between the press nip and the suction box through the roll cover with an integrated compliance compensator in the interior space enclosed by the roll cover.

Abstract: A support body for an apparatus having an extended nip defined between a contact surface of an elastically deformable support body and an opposed surface, the support body comprising a pressure chamber or several pressure chambers arranged to be pressurized for loading the nip via the contact surface. The support body can be provided with a holding device that forms a counter support for the pressure chamber or pressure chambers except at the side facing the contact surface. A method of forming the extended nip in the apparatus entails applying a pressure in at least one pressure chamber of the support body and expanding elastically deformable side portions of the support body. A further method of controlling the load in the extended nip entails designing the support body with several pressure chambers and setting the pressures in the pressure chambers in accordance with a predetermined pattern.

Abstract: System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is utilized for applying pressure to the permeable structured fabric, the web, and the permeable dewatering fabric at the drying apparatus. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in a cylinder machine having a shoe with a concavely-shaped pressure surface that forms a substantially mating relationship with a cylinder mould or sieve. The concavely-shaped pressure surface of the shoe increases the amount of wrap that a making fabric has on a cylinder mould or sieve thereby increasing the amount of friction generated between the making fabric and the cylinder mould or sieve. The increased friction results in an improved torque transfer between the making fabric and the cylinder mould or sieve.

Abstract: This invention relates to an arrangement for sealing off a fluid-filled, stationary pressurized compartment from an endlessly circulating, impermeable belt of a machine for producing and/or refining a paper, paperboard, tissue or other fibrous web with the help of at least one seal of the pressurized compartment, whose contact pressure toward the belt is variable, wherein the belt is pressed by the pressurized compartment against a co-driven support element and the fibrous web runs alone or jointly with one or more function belts between the belt and the support element. The sealing is improved in this case, while producing as little leakage and wear as possible, in that the contact pressure of the seal is controlled as a factor of the drive power and/or the drive torque channeled into the belt and/or as a factor of the leakage of fluid through the gap between the seal and the belt and/or as a factor of the pressure of the fluid in the pressurized compartment.

Abstract: A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt can be tensioned to at least 30 KN/m. A side of the permeable belt has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 25%. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is used to apply pressure to the permeable structured fabric, the web, and the permeable dewatering fabric at the drying apparatus. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Press for a fibre web supported by a clothing, said press having first and second press elements that interact with each other in order to form an extended nip in a press zone for the clothing-supported fibre web, said first press element having: —a support; —a press body, being supported by the support; —an endless, flexible belt, sliding over and forming a closed loop around the press body; and —a support element, being placed inside the loop for supporting the belt, said clothing surrounding together with the belt between a first position and a second position along the loop, wherein at least the first position is located outside the press zone. According to the invention, the support element is located in the first position. The invention also relates to a method in, and a press element for such a press.

Abstract: A belt press for a paper machine, the belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt. The permeable belt has a first side and is guided over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt has a tension of at least approximately 30 KN/m, the first side has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 10%.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming an extended nip between a mating roll and a shoe roll for treating a product web, in particular a paper web, the roll axes of which lie in a loading plane E, having a mating roll which is supported via in each case one roll-end assembly on in each case one bearing in a first bracket, having a shoe roll which has stationary bearing journals which are supported in each case via a bearing in in each case one second bracket, one of the brackets being fastened to a stand, and having releasable devices for connecting the brackets to one another, the releasable connecting elements comprising connecting lugs which are guided displaceably in grooves of one of the brackets between a locked position and at least one unlocked position along connecting axes, each connecting lug having a slot which extends parallel to a connecting axis and through which fastening pins which can be inserted in the locked position into one and the other bracket can be inserted and can be brought into engagement with opp

Abstract: A permeable belt, a belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and the permeable belt, and a method of drying or pressing a web with the permeable belt. The permeable belt can be tensioned to at least 30 KN/m. A side of the permeable belt has an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 25%. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A calender includes at least two roll stacks which each have at least three rolls, and in each of which the web path of a fibrous web meanders between each roll pair of the stack. In order to produce a selectable fibrous web grade, the web is passed between each roll pair of each stack, so that at least one roll pair in at least one stack is in nip contact to form a nip that calenders the web. The web runs between each roll pair of each roll stack and, in order to produce a selectable fibrous web grade, a selectable number of rolls is in nip contact with each other in each stack to form at least one nip that calenders the fibrous web.

Abstract: A shoe press 1 for applying pressure to a fibrous web W has a concave press shoe 2 adapted to be juxtaposed with a backing member 6. A plurality of articulated hydraulic actuators 5 are spaced apart in the cross-machine direction along the press shoe 2 to press the shoe toward a backing member. The actuators have first and second cylinders and a piston. The pistons and the cylinders have spherical surfaces adapted to be able to cooperate with each other.

Abstract: A yoke assembly for connecting and securing to each other rolls forming a nip in an extended nip press, whereby at least one of the rolls of the extended-nip press includes loading means for loading the endless-loop blanket of one roll against the other one of the extended-nip press rolls so as to establish the nip. The rolls are dismountably connected to each other and the yoke assembly includes rotatable connecting members for detachably connecting the rolls to each other by their bearing blocks. The connecting member includes a first clamping surface adapted slidably rotatable on the respective mating surface of a first roll bearing block so that the first clamping surface and the respective mating surface of the first roll bearing block to be connected therewith form a pivotal joint about which the connecting member can be rotatably disengaged from the mating surface of a second roll bearing.

Abstract: A paper machine dewatering system includes a first fabric, a second fabric, and an airflow device. The first fabric carries a fibrous web on a side thereof. The second fabric is in at least partial contact with the fibrous web, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric. The airflow device moves air successively through the first fabric, the fibrous web, and the second fabric.

Abstract: A head-box for depositing slurry upon a moving web including a main metering roll, a companion roll disposed in closely spaced relation to the metering roll and a vibrating gate which forms a nip between the metering roller and the gate. The nip is arranged to retain a supply of the slurry, and the rolls are driven so slurry retained in the nip progresses over an upper outer peripheral surface of the metering roll to be deposited upon the web. Also, preferably included is a doctor blade disposed in operational relationship to the metering roll for directing the slurry downwardly from the outer metering roll surface to a point above the surface of a carrier for a fiberglass layer upon which the slurry layer is deposited. The vibrating gate and doctor blade may be pivotally mounted to either side of the surfaces of the head-box.

Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a fiber material web that includes passing the fiber material web to be dewatered through a press nip together with a carrier band; and subjecting the fiber material web to be dewatered to a pressing pressure of at least 3.3 MPa in the press nip for a time duration of at most 3 ms. 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: Machine for the manufacture of fiber material web with shoe pressing unit and drying or tissue cylinder arranged to form at least one press nip. Water absorbent carrier band and water-impermeable pressing band being guided through the at least one press nip, and fiber material web is adapted to pass through the at least one press nip with the water absorbent carrier band and the water-impermeable pressing band. The at least one press nip has a length in web travel direction of less than or equal to approximately 60 mm. Pressure profile results over press nip length having maximum pressing pressure greater than or equal to approximately 3.3 MPa. 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: The present invention is a method for maximizing water removal from an absorbent web in a press nip. The present invention uses a pressing unit having a blanket with a void volume and with a pressure profile that maximizes water removal in the press section or on the Yankee dryer of a paper machine. The pressure profile of the pressing unit according to the present invention has a very steep pressure drop at and/or following the exit of a pressure distribution curve in order to maximize water removal by minimizing rewet of the web. The improved pressure profile according to the present invention results in increased water removal and/or improved line speed. The void volume further increases water removal and/or improves line speed.

Abstract: A dewatering system in a paper machine includes a dewatering fabric and a press. The dewatering fabric includes a woven permeable fabric and a polymeric layer having openings therethrough, the polymeric layer is connected to the permeable fabric. The press applying pressure to a portion of the dewatering fabric.

Abstract: A belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt having a side in pressing contact over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt having a tension of at least 30 KN/m applied thereto. The side of the permeable belt having an open area of at least approximately 25%, and a contact area of at least approximately 25%.

Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of a structured fiber web including an imprinting fabric, a first pressure field device, a second pressure field device and a drying cylinder. The fiber web is formed and carried on the imprinting fabric with an initial dry content of less than 35%. The first pressure field device applies a first pressure field to the imprinting fabric and the fiber web, thereby pressing the fiber web onto the imprinting fabric, thereby pre-imprinting the fiber web. The second pressure field device applies a second pressure field to the imprinting fabric in the fiber web, thereby again pressing the fiber web onto the imprinting fabric, drying the fiber web and fixing a three-dimensional surface structure in the fiber web. The drying cylinder has the fiber web delivered thereto by the imprinting fabric.

Abstract: Machine and process for the manufacture of a paper web, in particular, a tissue paper or hygienic paper web. At least one pressing gap or nip is formed between a shoe pressing unit and a Yankee drying cylinder, through which a water absorbent carrier band, a water-impermeable pressing band and the web are passed. The pressing gap length is greater than approximately 80 mm, with the maximum pressing pressure of less than or equal to approximately 2 MPa. 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: Dewatering system for dewatering a web. The system comprises a former, a belt press, and a structured fabric comprising a paper web facing side and being guided over a support surface and through the belt press. The structured fabric runs at a speed differential relative to a wire of the former. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A web of tissue is formed in a twin wire former, followed by an air press for water removal in the pressing section, passing onto a Yankee dryer. A headbox injects stock between upper and lower dryer fabrics brought together on a breast roll. The fabrics moves over vacuum boxes, and the web is heated with steam and passed between an upper pressure box and a lower vacuum box forming an air press which dewaters the web. A sheet transfer pickup vacuum box holds the sheet to the upper fabric as the lower fabric diverges from the upper fabric. A pressure roller transfers the web onto a Yankee dryer. The fabrics are cleaned on vertical runs before returning to the breast roll. A final forming fabric is arranged to operated at a lower speed than the penultimate forming fabric so that a rush transfer and creping like action takes place.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a surface quality variable (300) in one or more fiber webs (3) in a shoe calender (1) comprising one or more calender nips. In each calender nip of the shoe calender, the overall loading pressure of the shoe element (8) and the loading pressure difference between the leading edge (8?) and the trailing edge (8?) of the shoe element are controlled so as to achieve minimum difference between the determined values (300?) for the surface quality variables of the fiber web and the set values (300?) for the same quality variables after the shoe calender.

Abstract: Machine for producing a fibrous material web and process for guiding the web through the machine. The machine includes a wire section, a drying section, arranged downstream of the wire section with regard to a web travel direction, having at least one free web draw, a first and second shoe press separated in the web travel direction, and an upper felt and a lower transfer belt arranged to guide the fibrous material web through the second shoe press. The lower transfer belt is structured and arranged to transfer the fibrous material web to the drying section, and the material web is guided in a closed draw from the wire section to a first free web draw, with regard to the web travel direction, in the drying section. At least one high-performance drying device is positioned before the first free web draw.

Abstract: A press device with an extended press nip for pressing of a continuous paper or paperboard web comprises a press shoe, a backing member, a support, and a plurality of loading cylinders with main axes in their longitudinal directions. The press shoe can be moved between different positions. A stop member is arranged downstream of the press shoe for transfer between and fixation at different stop positions in the machine direction. At least some of the loading cylinders or the support comprise members eccentrically arranged with respect to one or some of the main axes, which members can be brought into different eccentric positions with respect to the main axes. The eccentric position and the stop position controls the position of the press shoe during the pressing, and thereby the pressure curve.

Abstract: For profiling a fiber web (W) a shoe roll (10) defines a roll nip (4) with an opposite counter-roll (3). The shoe roll (10) has a static roll frame (5), a shoe element (2) located at the roll nip (4) and an endless belt (6) rotating about the shoe element (2) and the static roll frame (5). A lubricating cycle (71) is provided between the endless belt (6) and the shoe element (2) in the roll nip. The surface of the web (W) is profiled in the nip by loading the loading element (8). Before or after the shoe element (2), the shoe roll (10) has a longitudinally extending profiling strip (1) which can be pressurized to be able to perform thickness profiling of the surface of the fiber web (W). The static roll frame (5) and the shoe element (2) the endless belt (6) rotate about the profiling strip.

Abstract: A shoe roll of a shoe press for use in a papermaking machine, the shoe roll including a blanket, or endless belt, which houses a shoe assembly that, in cooperation with an external backing roll, forms an extended nip proper. The shoe press includes an oil circulation piping system for removing the oil from the interior of the shoe roll and transferring the oil to an oil trap during the running of the machine, whereby the piping system also includes a suction fan connected thereto. The device is implemented by way of connecting an oil siphon to the oil circulation piping system, the oil siphon adapted to move towards and away from the blanket in the interior of the shoe roll so that, when the roll is stopped, the siphon removes the excess oil from the interior of the blanket by a pressure differential generated by of the suction fan.

Abstract: A calender for a sheet of paper comprising a metal roll which is rotated by a first driving unit. The calender further comprises a rotatable cylindrical jacket, a pressurizing shoe, and a plurality of support members. The cylindrical jacket is disposed opposite the metal roll to form a calender nip so that the sheet of paper is continuously passed through the calender nip. The pressurizing shoe is provided within the jacket at the position of the calender nip and presses the interior surface of the jacket radially outward to pressurize the calender nip. The support members are disposed inside the jacket so that they are equally balanced in the peripheral direction of the jacket.

Abstract: Apparatus for forming an extended nip between a mating roll and a shoe roll for treating a product web, the shoe roll having a stationary carrier and a flexible roll shell which can rotate around the carrier and which, in the region of the extended nip, is supported on a hydrodynamically lubricated running surface of a press shoe guided on the carrier, for which purpose a device for applying lubricant to the inner side of the roll shell is provided, where, in an inlet region, the press shoe has a plurality of holes which are arranged transversely with respect to the machine running direction, are connected to a lubricant supply in order to be fed with lubricant and, for this purpose, end at the running surface, and the holes comprise restrictors whose resistance is designed for a pressure drop of 5 to 15 bar.

Abstract: A shoe press belt capable of preventing the occurrence and growth of cracks therein and is used in a paper-making press apparatus containing a press roll, a belt, and a pressure shoe for pressing a material web, wherein the shoe press belt includes a reinforcing layer, a first elastic material layer, and a second elastic material layer. A plurality of grooves are formed at an exterior peripheral surface region of the first elastic material layer. The bottom of the grooves at an axial end region of the belt corresponding to at least one of an end-proximate region in an axial direction of the pressure shoe and an end-proximate region in an axial direction of the press roll extends toward the reinforcing layer relative to the bottom of the grooves at a region other than the end region.

Abstract: A shoe press for a papermaking machine having clamping means mounted onto the head from the end thereof remote from the blanket. In one embodiment, the head itself is provided with a wedge surface in engagement with respective inclined surfaces of wedge segments and the blanket extends between these wedge segments and opposing surfaces provided on the clamping means. Axial displacement of the clamping means relative to the head, e.g. by tightening or releasing of bolts, then causes the blanket to be clamped between the wedge segments and the clamping means or to be released and removable therefrom. In another embodiment, it is the clamping means which is provided with wedge surfaces in engagement with respective inclined surfaces of wedge segments, and the blanket then extends between the wedge segments, and an opposing flat surface on the head. However, in other respects axial displacement of the clamping means brings about clamping or release of the blanket edge in the same manner.

Abstract: Nip press belt of a wet press or a calender with elongated nip, in particular for a paper, cardboard or tissue machine, with a flexible elastomer layer that is impermeable to liquids and with a textile reinforcing layer, wherein the elastomer layer comprises soft rubber with a hardness in the range between 5 and 100 P+J.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a machine and process for producing a tissue web. The machine includes a forming area including at least one rotating continuous dewatering wire with zonally varied wire permeability, and at least one shoe press. The process includes dewatering the tissue web with at least the at least one continuous dewatering wire with zonally varied wire permeability, and pressing the tissue web in the at least one shoe press.