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Dryer fabrics
After reading this article you will..
- understand the roles of dryer fabric in the paper drying process
- know the basic structures of dryer fabrics
- know the most important raw materials in fabric manufacture
Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Paper structure
- Fibres and bonds
- Paper surface and thermal, electrical and friction characteristics
- Paper optics
- In-plane tensile properties
- Structural mechanics of paper and board
- Moisture transport
- Rheology
- Dimensional stability
- Printing
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
Based on: Fagerholm, L. Dryer fabrics (Chapter 13). In: Karlsson, M. (ed), Papermaking Part 2, Drying (Book 9), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd edition. Porvoo, 2010, Paper Engineer’s Association/Paperi ja Puu Oy. pp. 542—578. More literature references can also be found in this chapter.
References:
- Nylund, J., Torkpartibekladnad, 1997 DEWA Course, NORDISKAFILT, Halmstad (In Swedish).
- Fagerholm, L., Aerodynamical properties of dryer fabrics for highspeed paper machines, TAPPI 1990 Engineering Conference Proceedings, TAPPI PRESS, Atlanta, p.165.
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