Aikawa Fiber Technologies Trust

Christophe Hayart

Aku Asikainen

The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a screen cylinder, and a screen cylinder that is particularly suitable for screening, filtering, fractionating, or sorting cellulose pulp or fiber suspensions of the pulp and paper making industry, or other similar suspensions. The present invention relates more particularly to screening or filtering devices of the type comprising a plurality of screen wires () positioned at a small spacing parallel to each other, the screen wires () being fastened into notches in the support elements () by means of shrink fitting the screen wires () into the notches by heating the second rim area () of the support ring () after the screen wires () have been inserted into the notches.

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Montreal, Canada

Christophe Hayart