Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Voith Patent Gmbh

Marek Parszewski

Frank Stephen Hada

Michael Alan Hermans

Ronald Frederick Gropp

Robert James Seymour

Charlcie Christie Kay Leitner

A through-air dryer system that diverts the airflow within the through-air dryer during warm up and cool down from the normal airflow during the drying of paper in the papermaking process. During warm up and cool down, a majority of the airflow is supplied to one of the dryer's heads and extracted through the opposite head to reduce thermal stresses. If needed to further reduce thermal stresses, a minority of the airflow is supplied through the dryer's shell.

Method for warming up or cooling down a through-air dryer

The energy efficiency of a throughdrying papermaking process is improved by recycling exhaust air from one or more throughdryers to further heat the web at various places in the process.

Process for making throughdried tissue using exhaust gas recovery

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New London, WI, United States of America

Marek Parszewski