Metso Paper Inc.

Reijo Koivuranta

Timo Pirinen

Risto Haiko

Erkki Hietamäki

Markku Salo

Sampo Vörgren

Pekka Petrilä

Kauno Kujala

Mikko Kauppinen

Esa Rajala

A dewatering arrangement in the press section of a web-forming machine having a press suction roll () and a press fabric () arranged to run via the press suction roll (). The dewatering arrangement has a saveall (), which is installed in conjunction with the press suction roll (), and drainage facilities () for removing the collected water from the saveall (). The saveall () has a concave guide surface () which in the cross direction is located on a partial distance of the circumference of the press suction roll () and at a distance from the surface of the press suction roll () in order to accomplish a vacuum effect and to hence remove water from the press suction roll ().

Dewatering arrangement on the press section of a web-forming machine

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Vesanka, Finland

Reijo Koivuranta