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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1988
J.M. Voith GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
An apparatus in the dryer section of a paper or board making machine, wherein the section has a plurality of dryers. There is an initial region of dryers, each of which heats the web somewhat more, but not to the level of the maximum evaporation rate of the moisture contained in the web. It is not until the web is passing the end of said initial region that the web is heated to such a high temperature that it reaches the maximum evaporation rate of moisture in the web. The dryers of the initial region have smaller diameters, which may gradually increase up to the region of maximum evaporation rate, or they may all be of one smaller size. Following the initial region the dryer section has a region of dryers in which each dryer heats the web to the maximum evaporation rate of the moisture contained in the web. The dryer at the beginning of that regions has the largest diameter. The following dryers in that region may have a small diameter, because with less remaining moisture in the web, the web needs to contact each succeeding dryer for a decreasing length of time to still reach the maximum evaporation rate of moisture. The dryers in the region of maximum evaporation rate may gradually decrease in size, or may be grouped in groups of decreasing size.