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PrimePress
PULP & PAPER

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• Vacuum suction on drive side to
make the felt and roll change easy
• No drive applied to the suction
pressure roll
• Hydraulic or pneumatic loading
PrimePress Single
General features
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3.
PrimePress Single
Drive concept – felt tension
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Position Felt Run
Felt
Tension
[kN/m] (empty bars are fictive tensions)
Motor
Forming Roll
PrimePress Single
Drive concept – felt tension diagram
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Motor
Yankee
Motor
Felt Roll

5.
• High quality shell of cast or welded
stainless steel
• Double spirally drilled hole pattern
• No inside support bearing due to DS
suction
• Conical fit of shell and deckle to ensure
frictional connection and centering
PrimePress Single
Suction pressure roll – design features
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TS FS
Yankee
felt
sheet/felt
DRILL PATTERN
A A

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Precise removal of water from the suction roll - advantages for
• good post press dryness
• uniform moisture profile
• better felt uniformity resulting in higher coating uniformity and stability
PrimePress Single
Water tray double doctor
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water doctor
pneum. loaded
cleaning lance
Suction pressure
roll
Yankee
wiper

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PrimePress Single
Roll change
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