Patent ID: 6358366
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: D21G

Abstract:
A system for threading the moist trail of a pulp web from a first section of a pulp machine to a second section following the first section, along a route of the moist pulp web in the pulp machine, said system comprising:a tail threading belt, which forms a closed loop, and is positioned to run along at least a part of the route of the moist pulp web through at least a part of the second section of the pulp machine; means for transferring the moist tail of the pulp web from the first section of the pulp machine to the tail threading belt, comprising means for attaching the moist tail of the pulp web to the tail threading belt; said means for transferring the moist tail of the pulp web from the first section of the pulp machine to the tail threading belt comprising a transfer device which generates a suction effect to facilitate attachment of the pulp web tail thereto; a support wire running in at least a part of said first section of the pulp machine; and said transfer device being in contact with the moist tail of the pulp web on the surface of said support wire running in said first section, substantially for the duration of tail threading, and also positioned in conjunction with said tail threading belt in order to detach, by the suction effect, the moist tail of the pulp web from the surface of the support wire and to transfer the moist tail into contact with the tail threading belt.