Patent ID: 6254732
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: D21F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for loading a seal of a suction roll, which includesa mantle,a suction box therein,a holder supported by the suction box and having a U-form with an inner surface, andwherein the seal includes a wear surface, side surfaces and a lower surface and which generally covers the whole operational length of the suction roll, extending by its wear surface onto an inner face of the mantle and wherein the seal has been fitted from its side surfaces into its holder, where the seal is moveable in the direction of the radius of the suction roll, the method characterized byproviding a closed space, bounded by the lower surface of the seal and the inner surface of the holder, under the seal, andpressurizing the enclosed space with a positive/negative pressure,whereby the pressure acts directly onto the lower surface of the seal to move the seal in said holder.