Patent ID: 6131306
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: D21F,F26B

Abstract:
A method for drying a fiber web, in which method the fiber web is dried with a drying apparatus comprisingtwo endless air-impermeable bands,first turning rolls, the first band being arranged to turn around the first turning rolls, andsecond turning rolls, the second band being arranged to turn around the second turning rolls, whereby the first band and the second band are arranged to run part of the way parallel with each other in such a way that they form a drying zone between them, the first band being heated and the second band being cooled, andwhereby the fiber web and at least one felt or wire are led between the bands in such a way that the fiber web is in contact with the heated first band and the felt or wire, respectively, is between the fiber web and the cooled second band,wherein the fiber web is spread in its transverse direction before it is led into the drying apparatus.