Patent ID: 6699362
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A method for the manufacture of paper, in which paper stock is fed from a headbox to a wire section in which water is drained from a paper web, in which method the paper web is passed from the wire section to a press section to press water out of the paper web, and in which method, after the press section, the paper web is dried in a dryer section, precalendered and precoated in a precoater, after which the paper web is dried in a drying section and coated in at least one coating station, after which the paper web is dried in at least one drying section, calendered in a calender, and reeled in a reel-up, wherein:the stock is fed into the headbox from a short circulation the stock volume of which has been minimized; in the wire section, water is drained from the paper web in a former; in the press section, water is pressed out of the paper web in at least one extended nip press; in the dryer section, at least part of the drying of the paper web is carried out by means of impingement drying; the paper web is precalendered in a calender employing low nip loads; both surfaces of the paper web are precoated at the same time; after precoating, the paper web is dried by contact-free drying; the paper web is coated in at least one on-line coating station, after which the paper web is at least partly dried in at least one drying section by contact-free drying of the paper web; and the paper web is calendered in an on-line calender while the linear load in each nip is regulated separately.