Patent ID: 8789289
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: D21F,F26B

Abstract:
1. A method for manufacturing a fiber web having a three-dimensional surface structure, comprising: pressing the fiber web at a dry content of less than approximately 35% onto an imprinting fabric by a suction element arranged on a surface of the imprinting fabric remote from the fiber web to produce a first pressure field to suck the fiber web into a surface structure of the imprinting fabric to dewater the fiber web in a first direction; guiding the fiber web through at least one other pressure field against a drying cylinder to at least one of dewater and dry the fiber web; and guiding a clothing, the imprinting fabric, and the fiber web located between the clothing and the imprinting fabric over a dewatering arrangement having at least one roll, such that the clothing is in contact with the at least one roll and the dewatering occurs in a direction opposite the first direction.