Patent ID: 6136149
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A press section in a paper machine having a driving side, a tending side and a machine direction, comprising:at least first and second separate press nips,first and second frame parts, said first and second nips being arranged in said first and second frame parts, respectively,each of said first and second frame parts comprisingside frames at the driving side and tending side,cross-direction beams for connecting said side frames at the driving side to aligning ones of said side frames at the tending side, andintermediate pieces arranged between said side frames at the tending side and being openable to enable adjacent ones of said side frames to separate from one another; p1 a first horizontal beam for connecting said side frames of said first frame part to said side frames of said second frame part at the driving side, said first horizontal beam being oriented in the machine direction, anda second horizontal beam for connecting said side frames of said first frame part to said side frames of said second frame part at the tending side, said second beam being oriented in the machine direction and comprising first and second beam parts, said first beam part being arranged above said side frames of said first frame part at the tending side and said second beam part being arranged above said side frames of said second frame part at the tending side,said first and second beam parts being coupled to one another to constitute a machine-direction cantilever beam wherein said first beam part is supportable on said second beam part and thus on said second frame part while said side frames of said first frame part at the tending side are open for replacement of a fabric in said first nip and said second beam part is supportable on said first beam part and thus on said first frame part while said side frames of said second frame part at the tending side are open for replacement of a fabric in said second nip.