Patent ID: 8435384

Claim:
A method for drying a fibrous web, the web being one of a paper web, a cardboard web and a tissue web, the moving fibrous web being treated with hot air in an area of a pre-defined drying zone, the method comprising the steps of: covering the fibrous web with at least one permeable fabric before said at least one permeable fabric enters the drying zone; removing an air boundary layer with a doctor blade before said at least one permeable fabric enters the drying zone, the air boundary layer being carried along by said at least one permeable fabric before being removed; and treating in at least some areas the fibrous web first with steam inside the drying zone then subsequently with hot air in a direction of web travel, the fibrous web being treated with steam within a first half of a total length of the drying zone in said direction of web travel, the fibrous web being treated with steam at least at a beginning of the drying zone relative to said direction of web travel, the drying zone being defined by a hot air hood.