Metering Size Press Drying and Web Handling Systems, 2000 Metered Size Press Forum
Today’s papermakers face an ever increasing requirement for the production of sophisticated paper products with a variety of functional surface coatings. The move towards these higher value added products and the recent trend towards "on-machine" coating operations has in turn brought with it a requirement for advanced drying configurations and contactless web handling systems. Typically, this requires the addition of supplemental non-contact drying and non-contact web handling equipment.
Advances in drying and web handling have alos brought forth a myriad of new machine configurations possibilities not thought possible with older generation equipment. These possibilities are still emergining and some new layouts have emerged as a direct result of the new technology.