Dryer clothes

The dryer clothes or dryer screen or felt has a significant function in the dryer part. Synthetic dryer cloth or fabric is also recognized as conveyor belts.
When paper web exceed press section of a paper machine, it contains more than half of its weight is water. Most of this water of the paper web should be removed in the dryer section of the paper machine to ensure 4%-6% of final water content. The drying section is one of the most energy consuming parts (about 60%) of the paper machine. Consequently the role of dryer clothes or screen is absolutely enormous.

Function of dryer screen:
The dryer cloth presses the paper web against the surface of steam-heated drying cylinders. Therefore the temperature of the paper web increases and water is evaporated into and through a porous dryer screen. Moreover dryer clothes assist to support the paper web to shift from one cylinder to another cylinder. Dryer screen controlled paper web shrinkage.

Selection of dryer screen or felt:
The selection of dryer screen or felt is depending on the various paper machine parameters such as paper grades, Dryers configuration, Dryers temperatures, air balance in the hood etc. Dryer screen design and materials are also very important.
For a particular paper machine; the permeability, design and materials of the dryer clothes should be adapted to make sure optimum drying from a drying section. The air permeability of the dryer screen or felt has a great impact on the rate of evaporation of water. If the permeability is decreased, then it is reduction in drying capacity of the dryer screen. The dryer screen, whose air permeability range between 700-1000cfm is used on paper machine for producing higher gsm Kraft and board varieties. On the other hand 200-400cfm dryer screen widely used in medium and high speed paper machine and below these rage used in lower speed paper machine. High numbers of contact areas with the drying surface ensure uniform drying. Proper chosen of dryer clothing improve paper machine runnability, increased drying rate, improved paper quality and savings energy.
Moreover the dryer clothes or felt should have the following parameters or characteristics:- Aerodynamic Properties, Heat Transfer, Fabric Tension, Sheet Support, caliper, heat resistant, wet-resistant, should be less elongation at heat, durability, silent drive, easy to operation etc.

Classification of dryer screen or clothes:

Dryer screen or clothes can be classified depending on weaving, category and combination mode. According to the category, synthetic polyester dryer fabric can be divided into one layer, one and a half layer, double layer etc. In accordance with weaving, synthetic polyester dryer screen or fabric can be divided into 3-shed, 4-shed etc. And in relation to the combination mode, dryer clothes can be divided into insert, pin, pin ring and spiral ring join.

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9 Responses to Dryer clothes

  1. Noufil Masud says:

    Looking for special type dryer screen with synthetic fiber on dryer screen for a Cigarette paper mill. German/Italian/Japanese/Australian brand

    Machine specification:

    Finished Product–Cigarette Paper
    Raw Material–100% Virgin Pulp
    Machine Speed–200 mpm.
    Production Capacity–17 tpd
    GSM–16-28
    Wire High Pressure shower–1–25kg. low pressure shower–1
    Felt high pressure shower–1
    CFM-150 and 250

  2. Rusty says:

    I have a brand new mill felt for sale. Made by Albany International PM position 16-P 1ST Top, Dynatex, 109.58 x 280.32 inches.

  3. Ali khalid says:

    Please share the details you have those felts dryer screen and wire

    • Viktor Klimenko says:

      I have 23 rolls of new paper mill fabric

      53-70100 Huyfine Fabric 3999 GHP36206 FF 116 9.000 BY 181.000
      193346 Dryspeed 3993 3rd top/bottom 128 ft 0 in x 185 in Xerium fabric
      30162723-20 2-P Pickup Seamtech plus 2 3994 10423 50242533 60.108 ft x 186.614 in Seamtech plus II
      191045 Refinish / driscreen 3999 GHP12157 184 x 185 5760MP-250
      193332 3997
      193921 Proseam Axxial 3998 2 press
      193334 3987
      193918 Proseam 2EX 3986 Pickup 1st press 60 ft 0 in x 190 in
      193906 ProSeam 2EX 3988 1st press 64 ft 0 in x 206 in
      193339 Dry speed 4001 3rd top/bottom 139 ft 0 in x 203 in
      41703 3995 1st press 64 ft x 209 in
      193340 ProSeam 2EX 4002 1st press 64 ft x 206 in
      30093314-10 Forming / dryline Q590 60511 50209932 93.586 ft x 202.992 in 1-F 1BT
      10593404 PrintTech X2 4004 20058B 181 ft x 200 in PrintTech X2
      193338 Dryspeed 4006 2nd top/bot 181 ft x 203 in
      42259 3985 2nd press 54 ft x 206 in
      10474491 PrintTech X2 4003 20059B 1st bot/ 1st top 184 ft x 185 in

  4. Bidyut kumar Roy says:

    Why we maintain lower cfm value in 1st group & higher cfm for latter groups ?

  5. Glenn Vezina says:

    Wish to purchase surplus dryer felt. What are units available?

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