SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREADING A MOIST WEB IN A PULP DRYER OR THE LIKE FROM ONE SECTION TO THE FOLLOWING SECTION

摘要

A system and method effectively threading the moist tail of a web through a pulp dryer. A tail threading belt in a closed loop passes the tail of the we b through the dryer, and the most tail of the web is transferred from a support wire i n the press section of a pulp machine to the tail threading belt. Transfer may be effect ed using a suction roll with a suction sector and a blower sector, or by using a suctio n chamber having a perforated escort belt which cooperates with it to engage the tail section on the wire and fully support it during transfer to the threading belt. The threading belt may be folded over to contain the tail web inside it while it passes through the dryer.