METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING A SHEET FROM A DRYER TO A REEL

摘要

A system (10) and method for transferring a continuously advancing paper web from a dryer (12) to a reel section is provided. The system includes a first fabric (20) defining a first moving conveyor. The first fabric (20) may be a permeable fabric, which is positioned downstream from the dryer (12). A seco nd fabric (30), which may also be permeable and defines a second moving conveyo r (30), is also included. The first moving conveyor (20) overlaps the second moving conveyor (30) for a predetermined distance, and the first (20) and second (30) moving conveyors are configured to receive the paper web (18) between the conveyors. A vacuum device (24) is rotatably disposed against th e first moving conveyor (20), and the dryer (12) and the vacuum device are disposed relative to each other to form an open draw. The vacuum device is configured to produce a vacuum to attract the web (18) to the first fabric (20) for transferring the advancing web into the predetermined distance wher e the first (20) and second (30) conveyors overlap.