KR100407211B1 - Method for Making Uncreped Throughdried Tissue Products Without an Open Draw - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention describes a method for producing a through-dried uncreped tissue in which a through-dried tissue sheet (15) is fully supported by a fabric (18) to a reel (23). The present method eliminates the open draw between the air dryer (13) and the reel (23), thereby preventing sheet breakage typically associated with such open draws. In addition, it is not necessary to increase the strength required for traversing the open-draw section, which is usually present in the present method, so that the mechanical strength of the sheet can be lowered. By lowering the MD strength during rotation, a more balanced and less stiff sheet can be produced, which improves the tactility of the product.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an air-dried crepe-free tissue product without an open draw,

In the method of making a tissue product such as a luxury tissue, a bathroom tissue and a paper towel, the tissue base sheet is typically prepared by depositing an aqueous suspension of the papermaking fibers on the forming fabric, dewatering the suspension to form a web, , And winding the dried web into rolls for continuous conversion into a special product form. During manufacture, most tissue webs are attached to a steam-heated Yankee dryer and then removed from the Yankee surface by contact with a doctor blade prior to conversion to improve the softness and stretchability of the sheet (I.e., crazing). More recently, a throughdried, uncraped soft tissue sheet has been described in which the sheet is provided with softness and stretchability by other processing methods.

In all such methods, however, the final sheet traverses an " open draw " section before being wound to be a roll, which means that the dried sheet is not instantaneously supported before being wound. In the case of the crepe-processed sheet, the sheet is released from the crepe processing cylinder and conveyed from the crepe processing cylinder to the reel in an unsupported state. In the case of a sheet that has not been air dried and crepe processed, the sheet is removed from the aeration dry fabric or a subsequent transfer fabric and is also conveyed to the reel in an unsupported state. As is known in the tissue making business, these unfolded progress or open draws are the cause of sheet breakage and manufacturing delay. To compensate for this, the tissue sheet is designed to have a high machine direction strength so that it remains intact during manufacture. However, such high strength is often unproductive in terms of softness and undesirable to the end user of the product.

Thus, if an open draw can be eliminated in the manufacture of tissue, the tissue can be more efficiently manufactured in terms of waste and retention, and the machine direction strength of the final product is lowered to the level indicated only by product requirements, not by manufacturing requirements .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [

It has now been found that, in the manufacture of an air-dried un creped tissue sheet, the open draw between the air dryer and the reel can be eliminated by proper mixing of the dry end transfer fabric and / or other transfer device It turned out. By doing so, a tissue sheet with much lower machine directional strength can be produced, thereby providing a means for producing a soft tissue sheet " square " than in terms of machine direction and transverse machine direction tensile strength .

Accordingly, in one aspect, the present invention provides a method of forming a wet web comprising depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on a forming fabric to form a wet web; Transferring the wet web to the aeration dry fabric, venting the web to form a tissue sheet; And transferring the tissue sheet to the reel without traversing the open draw section so as to be wound on the reel in a winding nip formed between the reel and the reel drum, . The exclusion of the open draw can be accomplished by transferring the tissue sheet directly from the aeration dry fabric to the reel drum or by transferring it to the reel drum through intermediate transfer to one or more dry end transfer fabrics. This method is particularly advantageous at high mechanical speeds (about 610 or about 914 m / min (about 2,000 or about 3,000 ft / min) or more), where relatively high MD tensile strength .

Accordingly, in another aspect, the method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) transferring a tissue sheet from a throughdrying fabric to a first dry end transfer fabric using a vacuum roll; (b) conveying the sheet between a first dry end transfer fabric and an upper surface of a second dry end transfer fabric, wherein the second dry end transfer fabric has a relatively high air permeability (about 61 m ³ / (min · m ² ) (About 200 ft < ³ > / (min · ft < ² >)) or more of the lower surface partially surrounds the reel drum; (c) holding the sheet on the upper surface by air pressure formed by an air foil disposed on the lower surface of the second dry end transfer fabric while transferring the sheet to the upper surface of the second dry end transfer fabric; (d) winding the sheet into a reel. More particularly, the second air permeability of the transfer dry end fabric is about 61 to about 152 m ³ / (min · m ²⁾ (about 200 to about 500 ft ³ / (min · ft ^2)), still more particularly from about 91 to About 122 m ³ / (min · m ² ) (about 300 to about 400 ft ³ / (min · ft ² )). The air permeability, which is the airflow through the fabric, while maintaining a 0.5 inch air pressure differential across the fabric, is described in ASTM Test Method D737.

In a further aspect, the method of the present invention comprises the steps of: (a) transferring a tissue sheet from an aeration dry fabric to a first dry end transfer fabric using a vacuum roll; (b) conveying the sheet between a first dry end transfer fabric and an upper surface of a second dry end transfer fabric, wherein the second dry end transfer fabric has an air permeability of about 30.5 m ³ / (min · m ² ) ft ³ / (min · ft ² )) and the lower surface thereof partially surrounding the reel drum; (c) conveying the sheet to the upper surface of the second dry end transfer fabric; (d) winding the sheet into a reel. More specifically, the air permeability of the second dry end transfer fabric is from 0 to about 30.5 m ³ / (min ^-2 ) (0 to about 100 ft ³ / (min · ft ² )), more particularly from about 7.6 to about 30.5 m ³ / (min · m ²⁾ (about 25 to about 100 ft ³ / (min · ft ^2)), still more particularly from about 15.2 to about 30.5 m ³ / (min · m ²⁾ (about 50 to about 100 ft ³ / (Min · ft ² )).

In another aspect, the present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing a fiber optic cable comprising: (a) a headbox for depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on a forming wire; (b) a continuous forming fabric that receives an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers to form a wet web; (c) a continuous transfer fabric disposed adjacent the forming fabric and capable of transferring the wet web from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric; (d) means for transferring the wet web from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric; (e) a rotatable aeration drying cylinder for drying the wet web; (f) a continuous aeration dryer fabric at least partially surrounding the perforated dryer and disposed adjacent the transfer fabric such that the wet web from the transfer fabric can be transferred; (g) means for transferring the wet web from the transfer fabric to the aeration dry fabric; (h) a rotatable reel for winding the dried web; (i) a reel drum adjacent to the reel to assist in winding of the dried web; And (j) means for conveying the dried web from the aeration dry fabric to the reel without an open draw, in order to continuously produce a non-creped, non-creped paper web.

In a further aspect, the means for transferring the web from the aeration dryer fabric to the reel in the paper machine of the present invention comprises: (a) a continuous first dry end transfer fabric disposed adjacent the aeration dryer fabric to which the dried web can be transferred; (b) a continuous loop of a second dry end transfer fabric disposed adjacent the first dry end transfer fabric such that the dried web is sandwiched between the first and second dry end transfer fabrics, 2 The dry end transfer fabric loops around the reel drum and has an air permeability of at least about 200 ft ³ / (min · ft ² ); (c) an airfoil disposed within the loop of the second dry end transfer fabric adjacent the second dry end transfer fabric, forming air pressure to maintain the dried web in contact with the second dry end transfer fabric do.

In a further aspect, the means for transferring the web from the aeration dryer fabric to the reel in the paper machine of the present invention comprises: (a) a continuous first dry end transfer fabric disposed adjacent the aeration dryer fabric to allow the dried web to be conveyed; And (b) a second dry end transfer fabric disposed adjacent the first dry end transfer fabric such that the dried web is sandwiched between the first and second dry end transfer fabrics, wherein the second dry The distal transfer fabric loops around the reel drum and includes loops having an air permeability of about 100 ft ³ / (min · ft ² ) or less.

In another aspect, the means for transferring the web from the aeration dryer fabric to the reel in the paper machine of the present invention includes a reel drum that is disposed in close proximity to the aeration dryer fabric so that the dried web can be transported.

In yet another aspect, the means for transferring the web from the aeration dryer fabric to the reel in the paper machine of the present invention is positioned sufficiently close to the aeration dryer fabric so that the dried web can be transported, And a vacuum drum capable of transporting the web to the reel drum.

These and other aspects of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a schematic flow diagram illustrating a method for manufacturing a vented, unc creped tissue sheet in an exemplary prior art manner using an open draw in front of the reel.

Figure 2 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for producing a vented, dried crepe-free tissue sheet according to the present invention using a highly permeable elongated fabric.

3 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for making a vented, dried un creped tissue sheet according to the present invention using a low permeability elongated fabric.

4 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for manufacturing a vented, dried crepe untreated tissue sheet according to the present invention using a single drum for direct winding of the sheet from the aeration dry fabric.

Figure 5 is a schematic flow diagram of a method for making a ventless dried uncreped tissue sheet according to the present invention using two drums for direct winding of the sheet from the aeration dry fabric.

Figure 6 is a plot showing the geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) / lap to MD tensile strength / fold for various commercial luxury tissue, bathroom tissue and towels as well as several examples made with the method of the present invention.

In describing the various figures of the present application, the same apparatus will be described using the same reference numerals throughout. To avoid the hassle, a detailed description of many of the devices shown in FIG. 1 will not be repeated in the description of the following drawings, but such devices are denoted by the same reference numerals.

First, with reference to Fig. 1, there is shown a schematic flow diagram of a typical aeration drying process for producing an air-dried uncreped tissue. Figure 1 shows a headbox 1 in which an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers is deposited on an internally forming fabric 3 when the internally forming fabric 3 traverses the forming roll 4. The externally formed fabric 5 retains the web as it passes through the forming rolls and acts as a squeeze of a small amount of water. The wet web 6 is then transferred from the internally forming fabric to the wet end transfer fabric 8 with the aid of the vacuum transfer shoe 9. This transfer is preferably performed using a transfer fabric that operates at a slower rate than the forming fabric (rush transfer), imparting extensibility to the final tissue sheet. The wet web is then conveyed to the aeration drying fabric 11 with the aid of a vacuum transfer roll 12. The throughdrying fabric transports the web onto the air dryer 13 and blows hot air into the web to dry it while preserving its bulk. Depending on speed and dryer capacity, there may be more than one series of vented dryers (not shown). The dried tissue sheet 15 is then transferred to the first dry end transfer fabric 16 with the aid of a vacuum transfer roll 17. The tissue sheet immediately after transfer is interposed between the first dry end transfer fabric and the second dry end transfer fabric 18 to reliably control sheet passage. The tissue sheet leaves the transfer fabric and traverses the open draw section, designated at 20, at which point the sheet is not supported. The sheet then passes through a winding nip between reel drum 22 and reel 23 and is wound to be a tissue roll 25 for subsequent switching such as longitudinal slitting, cutting, folding and packaging.

Figure 2 is a schematic flow diagram of the method according to the invention, which eliminates the open draw while moving to the reel. The starting point of the method is the same as shown in Fig. When the tissue sheet leaves the aeration dryer fabric, it is transferred to the first dry end transfer fabric 16 with the aid of a vacuum transfer roll 17. Fabrics suitable for use as the first dry end transfer fabric 16 include but are not limited to a wide variety of fabrics such as Asten 934, Asten 939, Albany 59M, Albany Duotex DD207, Lindsay 543, and the like. The tissue sheet is then compressed between the first dry end transfer fabric and the second dry end transfer fabric 18 wherein the air permeability of the second dry end transfer fabric is greater than the air permeability of the first dry end transfer fabric, The dry end transfer fabric wraps around the reel drum 22. Suitable second dry end transfer fabrics include Asten 960 (air permeability of about 91 to about 122 m ³ / (min · m ² ) (about 300 to about 400 ft ³ / (min · ft ² )), Appleton Mills style Q53F (Air permeability of about 400 ft ³ / (ft ² )), Appleton Mills style Q53KY (air permeability of about 200 ft ³ / (ft ² )), Albany Duotex A81 and Appleton Mills style HC200 ³ / (min · ft ² )), but are not limited thereto. Because of the airflow through the lower fabric caused by the rolls 31, the sheet is conveyed to the second dry end transfer fabric 18. The sheet is retained on the upper surface of the second dry end transfer fabric by the air pressure generated by the presence of the air foil (30) on the underside of the fabric. The tissue sheet is then conveyed to a take-up nip formed between the reel drum and reel 23, and wound to roll 25.

Figure 3 shows another embodiment of the method of the present invention similar to that shown in Figure 2, although the permeability of the second dry end transfer fabric is much lower than the corresponding fabric used for the method of Figure 2. An air foil is not needed because it reduces the permeability of the second dry end transfer fabric because lower permeability of the second fabric tends to naturally attach the fabric to the fabric. At the separating point, the sheet follows a fabric of lower permeability due to the vacuum action. There is no air pumped through the fabric by the various rolls, no foil is required. Suitable low air permeable fabrics for this embodiment include, but are not limited to, Asten 960 dryer fabric (air permeability of about 50 to 100 ft ³ / (min · ft ² )), COFPA Mononap NP 50 dryer felt (air permeability of about 50 ft ³ / · Ft ² ) and Appleton Mills dryer Felt Style H53FH (air permeability of about 75 ft ³ / (min · ft ² )).

Figure 4 is a schematic flow diagram of another method according to the present invention in which the tissue sheet 15 is transported directly from the aeration dryer fabric 11 to the reel drum 22. This is accomplished through vacuum suction from the pressurized air and / or the reel drum. The tissue sheet is then wound on the reel 23 to be a roll 25. The advantage of the method compared to the advantages of Figures 2 and 3 is the removal of the dry end transfer fabric.

Fig. 5 is a schematic flow diagram of an alternative method according to the invention similar to that shown in Fig. 4, in which a vacuum drum 26 is used to convey the tissue sheet 15 from the aeration dryer fabric 11 and to the reel drum 22 and wound on the reel 23 to be the roll 25. The nip between the rolls 22 and 26 can be configured for calendering.

Figure 6 depicts geometric mean tensile strength / lap to MD tensile strength / fold (g-force / sample width of 3 inches) for various commercial luxury tissue, bathroom tissue and towel as well as several examples made with the present invention. ). ≪ / RTI > The numbers " 1 "," 2 ", and " 3 " represent luxury, bathroom and towel products of commercially available one-, two- and three- The letters " A to E " refer to the tissue product prepared in Example 1. Data points A and B represent the ability of the present invention to consistently manufacture and reel up, in particular, low strength tissue webs. While other low strength tissue are present, it is well known that the manufacture of these typically results in reduced machine speed and efficiency. The present invention produces these tissues at high speeds (greater than 914 m ³ / min (3,000 ft / min)) with little or no loss of efficiency due to dry end sheet breakage.

≪ Example 1 >

To further illustrate the invention, several rolls of low strength, air-dried un creped tissue were prepared on commercial tissue machines using substantially the same method as shown in FIG. More specifically, a one-ply bathroom tissue for a three-layer structure was fabricated, in which the outer layer was composed of Aracruz eucalyptus fibers dispersed and unbonded and the core layer was composed of refined softwood craft fibers (NB-50) in the northern region.

Prior to formation, the eucalyptus fibers were pulped at 10% hardness for 15 minutes and dehydrated to 30-40% hardness. The pulp was then fed into a Maule shaft disperser operated at 194 ((90 캜) at a power input of 3.2 hp-day / ton (2.6 kW-day / ton). Following dispersion, a softening agent (Berocell 596) was added to the pulp in an amount of 15 pounds per barcel / dry fiber (0.75 weight percent).

The conifer fibers were pulped at 7% hardness for 30 minutes while diluting the dispersed and unjoined eucalyptus fibers to 3.5% hardness and diluted to 3.5% hardness after pulping. The total weight of the stratified sheet was separated to 30% / 40% / 30% in the dispersed eucalyptus / refined softwood / dispersed eucalyptus layer. While the outer layer provided surface smoothness and volume, the core layer refined to the level necessary to achieve the target strength value. Parez 631NC was added to the core layer at 11 pounds (5.0 kg) / pulp tone based on the core layer.

A three-layered headbox was used to form a wet web with refined softwood kraft stems in the northern region in the center layer of the headbox for making a single center layer for the described three-layered product. A layer distributor stretched to about 6 inches (150 mm) past the turbulent forming insert and slice recessed about 3 inches (75 mm) from the slice was used. The pure slice openings were about 1.22 inches (31 mm) in which the water flow rate in the center layer was about twice the water flow rate in each outer layer. The hardness of the stem supplied to the head box was about 0.1 wt%.

The resulting three-layered sheet was formed on a twin-wire in suction form roll, in which the twin-wire (5 and 3 in Figure 1) with the forming fabric was Asten 866 and Asten 856 fabric respectively. The forming fabric speed was 15.2 m / sec. The newly formed web was then dewatered to a hardness of about 20 to 27% using vacuum suction from below the forming fabric prior to transfer to the transfer fabric, which was transferred at 11.7 m / sec (30% rush transfer). The transfer fabric was Albany Duotex R-12. The web was transferred to the transfer fabric using a vacuum shoe that attracted mercury vacuum pressure of about 6 to 15 inches (150 to 380 mm).

The web was then transferred to an aeration dry fabric (Lindsay wire T-216-3). The aeration dry fabric was delivered at a rate of about 11.7 m / s (about 2,200 ft / min). The web was conveyed on a Honeycomb air dryer operating at a temperature of about 350 ° F (175 ° C) and dried to a final drying of about 98% hardness.

The web was then taken as a reel with no opportunity for an open draw in accordance with the high permeability fabric schematic shown in Fig. The first dry end transfer fabric was Asten 960 while the second dry end transfer fabric was Albany Duotex A81. The second dry end transfer fabric had a water permeability of 410 ft ³ / (min · ft ² ) with an air permeability of 0.5 inches. The foil was needed at the separation point of the first and second dry end transfer fabrics under the second dry end transfer fabric. The foil formed a low pressure area under a second dry end transfer fabric, allowing the sheet to follow the fabric.

Several low-strength webs that were not air dried and creped were made under these conditions. All were about 30 g / m 2 by reference weight. The intensity parameters were as shown in Table 1.

MD tensile strength MD elongation CD tensile force CD elongation GMT 1-A 333 15 185 8.9 248 1-B 388 16 199 9.8 277 1-C 535 18 289 12.6 389 1-D 560 18.5 249 9.9 373 1-E 805 20 466 10.9 612

This data is represented as points A to E in FIG. It describes the ability of the present invention to commercially manufacture and take up a low strength tissue web.

It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments provided for the purpose of description are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims and all equivalents thereto.

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Depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on forming fabric (3) to form a wet web (6); Transferring the wet web (6) to a throughdrying fabric (11); Air drying the web (6) to form a tissue sheet (15); And (A) transferring the tissue sheet 15 from the aeration dry fabric 11 to the first dry end transfer fabric 16 using a vacuum transfer roll 17; (b) between a first dry end transfer fabric (16) and an upper surface of a second dry end transfer fabric (18) partially encircling the reel drum (22); (c) conveyed to the top surface of the second dry end transfer fabric 18 and held thereon by air pressure formed by an air foil 30 disposed thereon on the lower surface of the second dry end transfer fabric 18. [ ; (d) is wound on the reel 23 so that the tissue sheet 15 is wound on the reel (not shown) within the wound nip formed between the reel 23 and reel drum 22 without traversing the open draw section 20 23) and transporting them to the reel 23 And drying the uncured uncured tissue. The method of claim 1, wherein the second dry end transfer fabric has an air permeability of at least about 61 m ³ / (min-m ² ) (200 ft ³ / (min-ft ² )). The method of claim 1 wherein the air permeability of the second dry end transfer fabric 61 to 152 m ³ / (min · m ²⁾ The method of (200 to 500 ft ³ / (min · ft ^2)). The method of claim 1 wherein the air permeability of the second dry end transfer fabric 91 to 122 m ³ / (min · m ²⁾ (300 to 400 ft ³ / (min · ft ²⁾⁾ method. Depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on forming fabric (3) to form a wet web (6); Transferring the wet web (6) to the aeration dry fabric (11); Air drying the web (6) to form a tissue sheet (15); And (A) transferring the tissue sheet 15 from the aeration dry fabric 11 to the first dry end transfer fabric 16 using a vacuum transfer roll 17; (b) between a first dry end transfer fabric (16) and an upper surface of a second dry end transfer fabric (18) partially encircling the reel drum (22); (c) onto the upper surface of the second dry end transfer fabric (18); (d) on the reel 23, the tissue sheet 15 is wound on the reel 23 in the winding nip formed between the reel 23 and reel drum 22 without traversing the open draw section 20, To be wound and transferred to the reel 23 ≪ / RTI > wherein the non-creped, non-creped tissue is a non-creped tissue. 6. The method of claim 5, the second is not greater than the air permeability of the transfer fabric dry end 30.5 m ³ / (min ^{· m 2) (100 ft 3} / ( min · ft ^2)). The method of claim 5, wherein the second dry end transfer fabric air permeability is 7.6 to 30.5 m ³ / (min · m ²⁾ (25 to 100 ft ³ / (min · ft ²⁾⁾ method. The method of claim 5, wherein the second dry end transfer fabric air permeability is 15.2 to 30.5 m ³ of / (min · m ²⁾ (50 to 100 ft ³ / (min · ft ²⁾⁾ method. Depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on forming fabric (3) to form a wet web (6); Transferring the wet web (6) to the aeration dry fabric (11); Air drying the web (6) to form a tissue sheet (15); And The tissue sheet 15 is transported directly from the aeration dryer fabric 11 to the reel drum 22 and wound up on the reel 23 so that the tissue sheet 15 is wound around the reel 23 without traversing the open draw section 20. [ To the reel 23 so as to be wound on the reel 23 in the winding nip formed between the reel drum 22 and the reel drum 22, ≪ / RTI > wherein the non-creped, non-creped tissue is a non-creped tissue. Depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on forming fabric (3) to form a wet web (6); Transferring the wet web (6) to the aeration dry fabric (11); Air drying the web (6) to form a tissue sheet (15); And The tissue sheet 15 is transported directly from the aeration dryer fabric 11 to the vacuum drum 26 and then immediately transferred to the reel drum 22 and wound on the reel 23 to open the tissue sheet 15 In the winding nip formed between the reel 23 and the reel drum 22 without traversing the draw section 20 and winding the reel 23 onto the reel 23, ≪ / RTI > wherein the non-creped, non-creped tissue is a non-creped tissue. The method of any one of claims 1, 5, 9, and 10, wherein the speed of the tissue sheet is at least 2,000 ft / min. The method of any one of claims 1, 5, 9, and 10, wherein the speed of the tissue sheet is greater than or equal to 914 m / min (3,000 ft / min). (a) a headbox (1) for depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on a forming wire; (b) a continuous forming fabric (3) for receiving an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers to form a wet web (6); (c) a continuous transfer fabric (8) disposed adjacent the forming fabric (3) and capable of transferring the wet web (6) from the forming fabric (3) to the transfer fabric (8); (d) means for transferring the wet web 6 from the forming fabric 3 to the transfer fabric 8; (e) a rotatable through-air drying cylinder for drying the wet web 6; (f) a continuous aeration dryer fabric (11) which at least partly surrounds the perimeter of the aeration dryer (13) and is arranged adjacent to the conveying fabric (8) and from which the wet web (6) ; (g) means for conveying the wet web 6 from the transfer fabric 8 to the aeration dryer fabric 11; (h) a rotatable reel (23) for winding the dried web; (i) a reel drum (22) adjacent the reel (23) for facilitating winding of the dried web; And (j) (1) a continuous first dry end transfer fabric 16 disposed adjacent to the through-air dryer fabric 11 so that the dried web can be transported; (2) is disposed adjacent to the first dry end transfer fabric (16) so that the dried web is sandwiched between the first dry end transfer fabric (16) and the second dry end transfer web (18) And a continuous loop of a second dry end transfer fabric 18 looping around a continuous loop of air 61 having an air permeability equal to or greater than 61 m ³ / (min · m ² ) (200 ft ³ / (min · ft ² ) ; And (3) a second dry end transfer fabric 18 adjacent to the second dry end transfer fabric 18 forming air pressure to maintain the dried web in contact with the second dry end transfer fabric 18. [ Means for conveying the dried web from the aeration dryer fabric 11 to the reel 23 without an open draw section 20, Wherein the paper web is continuously fed to the paper web. (a) a headbox (1) for depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers on a forming wire; (b) a continuous forming fabric (3) for receiving an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers to form a wet web (6); (c) a continuous transfer fabric (8) disposed adjacent the forming fabric (3) and capable of transferring the wet web (6) from the forming fabric (3) to the transfer fabric (8); (d) means for transferring the wet web 6 from the forming fabric 3 to the transfer fabric 8; (e) a rotatable through-air drying cylinder for drying the wet web 6; (f) a continuous aeration dryer fabric (11) which at least partly surrounds the perimeter of the aeration dryer (13) and is arranged adjacent to the conveying fabric (8) and from which the wet web (6) ; (g) means for conveying the wet web 6 from the transfer fabric 8 to the aeration dryer fabric 11; (h) a rotatable reel (23) for winding the dried web; (i) a reel drum (22) adjacent the reel (23) for facilitating winding of the dried web; And (j) (1) a continuous first dry end transfer fabric 16 disposed adjacent to the through-air dryer fabric 11 so that the dried web can be transported; And (2) a second dry end transfer fabric 16 disposed adjacent the reel drum 22 such that the dried web is interposed between the first dry end transfer fabric 16 and the second dry end transfer web 18, A continuous loop of a second dry end transfer fabric (18) that loops around a continuous loop comprising a continuous loop having an air permeability of 30.5 m ³ / (min · m ² ) (100 ft ³ / (min · ft ² ) Means for conveying the dried web from the aeration dry fabric 11 to the reel 23 without an open draw section 20, Wherein the paper web is continuously fed to the paper web. 15. The method of claim 13 or 14, wherein the means for transferring the web from the through-air dryer fabric to the reel include a reel drum (22) that is disposed in close proximity to the through- Paper mill. 15. The method of claim 13 or 14, wherein the means for transferring the web from the aeration dryer fabric to the reel is disposed sufficiently close to the aeration dryer fabric so that the dried web can be transferred, And a vacuum drum (26) capable of transferring the dried web to the reel drum (22).

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