The press section and the drying area in the pulp and paper industry

Once removed from the canvas, the sheet of paper continues on a felt towards the Presses section.

In this area, heated steel cylinders exert a uniform pressure on the sheet surface, which loses further humidity percentage. For the tape to adhere perfectly to the cylinders, drying felt presses against their surface also to absorb further water.

From this point on, the dehydration of the sheet takes place by heat in the area of the bucket, where the paper passes between heated cylinders with progressively increasing temperatures.