Papermachine fabric

Abstract

The invention relates to a fabric for a machine for the production and/or further processing of a material web, in particular a fibrous web, which has a thread structure that comprises at least one layer comprising longitudinal threads and at least one layer comprising transverse threads, the transverse threads being arranged crossing the longitudinal threads, and in which the longitudinal threads and the transverse threads are arranged on a two-dimensionally extended carrier structure along their longitudinal extent, at least in sections, and are firmly joined to the said structure.

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       27 . A fabric, comprising: 
 a thread structure, the thread structure having threads which are arranged so as to form at least one layer;    wherein the fabric has a two-dimensionally extended carrier structure, on which the threads are arranged along their longitudinal extent, at least in sections, and are firmly joined to the said structure.    
   
   
       28 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the thread structure has at least one layer comprising longitudinal threads and at least one layer comprising transverse threads, the transverse threads being arranged crossing the longitudinal threads.  
   
   
       29 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein the carrier structure is arranged between the at least one layer of longitudinal threads and the at least one layer of transverse threads.  
   
   
       30 . The fabric of  claim 29 , wherein at least one of the at least one layer of longitudinal threads and the at least one layer of transverse threads are in each case arranged between an upper and a lower carrier structure and joined thereto.  
   
   
       31 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein the at least one layer of longitudinal threads and the at least one layer of transverse threads are arranged to follow each another directly.  
   
   
       32 . The fabric of  claim 31 , wherein the layers of longitudinal and transverse threads arranged to follow each other directly are arranged between an upper and a lower carrier structure.  
   
   
       33 . The fabric of  claim 31 , wherein the at least one layer of longitudinal threads and the at least one layer of transverse threads are joined to one another at the crossing points of the longitudinal threads with the transverse threads.  
   
   
       34 . The fabric of  claim 33 , wherein the longitudinal threads and the transverse threads are at least one of fused to one another, adhesively bonded to one another, and joined to one another by a form fit at the crossing points.  
   
   
       35 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein at least one of the longitudinal threads and the transverse threads are flat, at least in the joining region with the carrier structure.  
   
   
       36 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein at least one of the longitudinal and transverse threads are flat in the region of the crossing points.  
   
   
       37 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein at least one of the longitudinal and the transverse threads are formed as flat threads with a substantially rectangular cross section.  
   
   
       38 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein at least one of the longitudinal and the transverse threads are at least one of fused, adhesively bonded and joined to the carrier structure by a form fit.  
   
   
       39 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the carrier structure is impermeable.  
   
   
       40 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein the carrier structure is permeable.  
   
   
       41 . The fabric of  claim 40 , wherein the permeable carrier structure is formed by openings which are arranged in the region between meshes formed by the longitudinal and transverse threads.  
   
   
       42 . The fabric of  claim 41 , wherein the openings are formed in such a way that the fabric has a permeability that varies over the width.  
   
   
       43 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the carrier structure is even in its two-dimensional extent.  
   
   
       44 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the carrier structure comprises at least one of a film, a fine woven fabric and a nonwoven.  
   
   
       45 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the fabric comprises at least one layer with a liquid storage volume.  
   
   
       46 . The fabric of  claim 45 , wherein a layer with a liquid storage volume comprises at least one of a foamed layer and a fiber batt.  
   
   
       47 . The fabric of  claim 46 , wherein the fiber batt comprises at least one of fibers with a high melting point, fibers with a low melting point, electrically conductive fibers, electrically nonconductive fibers, hydrophilic fibers and hydrophobic fibers.  
   
   
       48 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the fabric is one of a papermachine fabric, a forming fabric, a press felt and a dryer fabric.  
   
   
       49 . The fabric of  claim 28 , wherein at least one of the longitudinal threads and the transverse threads have a width in the range between approximately 0.5 mm and approximately 10 mm and a height in the range between approximately 0.01 mm and approximately 1.5 mm.  
   
   
       50 . The fabric of  claim 27 , wherein the carrier structure has a thickness between approximately 0.01 mm and approximately 1.0 mm.  
   
   
       51 . A method for the production of a fabric for a web-processing machine, comprising the steps of: 
 providing threads which are arranged to form at least one layer;    providing a two-dimensionally extended carrier structure;    arranging the threads on the carrier structure along their longitudinal extent; and    joining the threads to the carrier structure.    
   
   
       52 . The method of  claim 51 , wherein the threads are longitudinal threads arranged as a first layer and transverse threads running transversely thereto and arranged as a second layer; 
 wherein the longitudinal threads and the transverse threads are arranged on the carrier structure along their longitudinal extent; and    wherein the longitudinal threads and the transverse threads are joined to the carrier structure, at least in sections.