Method for Manufacturing an Industrial Clothing, and Industrial Clothing

Abstract

An industrial clothing, in particular a clothing for a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web, such as a paper, cardboard, or tissue web, or a non-woven product, is manufactured by: i) forming a planar structure from yarn in the form of a woven fabric, a cross-laid structure, a knitted fabric, a warp-knitted fabric; or from interconnected helical elements; ii) applying polymer material in the form of at least one group of beads to at least one surface of the planar structure, the application of the polymer commencing at starting points and terminating at terminal points remote from the starting points; iii) repeating step ii), wherein terminating points of the group of beads are spaced apart from starting points of at least one further group of beads, which generates regions with a void between the groups on the surface of the planar structure.

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         18 . A method for manufacturing an industrial clothing, the method comprising the following method steps:
 i) manufacturing a planar structure from yarn in the form of a woven fabric, a cross-laid structure, a knitted fabric, a warp-knitted fabric, or from interconnected helical elements;   ii) applying at least one polymer material in the form of at least one group of beads to at least one surface of the planar structure, thereby commencing at starting points and terminating at terminal points that are remote from the starting points;   iii) repeating step ii) and generating on the surface of the planar structure regions with a void between the groups of beads by spacing apart terminating points of the at least one group of beads from the starting points of at least one further group of beads.   
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 18 , wherein a length of individual beads is at least twice a maximum width thereof. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 18 , which comprises applying the polymer with at least one application nozzle. 
     
     
         21 . The method according to  claim 20 , which comprises applying the polymer with a multiplicity of application nozzles. 
     
     
         22 . The method according to  claim 21 , which comprises actuating the application nozzles individually or in sets, and applying the polymer of the individual application nozzles or of the sets of application nozzles with individual activation or deactivation, wherein the sets comprise between 2 and 50 application nozzles. 
     
     
         23 . The method according to  claim 18 , which comprises manufacturing a clothing for a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web selected from the group consisting of paper, cardboard, tissue web, and a non-woven product. 
     
     
         24 . An industrial clothing, manufactured by the method according to  claim 18 . 
     
     
         25 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 24 , wherein the beads and/or the regions with a void are disposed to form a pattern or a virtual pattern. 
     
     
         26 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 24 , which comprises applying the beads along tracks, with individual tracks running uniformly and in a machine cross direction in relation to the in each case mutually adjacent tracks have a spacing, which spacing remains substantially constant along a profile of the tracks. 
     
     
         27 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 26 , wherein the tracks run along a straight, undulated, or zigzag course. 
     
     
         28 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 26 , wherein a length of the tracks corresponds to a full length of a circumference of the industrial clothing or a multiple thereof. 
     
     
         29 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 25 , wherein the pattern is constructed from at least one digital image motif which is formed by the combination of beads and of regions with a void, wherein the beads correspond to line-shaped color points and the regions with a void correspond to white spots, and wherein the digital image motif has an extent in the machine running direction and the machine cross direction, and the pattern is created by selectively repeating the at least one digital image motif. 
     
     
         30 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 29 , wherein the pattern is created by way of tessellation of the entire surface or parts of the surface of the industrial clothing using the digital image motif. 
     
     
         31 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 29 , wherein an extent of the digital image motif in the machine cross direction prior to a repeat of the motif is at least two beads and/or regions with a void or tracks, respectively. 
     
     
         32 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 29 , wherein an extent of the digital image motif in the machine cross direction prior to a repeat of the motif is at maximum 10% of a width of the industrial clothing. 
     
     
         33 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 21 , which comprises at least two types of beads that differ in at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of material, cross-sectional shape, and cross-sectional size. 
     
     
         34 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 21 , wherein the polymer is selected from the group consisting of silicone, polyurethane, epoxy resin, and ester. 
     
     
         35 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 21 , wherein the beads are configured to be flush with a surface of the industrial clothing. 
     
     
         36 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 21 , wherein the beads protrude above a surface of the industrial clothing in a direction z. 
     
     
         37 . The industrial clothing according to  claim 36 , wherein a ratio between a height in the direction z and a width of the beads lies between 0.5:1 and 2:1.