Disclosed is a press fabric and related method to impart a texture to a cellulose product by having macro-voids in a complementary pattern on a sheet-contact side surface of the press fabric.

A structured tissue belt assembly including a supporting layer, a non-woven web contacting layer, and one or more laser welds that attach the bottom surface of the web contacting layer to the top surface of the supporting layer. The structured tissue belt assembly allows for air flow in x, y and z directions. In exemplary embodiments, the structured tissue belt assembly has an embedment distance between the supporting layer and the web contacting layer of 0.05 mm to 0.60 mm and a peel force between the web contacting layer and the supporting layer of at least 650 gf/inch.

A paper machine clothing has a substrate with an upper side, a lower side, two lateral edges and a usable region between the two lateral edges. The usable region is formed with a multiplicity of through-channels that extend through the substrate from the upper side to the lower side. The through-channels are non-cylindrical with a cross sectional area becoming smaller when going in a thickness direction of the substrate from the upper side to a middle region of the substrate between the upper side and the lower side. An upper rim of at least one of the plurality of through-channels directly contacts an upper rim of at least one other neighboring through-channel of the plurality of through-channels. There is also described a method of producing such a paper machine clothing.

A clothing for a machine for producing a fibrous web, more particularly a paper or cardboard web, is substantially formed from a film-shaped material having a first surface facing the fibrous web and a second surface facing away from the fibrous web. The clothing includes a plurality of through openings each extending along a central axis from the first surface to the second surface. The central axes of at least some of the through openings in the covering enclose an angle with the first surface which differs from 90. A machine for producing a fibrous web, more particularly a paper or cardboard web, includes the clothing. A method for producing the clothing includes making the through openings in the film-shaped material by using a laser.

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.

A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.

A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.