A method for producing a wet-laid nonwoven fabric web includes the following steps: providing a fibrous web of industrially generated inorganic fibers, or fibers from synthetically generated polymers, and thermally drying the fibrous web in an alternating manner by infrared radiation and hot air, in order for the nonwoven fabric web to be generated.

A convective hood for transverse installation in a system for continuous heat treatment of moving strip material comprises blowing nozzles for blowing hot gas against the moving strip in an arrangement transverse to the direction of movement of the strip material; and a first transverse suction zone for the suction of hot gas. The first transverse suction zone comprises a first transverse section and a second transverse section. The first transverse section and the second transverse section are provided at the same side downstream or upstream of the movement of the strip material from the blowing nozzles when the convective hood is installed in a system for continuous heat treatment of moving strip material. The second transverse section is provided along the line for movement of the continuous strip material between the first transverse section and the blowing nozzles. The first transverse section comprises suction openings for suction of hot gas directly from outside the convective hood into the convective hood; the suction openings being in closed gas flow connection to a first manifold for recirculation of at least part of this hot gas to the blowing nozzles for blowing the hot gas onto the continuous strip material. The second transverse section comprises suction openings for suction of hot gas directly from outside the convective hood into the convective hood; the suction openings being in closed gas flow connection to a second manifold for exhausting 100% of this hot gas outside of the convective hood.

Method for producing a sterilized foam web, wherein the method comprising the steps of preparing a wet foam (1), feeding the wet foam (1) to a head box (2, 11), distributing the wet foam by the head box (2, 11), treating the wet foam (1) with electron beam radiation (3a, 3b, 3c) to immobilize and sterilize the wet foam (1), receiving the electron beam treated foam on a moving wire (4) to form a foam web (6, 13), pressing and the foam web (6, 13), and drying the foam web (6, 13).

A method for producing a web of fibrous material includes the steps of: (a) low-water processing of cellulose-containing fibers into individual fibers and/or fiber bundles; (b) forming of the individual fibers and/or the fiber bundles in an air stream into a planar laid fibrous structure using a dry forming method; (c) moistening the individual fibers and/or the fiber bundles by way of a fluid; (d) solidifying the planar laid fibrous structure by applying pressure in a press nip; and (e) heating the individual fibers and/or the fiber bundles upstream from the step of solidifying (d) so as to increase a temperature of the individual fibers and/or the fiber bundles in the step of solidifying (d).