A clipper closure assembly for securing ends of an endless loop of fabric. The clipper closure assembly uses a clipper closure and a wire mesh guard or reinforcement, which fit over the end of the fabric. The closure and guard are pressed together and the barbs at the ends of the clipper closure legs bite into the wire mesh guard and the fabric. Two ends fitted with the clipper closure and mesh guard are brought together and a lock bar inserted into the loops that extends from the respective closures. A protective coating may be applied over the clipper closure and mesh guard.

A shoe press belt (10) for a shoe press has an inner surface (11), an outer surface (12), an elastomer body and a support structure (20, 21, 22, 23) for the elastomer body. A plurality of parallel dewatering grooves (50, 50a, 50b) are on the outer surface (12) of the shoe press belt (10), with a ridges (53) provided between two adjacent dewatering grooves (50a, 50b). The dewatering grooves (50, 50a, 50b) have a first wall (60), a second wall (70), and a bottom (80) therebetween. At least the first wall (60) of the dewatering groove (50, 50a, 50b) has a plurality of parallel auxiliary grooves (100, 100a, 100b). A paper, board or pulp drying machine has said shoe press belt (10). A method for installing the shoe press belt (10) is provided.

A shoe press belt (10) for a shoe press has an inner surface (11), an outer surface (12), an elastomer body and a support structure (20, 21, 22, 23) for the elastomer body. A plurality of parallel dewatering grooves (50, 50a, 50b) are on the outer surface (12) of the shoe press belt (10), with a ridges (53) provided between two adjacent dewatering grooves (50a, 50b). The dewatering grooves (50, 50a, 50b) have a first wall (60), a second wall (70), and a bottom (80) therebetween. At least the first wall (60) of the dewatering groove (50, 50a, 50b) has a plurality of parallel auxiliary grooves (100, 100a, 100b). A paper, board or pulp drying machine has said shoe press belt (10). A method for installing the shoe press belt (10) is provided.

A fabric clothing, in particular a press felt, for use in a machine for producing a fibrous web, contains a woven fabric strip having interwoven longitudinal threads and cross threads, as well as having a first and a second longitudinal end. The two longitudinal ends of the woven fabric strip are connected to one another in a connection zone. Provision is made that the two longitudinal ends are welded to one another by a transmission welding, in particular by a laser transmission welding.

Methods and systems for form an omnidirectional drainage plane integral to a surface of a fiber cement panel. A felt belt used in a Hatscheck process for forming the fiber cement panel includes a belt adaptation that imprints a panel adaptation on the felt surface of the fiber cement panel. The belt adaptation may span the entire felt belt, or may be configured only on a portion, or portions, thereof.

A fabric clothing, in particular a press felt, for use in a machine for producing a fibrous web, contains a woven fabric strip having interwoven longitudinal threads and cross threads, as well as having a first and a second longitudinal end. The two longitudinal ends of the woven fabric strip are connected to one another in a connection zone. Provision is made that the two longitudinal ends are welded to one another by a transmission welding, in particular by a laser transmission welding.

A pressing device having an endless conveyor which includes conveying elements connected to each other to form and endlessly revolving track. Adjacent conveying elements are pivotally connected together via pins forming pivot axes. A press roller is provided in a pressing zone to apply pressure to the material to be pressed, which is conveyed on the endless conveyor. Adjacent conveying elements of the endless conveyor have intermeshing fingers, and the pin connecting the conveying elements penetrates these fingers, such that in the pressing zone the conveying elements assume a pivot position with respect to each other in which the outer side of the endless conveyor forms a closed, plate-like surface without protrusions of recesses. The pressing zone follows a break open zone in the circumferential direction of the endless conveyor, and in the break open zone the endless conveyor is deflected such that the outer side thereof is concavely bent.

The invention relates to a chain link for a support chain for supporting a compression belt in a separating device for separating materials of different flowability, the chain link having a support surface and an inner surface opposite said support surface and is characterized in that a protruding support element is arranged on at least one end face of the chain link so as to form an undercut. The invention further relates to a support chain for a support apparatus for supporting a compression belt in a separating device for separating materials of different flowability, the support chain being an articulated chain which has individual chain links connected to each other in an articulated manner, the chain links being threaded onto chain pins extending transverse to the conveying direction F with the chain links according to the invention. The invention also relates to a support apparatus having the support chain according to the invention.

A pair of filter cloths is wound around a first roll a plurality of times by being wound around the first roll, then being wound around a second roll to return to a space between the first roll and the pair of filter cloths wound around the first roll, and being wound around the first roll again. The pair of filter cloths wound around the first roll the plurality of times applies a pressing force to the first roll.

An apparatus and associated method for mechanically cleaning a liquid polluted with solids, which is flowing in a channel. The apparatus includes a filter belt and a frame having a lower part and an upper part. The lower part and the upper part are adapted to adjust the deflection of the filter belt, the filter belt being guided over the lower part and the upper part and being movable along a circulatory path formed on the frame. The filter belt includes a chain and a plurality of filter elements disposed on the chain. The apparatus includes a gauge having at least one measuring unit for measuring a tension or a slack of the chain.