METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFORMING A WEB

• Main Authors: LEROY JOSEPH KOCHER, TIMOTHY IAN MULLANE, KIRK WALLACE LAKE, JOHN BRIAN STRUBE, JOHN JOSEPH CURRO, JILL MARLENE ORR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 01.11.2013
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNERANALOGOUS TO PAPER; MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD ORMATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUSTO PAPER

Methods and apparatuses for deforming a web are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method involves feeding a web (10) into a nip that is formed between at least tow intermeshing rolls (162, 170). The rolls are configured to deforming web with at least two sets of deformations that are oriented in different directions relative to the surfaces of the web. Se describen métodos y aparatos para deformar una trama. En una modalidad, el método implica alimentar una trama (10) en un punto de agarre que se forma entre al menos dos rodillos engranados (162, 170). Los rodillos están configurados para deformar una trama con al menos dos conjuntos de deformaciones, que están orientadas en direcciones diferentes en relación con las superficies de la trama.