Method for setting the shoe position in an extended-nip press and extended-nip press

摘要

A method for setting a position of a shoe in an extended-nip press having a press roll and a backing roll, said press roll including a rotating endless-loop blanket of a flexible, liquid-impervious material, a rigid stationary roll support beam extending through an interior of endless blanket, a shoe element with a concave top face mounted above the roll support beam, and a loading element for loading the shoe element by pressing the top face thereof against the endless-loop blanket to make the blanket form a press nip zone in cooperation with the backing roll. The shoe element connects to the loading element by a detachable saddle element mountable between the shoe element and the loading element and by setting the position of the shoe element relative to the loading element through changing a mutual disposition of the saddle element and the shoe element.