A Yankee dryer is a pressure vessel used in the production of tissue paper. On the Yankee dryer, the paper goes from approximately 42–45% dryness to just over 89% dryness. In industry, MG cylinders orYankee dryers are primarily used to remove excess moisture from pulp that is about to be converted into paper.
The steam-heated metal cylinder which the paper passes over to be dried. The steam-heated cylinders over which paper in the web is passed to be dried.
A large hollow roll with holes drilled over the entire shell. The wire passes over it and water is removed from the sheet by vacuum applied to the roll. Roll used to separate wet paper web from the "wire".
The roll on the fourdrinier or former which serves as a support for the fabric and to seal off the head box slice. A large diameter roll around which the fourdrinier wire passes at the machine head box just at or ahead of the point where the stock is admitted to the wire by the stock inlet. It is covered with corrosion- resistant metal or fiberglass and is usually driven by the fourdrinier wire.