Product Applications

Spooner equipment is known for excellent handling of any web product.

Here is a list of just some of the products our equipment is used for

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Banknote/Security paper

Spooner’s range of air flotation technologies has, for many decades, been successfully installed on many of the world’s paper machines producing banknote / security papers. This, together with our Air Turn technology, continues to be the benchmark in this highly specialised sector.

Barrier coated paper

Barrier coated paper/board

Spooner has excellent references in this important and growing field. Our air flotation systems are ideally suited to drying this product

Filter Paper

Filter Paper

Spooner has a range of specialised air flotation and Air Turn technologies applicable to processing filter grades, even highly porous ones such as Teabag papers. Whether it be drying, curing or fusing, Spooner has the ideal technology available.

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Graphical Paper

Spooner’s range of air flotation and Air Turn technologies have, for many decades, been installed on the world’s widest and fastest paper and coating machines producing these grades. The combination of high drying performance, stable flotation characteristic and high thermal efficiency ensures our systems are highly regarded and much sought after.

Liquid and general packaging board

Liquid and general packaging board

Across the full range of coated board products, Spooner’s air impingement, air flotation and Air Turn technologies have long been utilised and are ideally suited.

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Non-wovens

Spooner’s range of Through Air Dryers (TAD), conveyorized air impingement and specialised air flotation systems are widely used to dry and cure non-woven products such as wet laid glass fibre, wallcoverings and special purpose materials.

Packaging grades

Packaging grades

Spooner’s world-renowned Air Turn systems are widely utilised after the size press on paper machines producing these grades. The web is typically quite weak and difficult to handle in this section of the machine due to high moisture content and, often, high re-cycled fibre content. The Spooner Air Turn’s consistent and stable flotation characteristic is therefore the ideal solution.

Specialty Paper

Specialty Paper

There are a diverse range a grades falling into this category….glassine paper, baking paper, décor paper to name but a few. Spooner’s vast range of bespoke air flotation, air impingement and Air Turn systems ensures we always have the optimum solution.

Thermally sensitive papers

Thermally sensitive papers

The drying of thermally sensitive coatings must be done very carefully to avoid over-heating and loss of brightness. Spooner has many decades of experience in this field, supplying air flotation dryers to the world’s top producers.

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