The drain tee includes an integral drain reservoir with a tubing connection for connecting a drain tube when the drain tee trap is not used.

The dewatering barrel (90) comprises a barrel body (91) and a dewatering basket (92).

A dewatering bag is also provided.

An arrangement for dewatering a pulp suspension.

A crushing and dewatering apparatus and dewatering bag that facilitate the cleaning operation and residuum disposal after crushing and dewatering.

The dewatering section dewaters the slurry.

A dewatering fabric for the press section of a paper machine is described having improved dewatering capabilities.

The assembly has a freeness of 400-550 ml.

For instance, the lower permeability areas can be formed into a drainage roll sleeve contained on a drainage roll which contacts a forming surface.

An isolator is arranged near the drip lip.

At the area of the second dewatering zone (ZBII), the upper wire (21) is supported against the dewatering blades (28), the lower wire (11) being unsupported.

The drying rack includes a base seatable on the drip pan, with at least a portion of the base being configured for disposition above the drip pan upon seating the drying rack on the drip pan.

Initial dewatering occurs in the single wire initial portion (10a) of the dewatering zone to an appropriate extent through the lower wire (10).

A drip tube (18) has a generally horizontal section (20), a generally vertical section (24) and a drip loop (22) connecting the sections.

The inventive method utilizes the novel dropper assembly (10).