(57) Apparatus for heating the cylindrical wall of a rotary cylinder of a paper making
machine is described, in particular a drying cylinder for sheet paper in a machine
of this type, including drive means for the cylinder operable to make it rotate with
a predetermined speed of rotation, at least one magnetic flux generator device and
means for supporting this device at a predetermined distance from the said cylinder;
the cylindrical side wall of the cylinder is made of a metal material and the said
predetermined distance is chosen in such a way that the magnetic flux generated by
the device intersects at least part of the side wall itself.
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