In Condebelt drying, the paper is dried in a drying chamber by contact with a continuous hot steel band which is heated either by steam or hot gas. The water from the band is evaporated due to the heat from the band. This drying technology has the potential to replace the drying section of paper machine entirely, with drying rate 5 to 15 times higher than the conventional steam drying. However, condebelt drying is not suited for high basis weight papers. Although the technology is in use in Europe and Korea, it has found limited application in the US (Kramer et al., 2009. p.104-105).