Measuring and testing – Moisture content or absorption characteristic of material
Reexamination Certificate
2001-12-31
2003-12-02
Williams, Hezron (Department: 2856)
Measuring and testing
Moisture content or absorption characteristic of material
C162S198000, C162S192000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06655195
ABSTRACT:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 of German Patent Application No. 101 08 517.6, filed on Feb. 22, 2001, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a process and corresponding measuring arrangements for determining disturbances of the moisture cross profile of a paper, cardboard, tissue, or any other fibrous material web in machines for producing the same, with the fibrous material web being guided by at least one water permeable belt and with the water released from the belt being collected and drained off.
2. Discussion of Background Information
It is generally desired to produce fibrous webs having a moisture cross profile as even as possible, because an even moisture distribution provides a basis for web characteristics being as constant as possible over the surface, such as printability, cockling, gloss, and the like.
However, since the production process is almost always accompanied by irregularities with respect to the moisture cross profile, the fibrous material web is dampened and dewatered in the respective zones. However, a good moisture cross profile correction also requires the knowledge about the current moisture cross profile of the fibrous material web to be as exact as possible.
For this purpose, inductively operating measuring units have been developed, for example. However, they are expensive and not sufficiently accurate, in particular, when the fibrous material web is guided between two belts.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Thus, the invention is to create a way to determine disturbances of the moisture cross profile of a fibrous material web that is as simple as possible and relatively exact.
The invention was attained by a process in which the water is collected by several sections, separated from one another, and the amount of water collected in each section per time unit is measured, with the sections each extending at right angles to the web running direction only over a partial section of the fibrous material web.
With this indirect measurement, conclusions can be drawn from the collected water quantity per time unit about the moisture content in the corresponding partial section of the fibrous material web, and conclusions about the moisture cross profile of the fibrous material web can be drawn from a comparison between the sections.
In order to avoid falsification of the measuring values, the sections should each be allocated to partial sections of the fibrous material web separated from one another. Additionally, in order to achieve a comprehensive impression, the sections should also cover the entire width of the fibrous material web. Here, the sections can be staggered in the web running direction or arranged adjacent to one another.
To achieve the desired moisture cross profile, the measurement results of the amounts of water collected from the sections should be fed to a control or adjustment unit controlling at least one moisture cross profile correction unit. For the design of a control circuit, the moisture cross profile correction unit should be arranged sufficiently prior to the determination of the moisture cross profile.
This process is particularly suitable in cases in which the fibrous material web is guided on each sides by a belt, and both belts are preferably embodied water-permeably: Here, it is advantageous for the water released from the two belts to be collected and measured in sections.
To implement the measuring process according to the invention, there are several possible measuring arrangements that can also be used in a machine for producing a fibrous material web at the same time.
Particularly when the belt together with the outside fibrous material web partially wraps around a roll, such as a press or guiding roll, it is possible to assign to the roll a water collection device in the shape of a trough, channel or the like, running at right angles to the web running direction with several partitions dividing the water collection device into sections arranged next to each other at right angles to the web running direction where the water amount drained from the sections is determined per time unit by a measuring unit.
Apart from wrapping around a roll, however, when the fibrous material web together with a belt is fed through a nip formed by two press rolls, to realize the process it is possible to assign to the press roll coming into contact with the belt a water collection device in the shape of a trough, channel or the like, running at right angles to the web running direction with several partitions dividing the water collection device into sections arranged next to each other at right angles to the web running direction, where the water amount drained from the sections is also determined per time unit by a measuring unit.
If the fibrous material web travels through the press nip together with a water-permeable belt on each side, one sectioned water collection device should preferably be allocated to each of the two press rolls.
Another embodiment of the process results from guiding the belt over a suction device running at right angles to the web running direction. Here, it is characteristic for the suction device embodied as a pipe suction device, a suction box, or the like to be provided with several partitions dividing the suction device into sections arranged next to one another at right angles to the web running direction, with the amount of water drained from the sections per time unit being determined by a measuring unit. If the fibrous material web is guided on each side by a water-permeable belt, a sectioned suction device should be allocated to both belts as well.
Flowmeters are particularly suitable measuring units. To control the moisture cross profile of the fibrous material web, the measuring units should be connected to a control or adjustment unit for at least one moisture cross profile correction unit.
Known types of spraying pipes or spray tubes to dampen, or suction devices to drain, controllable particularly in zones at cross angles to the web running direction, are suitable as moisture cross profile correction units. Zonally controllable conditioning devices of the belts, particularly of the press felt, can be used for moisture cross profile corrections as well.
The measuring process and/or the corresponding measuring devices can be used advantageously in the former of a paper machine for forming sheets and/or in the press section of a machine for dewatering a fibrous material web. Here, the water-permeable belts are usually embodied in the former as former wires and in the press section as press felts.
According to an aspect of the invention, the disturbances of a moisture cross profile of a fibrous material web in a machine for making the fibrous material web, are determined by guiding the fibrous material web by way of at least one water-permeable belt, collecting and draining off water released from the belt, wherein the water is collected by several sections separated from one another and measuring per time unit, the amount of water in each section, wherein the sections extend at right angles to a web running direction over only a partial section of the fibrous material web.
The fibrous material web may comprise one of paper, cardboard, or tissue. Each of the sections is separated from one another and allocated to partial sections of the fibrous material web. The sections may cover an entire width of the fibrous material web. Measurement results of the amounts of water collected by the sections may be fed to one of a control or adjustment unit influencing at least one moisture cross profile correction unit.
According to a further aspect of the invention, the fibrous material web is guided on each side by a belt, wherein both belts are water permeable. Water released from the two belts may be collected and measured by sections.
According to another aspect of the invention, a machine for making a fibrous materia
Bamberger Wolfgang
Begemann Ulrich
Grabscheid Joachim
Kleiser Georg
Mayer Wolfgang
Greenblum & Bernstein P.L.C.
Rogers David
Voith Paper Patent GmbH
Williams Hezron
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