Disclosure of Invention
The object of the present invention is therefore to simplify and improve the stabilization of a fibrous web during transfer.
The technical problem is solved by a device for transferring a fibrous web into a target area in a machine for manufacturing and/or refining the fibrous web. A device for transferring a paper, board, tissue or other fibrous web into a target area in a machine for producing and/or refining the web, board, tissue or other fibrous web is proposed, which has a separating device for separating the fibrous web into a transfer bar and a residual web at a first edge of the fibrous web, wherein the transfer bar and the residual web are brought into contact with and partially wrap around a rotating roller by their sides opposite to the top side of the fibrous web in front of the target area and are guided downwards from the machine, and wherein a transfer device is provided for transferring the transfer bar to a subsequent machine element of the target area, and wherein the separating device is designed to be movable transversely to the web travel direction for widening the transfer bar.
According to the invention, it is proposed that between the rotating roller and the following machine element, before or during the widening of the transfer strand, a stabilizing element can be positioned opposite the top side in the region of the remaining web for stabilizing the transfer strand, wherein the stabilizing element at least partially covers the remaining web and the remaining web is guided down between the rotating roller and the stabilizing element.
The rotating roller may preferably be designed as a drying cylinder.
By arranging the stabilizing element opposite the top side of the fiber web, i.e. in the space between the fiber web and the target area, the stabilizing element can be designed to be passive, i.e. without the use of a vacuum. Furthermore, the stabilizing element is designed such that it can be positioned in the paper machine. This provides the possibility that it is positioned in the paper machine only for the transfer process and is again removed from the paper machine for the production run or brought into a parking position inside or outside the paper machine. In this case, no disturbing air flow or no disturbance of the desired air flow occurs via the stabilizing element. This applies in particular to the case where the device is provided for a dryer section.
The fibrous web is separated into a transfer bar and a remaining web by a separating element. At the beginning of the separation process, the transfer bar is narrower than the remaining web and is arranged at the first edge of the fibrous web. In an advantageous practical case, the first edge of the fibrous web corresponds to the operator side of the device. After the transfer of the transfer strip into the target area by means of a transfer device known per se, such as a wiper, the separating device is moved in the direction of the drive side of the device. The remaining web thereby becomes narrower and the web travel thereby becomes less stable. The stabilizing element now prevents, in a simple manner, a movement of the remaining web in the direction of the target area, for example in the direction of a subsequent roller or a subsequent clothing, preferably in the region of the drive-side edge of the remaining web.
Both sides of the paper machine are commonly referred to as the operator side and the drive side. The operator side is here the operating side for the paper machine operator. Transfer bars are formed at the operator-side edges of the fibrous web in order to be able to control and influence the transfer process. The drive and the auxiliary units of the paper machine are arranged on the drive side and are therefore only available to the operator with limited access.
In an advantageous embodiment, the distance between the stabilizing element and the rotating roller and/or the top side of the running residual web is less than 150mm during the stabilization of the transfer bar. This contributes to the stabilizing effect of the particularly narrow residual web and avoids breakage.
In a practical embodiment, the stabilizing element is designed to be rotatable parallel to the axis of the rotating roller. This assists in guiding the remaining web from the paper machine down into the beater.
In a practical case, the direction of rotation of the stabilizing element is opposite to the direction of rotation of the rotating roller.
Preferably, the stabilizing element has a rotary drive. Preferably, the rotational speed is adjustable. This also assists in guiding the remaining web from the paper machine down into the beater.
Furthermore, the stabilizing element may be arranged at the edge of the fibrous web opposite the first edge and is preferably dimensioned such that the maximum coverage of the remaining web transversely to the direction of travel of the web is 20mm to 800mm, in particular 20mm to 500mm, preferably 150mm to 250mm. Preferably, the first edge corresponds to the operator side edge of the fibrous web, so that in this case the edge opposite the first edge corresponds to the drive side edge of the fibrous web. In the edge region of the drive side, the initially wide remaining web is only partially covered by the stabilizing element, which reduces structural effort on the one hand and makes handling of the stabilizing element easier on the other hand. The remaining web is completely covered only when the width of the remaining web reaches the width of the stabilizing element during the widening travel of the transfer bar.
Depending on the parameters of the remaining web, it may be sufficient that the stabilizing element only partially covers the remaining web during stabilization of the transfer bar before the transfer bar widens.
However, if the stabilizing element completely covers the remaining web during the stabilizing of the transfer bar before the transfer bar widens, a full forced guidance of the remaining web results.
An advantageous development provides that the stabilizing element presses the remaining web against the rotating roller with an adjustable force during the stabilization of the transfer bar. This is advantageous in particular when the remaining web is narrow for stabilizing effect and breakage is avoided.
In a possible embodiment, the stabilizing element is supported on the support in such a way that its position can be changed transversely to the web travel direction and/or in the web travel direction, preferably vertically. This is advantageous for covering as full a web width, web position and cutting position as possible of the remaining web.
The positioning of the stabilization element can be effected manually or automatically for this purpose.
In a practical case, the fiber web is guided partially around the rotating rolls, wherein the fiber web is arranged between the drying wire and the rotating rolls. The drying wire presses the fibrous web against the surface of the rotating roll. The drying wire is then guided off the rotating roll, whereby a displacement wire is formed. During the manufacturing run, the fibrous web continues with the drying wire. The fibrous web is separated from the drying wire as the fibrous web is transferred. The running of the fibrous web on the rotating roll continues until the doctor blade breaks away the fibrous web so that it can pass down into the beater. The process of transferring the fibrous web into the target area is then started.
Advantageously, the stabilizing element is positioned immediately before the following doctor blade in the direction of rotation of the rotating roll and preferably after the displacement line.
A stabilizing zone is formed between the displacement line and the stabilizing element, in which stabilizing zone the travel of the remaining web is stabilized.
The position of the stabilizing element may be indicated by a vertical distance from an imaginary horizontal plane extending through the center of the rotating roller. The stabilizing element is arranged below the water level. This applies to the stabilizing elements contacting the remaining web, as well as to the stabilizing elements arranged spaced apart from the remaining web. The distance from the horizontal plane to the upper edge of the stabilizing element is preferably measured.
The rotating roller has a roller radius. The vertical distance may be in the range of less than or equal to 0.9 roller radius, preferably in the range of less than or equal to 0.83 roller radius, especially in the range of less than or equal to 0.6 roller radius. In this way the size of the stabilization zone can be optimized.
Advantageously, the vertical distance may be in the range of greater than or equal to 0.4 roller radius, preferably in the range of greater than or equal to 0.45 roller radius, in particular in the range of greater than or equal to 0.5 roller radius. The size of the stabilization zone can also be optimized in this way.
The stabilizing elements can be designed as rollers, guide rollers. This enables a very simple and low cost solution.
In order to protect the remaining web, the guide roller as a stabilizing element may have an elastic roller sleeve.
The guide rollers used as stabilizing elements may have a diameter of between 30mm and 500mm, preferably between 30mm and 300mm, in particular between 30mm and 200 mm.
Advantageously, the guide roller used as the stabilizing element comprises a material selected from the group consisting of aluminum, V2A steel, V4A steel, cast iron, plastic, titanium, brass, bronze.
In a possible development, the guide roller used as the stabilizing element comprises a coating or roller sleeve made of the group of rubber, polyurethane, teflon, carbon fiber-reinforced plastic.
The roller sleeve can also be designed as a monofilament mesh fabric.
The guide roller serving as a stabilizing element can be multiply supported.
The stabilizing element may alternatively also be designed as a blowing device. Whereby the fluid is blown onto the remaining web in the coverage area for stabilization.
In special cases, a simple design of the stabilizing element may also be sufficient in terms of the properties of the remaining web. Thus, it may be sufficient to use sheets, brushes, paddles, air cushions.
It is also possible to use a blow tube arranged transversely to the direction of travel of the remaining web, which blow tube blows at least one fluid beam, for example an air beam, onto the remaining web and thereby stabilizes the travel of the remaining web.
In a possible further development, a blowing tube is used which is arranged transversely to the direction of travel of the residual web and blows at least one fluid, for example an air beam, onto the residual web and cooperates with a guide surface extending in the direction of travel of the residual web in stabilizing the travel of the residual web.
It is furthermore possible for the stabilizing element to be designed as a belt guided around two or three or more rollers.
The technical problem is also solved by a method of transferring a paper, board, tissue or other fibrous web into a target area in a machine for manufacturing and/or refining the paper, board, tissue or other fibrous web. A separating device is provided for separating the fibrous web into a transfer bar and a residual web at a first edge of the fibrous web, wherein the transfer bar and the residual web are brought into contact with and partially wrap around a rotating roller by their side opposite to the top side of the fibrous web in front of the target area and are guided downwards from the machine by the roller, and wherein the transfer bar is transferred by the transferring device to a subsequent machine element of the target area, and wherein the separating device is designed to be movable transversely to the web travel direction for widening the transfer bar. According to the invention, it is proposed that between the rotating roller and the following machine element, before or during the widening of the transfer strand, a stabilizing element is positioned opposite the top side in the region of the remaining web for the purpose of stabilizing the transfer strand, wherein the stabilizing element at least partially covers the remaining web and the remaining web is guided down between the rotating roller and the stabilizing element.
The stabilizing element is preferably designed as a roller and is arranged at the edge of the fibrous web opposite the first edge.
The stabilizing elements are preferably dimensioned such that the coverage of the remaining web transversely to the web travel direction amounts to 20mm to 800mm, in particular 20mm to 500mm, preferably 150mm to 250mm.
The invention also relates to the use of the aforementioned device for transferring a fibrous web in a machine for manufacturing and/or refining a fibrous web into a target area. According to the invention, the target area is the first or second drying drum of the first dryer group of the dryer section or the pre-dryer section or the post-dryer section.
The invention also relates to the use of the aforementioned device for transferring a fibrous web in a machine for manufacturing and/or refining a fibrous web into a target area. According to the invention, the target area is a size press (LEIMPRESSE).
Detailed Description
According to fig. 1, the fibrous web 9 is transferred during normal operation from the forming wire 10 of the former for forming sheets to a water-absorbing dewatering belt 11 running continuously around over the fibrous web 9 for dewatering the fibrous web 9 in a subsequent press section. The press section as shown here comprises one or generally several press nips through which the fibrous web 9 is led together with at least one dewatering belt 11, 12, respectively.
In fig. 1, the fibrous web 9 travels together with an upper dewatering belt 11 and a lower dewatering belt 12 through the only press nip formed by the two press rolls 13, 14. After this press nip, the upper dewatering belt 11 is guided away from the fibrous web 9 and the fibrous web 9 is transferred from the lower dewatering belt 12 to a gas-permeable, continuously running drying wire 15 of a subsequent dryer group for drying the fibrous web 9. The handover of the fibre web 9 is supported here by the guide roll 20, which guide roll 20 is covered by the drying wire 15 and sucked during the handover.
In the dryer group, the fibrous web 9 is alternately guided by a drying wire 15 onto a heated drying cylinder 16 and a suction guide roller 17, wherein the drying wire 15 presses the fibrous web 9 onto the hot outer circumferential surface of the drying cylinder 16. The drying cylinders 16 are all arranged below the fibre web 9, while the guide rollers 17 are located above the fibre web 9. The fibrous web 9 can thus be easily guided to the machine stack in the event of a break or in the event of a transfer and collected there in the beater 18. For this purpose, the first dryer cylinder 16 is provided with a doctor blade 8, which doctor blade 8 removes the fibrous web 9, its residues or other impurities from the outer circumferential surface. Here, the row of drying cylinders 16 is located above the row of guide rollers 17. In order to ensure that the fibrous web 9 is guided over the drying wire 15 between the drying cylinders 16, suction boxes 19 are provided in each case between two adjacent drying cylinders 16 in the drying wire loop. In normal operation, the suction box 19 sucks the fibrous web 9 onto the drying wire 15 under negative pressure. The suction guide rollers 17, 20 have perforated roller sleeves, the interior of which is connected to a source of negative pressure.
During start-up of the machine or when breaking, the transfer bar 3 is separated from the fibre web 9 by the separating device 2, the transfer bar 3 then having to be transferred into the target zone 1 downstream of the machine. For example, the separating device 2 is arranged in a former, wherein the transfer bar 3 is separated off on the machine operator side 22 at the edge of the fiber web 9. The remaining web 20 of the fibrous web 9 is guided from the forming wire 10 into the machine stack. The separating device 9 is formed here by one or two water-jet nozzles which direct their water-jet streams against the fibrous web 9 supported on the forming wire 10 and separate the discharge-web tips from the fibrous web 9. Basically, the separating device 2 can also be arranged at other positions in the paper machine, wherein the fibrous web 9 can also be cut in the area supported by the wire or in the unsupported area, for example in free-draw. Instead of the nozzle for the outflow of liquid, a laser or mechanical separating device may also be provided, such as a rotating, preferably toothed circular knife, a stationary knife or a needle. However, mechanical separating means are usually only used when the fibrous web 9 travels unsupported.
The transfer bar 3 is guided by dewatering belts 11, 12 through the press section and transferred to the drying wire 15 of the subsequent dryer group. Starting from the drying wire 15, the transfer bar 3 is brought into contact with a rotating roller 4 in the form of a first drying cylinder 16 of the drying unit. After partial coating of the first dryer cylinder 16, the transfer strand 3 is guided downward into the machine stack, in particular into a beater 18 arranged there. The transfer bar 3 then widens gradually until the full width of the fibrous web 9 reaches the rotating rollers 41 and is also led out to the beater 18. The lower side of the fibrous web 9 opposite the top side 9.1 is in direct contact with an internally heated rotating roll 4, which is designed as a dryer cylinder. The drying wire 15 is pressed here against the top side 9.1 of the fibrous web 9. During the fibre web 9 going down into the beater 18, the drying wire 15 is guided off the surface 9.1 at the displacement line 15.1 and to the next guide roll 17. The separating device is then moved back into its starting position. This first transfer step can also be achieved by transferring a fibrous web 9 having the full width without cutting the transfer bar when the wet end design of the paper machine is suitable.
The present invention can be advantageously used in the following transfer step. For transferring the fibrous web 9 into the target area 1, a new transfer bar 3 and a remaining web 20 are formed from the fibrous web 9 wrapping the rotating rolls by the separating device 2. As is known, the transfer bar 3 is transferred from the covered roller 4 to the following machine element 5 by means of a not shown blowing blade in the form of a drying wire 15 of a first dryer group which is guided out of the roller 4. The following machine element 5 may alternatively also be formed by a rotating roller. The widening travel is also achieved after this new transfer bar 3 has been completely transferred into the new target area 1. It is important here, however, that the remaining web 20 reliably passes from the rotating roll 4 down into the machine stack, in particular into the beater 18. In particular, if there is a risk in the widening travel of the transfer bar 3, the remaining web 20 travels uncontrolled together with the following machine element 5, thus resulting in edge defects or breaks. In order to stabilize the travel of the remaining web 20, a stabilizing element 6 facing the top side 9.1 of the fibrous material 9 is thus positioned on the drive side 21 in the space between the rotating roller 4 and the subsequent machine element 5 before or during the widening travel of the conveyor belt 3. The stabilizing element 6 is arranged in the vertical direction between the displacement line 15.1 of the drying wire 15 and the doctor blade 8. The vertical distance 24 of the stabilizing element 6 from the horizontal plane 23 is in this case in the range below the horizontal plane 23 which is less than or equal to 0.9 times the roller radius Rw. The vertical distance 24 may also be in the range of less than or equal to 0.83 roller radius or in the range of less than or equal to 0.6 roller radius. In this way the size of the stabilization zone can be optimized. For certain applications, it is expedient for the vertical distance 24 to be in the range of greater than or equal to 0.4 roller radius, preferably in the range of greater than or equal to 0.45 roller radius, in particular in the range of greater than or equal to 0.5 roller radius. In the example shown in fig. 1 and 2, the stabilizing element 6 is constituted by a guide roller 6 parallel to the axis of the rotating roller 4. In this case, according to fig. 2, the guide roller 6 is positioned in such a way that it only partially covers the residual web 20 before the widening operation and the drive-side edge of the residual web 20 is reliably guided between the rotating roller 4 and the guide roller 6 downward into the beater 18. The positioning of the guide rollers 6 can be done by pivoting or also by translation parallel to the roller axis or perpendicular to the roller axis. In this way the fibrous web 9 is guided through the machine in stages. The transfer device according to the invention can thus also be implemented in different positions of the machine. In the design shown in fig. 1, the guide roller 6 is arranged directly in front of the doctor blade 8 of the rotating roller 4 following in the direction of rotation. Thereby ensuring that the remaining web 20 enters the beater 18 between the guide roll 6 and the doctor blade 8. Furthermore, the guide roller 6 presses the residual web 20 slightly against the rotating roller 4, i.e. the dryer cylinder 16. In a machine operating at high speed, the guide roller 6 can therefore have its own rotary drive. The position of the guide rolls 6 can advantageously be varied transversely to the web travel direction 7, whereby all web widths, coverage and cutting positions of the separating device 2 are controlled. The guide roller 6 has a diameter of between 30 and 300mm and a width of between 20 and 500 mm. Furthermore, the guide roller 6 has an elastic sleeve made of rubber, PU, fabric or the like to protect the outer peripheral surface of the rotating roller 4.
A simplified device view of the rotating roller 4 looking in the production direction during the widening travel of the transfer bar 3 is shown in fig. 2. For clarity, the drying wire 15 is not shown. The transfer bar 3 has been transferred to a subsequent machine element 5. The transfer strip 3 and the remaining web 20 are separated by a cutting line 2.1, which is produced by the separating device 2. The transfer bar 3 that has been transferred leaves the surface of the drying cylinder 16 together with the drying wire 15 at the transfer line 15.1. The stabilizing elements 6, which are designed as guide rolls, are arranged in the drive-side region of the remaining web 20.
Fig. 3a shows a part of fig. 1 together with an alternative stabilization element 6. The difference from fig. 1 and 2 is that instead of guide rollers as stabilizing elements 6, blow pipes are used which are arranged transversely to the web travel direction of the remaining web, blow at least one fluid beam, for example an air beam, onto the remaining web 20 and thereby stabilize the travel of the remaining web 20. The vertical distance 24 of the stabilizing element 6 from the horizontal 23 is in this example in the range of less than or equal to 0.9 times the roller radius Rw. The vertical distance 24 may also be in the range of less than or equal to 0.83 roller radius or in the range of less than or equal to 0.6 roller radius. In this way the size of the stabilization zone can be optimized. For certain applications, it is expedient for the vertical distance 24 to be in the range of greater than or equal to 0.4 roller radius, preferably in the range of greater than or equal to 0.45 roller radius, in particular in the range of greater than or equal to 0.5 roller radius.
Fig. 3b shows that in a possible further development, a blow tube arranged transversely to the web travel direction 7 of the residual web 20 is used, which blows at least one fluid beam, for example an air beam, onto the residual web and cooperates with a guide surface, for example a guide plate, extending in the web travel direction 7 of the residual web 20 in stabilizing the travel of the residual web 20. The stabilizing element 6 thus comprises a blow tube with a guide surface. The fluid beam may also be directed along the guide plate, thereby causing the remaining web 20 to be sucked by the fluid beam and stabilized along the guide plate. The vertical distance 24 of the stabilizing element 6 from the horizontal 23 is in this example in the range of less than or equal to 0.9 times the roller radius Rw. The vertical distance 24 may also be in the range of less than or equal to 0.83 roller radius or in the range of less than or equal to 0.6 roller radius. In this way the size of the stabilization zone can be optimized. For certain applications, it is expedient for the vertical distance 24 to be in the range of greater than or equal to 0.4 roller radius, preferably in the range of greater than or equal to 0.45 roller radius, in particular in the range of greater than or equal to 0.5 roller radius.
Corresponding elements of the embodiments are provided with the same reference numerals in the figures. The functions of these elements correspond to each other in a single figure as long as no other description is made and no conflict arises. And thus will not be described in detail. The invention is not limited to the shown combination of features of the shown embodiments.
List of drawing identifiers
1. Target area
2. Separation device
2.1 Cutting line
3. Transfer strip
4. Rotary roller
5. Subsequent machine element
6. Stabilization element
7. Direction of travel of web
8. Scraper knife
9. Fibrous web
9.1 The top side of the fibrous web
10. Forming wire
11. Dewatering belt
12. Dewatering belt
13. Upper press roll
14. Lower press roll
15. Drying net
15.1 Shift line
16. Drying cylinder
17. Guide roller
18. Beating machine
19. Suction box
20. Surplus web
21. Drive side
22. Operator side
23. Horizontal plane
24. Vertical distance
Roller radius of Rw rotating roller