CA1215852A - Procedure and apparatus for testing a material manufactured in web form - Google Patents

Procedure and apparatus for testing a material manufactured in web form

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CA1215852A
CA1215852A CA000436826A CA436826A CA1215852A CA 1215852 A CA1215852 A CA 1215852A CA 000436826 A CA000436826 A CA 000436826A CA 436826 A CA436826 A CA 436826A CA 1215852 A CA1215852 A CA 1215852A
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Olavi Lehtikoski
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    • G07CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07CTIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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Abstract

Abstract of Disclosure The properties of materials manufactured in web form are tested in connection both of their manufacturing and of their use in order to ensure the material's quality. The drawback of present procedures and apparatus is the slow availability of test results and the requirements of the apparatus necessitating a particular laboratory room and a trained staff, from which circumstances expenses arise.

In the procedure of the invention, a sample is taken from the material for testing and the sample is inserted in the output means (1) of the testing apparatus placed in the immediate vicinity of the process, the apparatus is air-conditioned with the aid of an air-conditioning means (6) in order to maintain desired humidity and temperature, whereafter the sample is transported with the aid of a transporting means (12) under control by a controller (4) into the basic unit (5) and to the testing devices testing different properties of the material that have bean mounted therein, and the test results are immediately given out, the different tests being made from one and the same sample in succession and the test results being made available within a short time after sampling.

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Procedure an apparatus for testing a material m~nufacturad in web form The present invention concern a procedure and an ~ppqratuY for testing a material that it manufactured in web form, in connection with a process, in said procedure a sample brine taken from the material for testing.

The properties of Motorola manufact d in web Norm are tested in connection both of their manufacturing and of their use in order to ensure the quality of the material. Materials of this type which are manufactured in web form are e.g. viscose, cellulose, paper, cardboard, fabric, and equivalent materials of which the character-i3tiC9 should be constant and uniform in quality.

when procedure end apparatus known in the art are being applied, these sty are performed by trained examiner in a separate, us-ally air-conditioned laboratory, to which the samples are conveyed.
The samples are tasted with a separate testing device made for each characteristic. Of the replicate measurements of the particular characteristic, obtained with each device, the means and standard deviation are calculated and the results are used in controlling the quality.

In connection with manufacturing it particular, the test result should be made available for us as soon a over possible, but -when in procedures and devices known in the art it may take a long time before the text roulettes are available. Present procedures and device have furthermore the drawback thaw they require an air-con-ditioned laboratory room and special personnel to make the test and to treat the results. Moreover the characteristic of the ample may ah Noah while the sample is brine transported and manipu-latticed for the various testing devices. furthermore, existing text-in device are separate and an individual sample has to be pro-pared for each testing device. Moreover, e~istins apparatus it .

inoonveniellt to manipulate.

The object of the invention it to provide a procedure and a means for testing material that it manufactured in Deb form and an ape-Wright for applying the procedure, drawbacks of the procedures and apparatus of prior art being eliminated with their aid. It it a particular object of the invention to provide a procedure and Papa-fetus by the aid of which the Rosetta of testing can by made avail-able within a short period, whereby these results become usable in process control immediately without time delay. It it a further object of the invention to provide a procedure and apparatus by which the material texts are performed on one sample and the manic-elation time of tune sample prior to its being conveyed to be tested being short. Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to pro-vise an apparatus for applying the procedure by the aid of which the characteristics desired can be tested from one sample and by utilizing which the number of characteristics to be tested can be modified and varied depending on the purpose.

The aim of the invention is attained by a procedure and an appear-tusk mainly characterized by that thigh ha been elated it the claim section.

In the procedure of the invention, a sample it taken from the material for tasting and the sample it inserted in the input unit of the testis apparatus disposed it the immediate vicinity of the process. The apparatus it air-conditioned with the aid of an air-conditioning mean in order to maintain desired moisture content and temperature of thy sample. Subsequent to air conditioning the sample it with the aid of a transporting means transported, under control by a control means, into the basic unit and to the testing devices disposed therein which text various properties of the material, and the properties of the malarial arc tested by the testing devices. The results ox testing sure immediately given out, whereby they become available shortly after the sample was taken.
Moreover, the different tests are made from owe end the same sample in succession in the basic unit of the testing apparatus located :

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immediately adjacent to the process, whereby the ampule monopoly-lion time before testing will be minimized and all results of test-in are obtained within a short period of time. The apparatus it placed in the vicinity of the manufacturing process or operational prows to be tested 9 and no particular examination room is no-squired or the tests. The process operating personnel is enabled to make use of the results of testing obtained by the aid of the pro-seedier, without requiring any spscific9 prolonged training. All testing events are fully automated, whereby the apparatus it easy to operate, an likewise the print-out from the apparatus take pleas automatically and thy results are easy to read.

Depending on the kind of the material manufactured in web form, the samples may have either roll or sheet form no thy input dsvic2 has been provided with members enabling a roll-shaped or sheet-shaped sample to be introduced in the basic unit. The sample area it intsgrat~d with the aid of an sensor device as the sample is being fed prom the input station into the basic unit. It it ensured in this connection that thy breadth of the sample is sufficient for obtaining correct test results, and at the same time are noted any tear or hole that may occur in the sample and which affect the text results.

The apparatus of the invention comprise 8 basic unit constituted by a housing, an air-conditioning means and testing devices accommo-dated within the basic unit, an opsnabla input device in which the sample can be placed and which connect to the basic unit, triune-porting moans disposed in the basic unit and disposed to transport the sample from one testing device to the other a controller for controlling the operation of thy apparatus and for processing thy results, and an output or printing means for displaying the results of the test. The functions of the controller are provided by a computer, which controls the operation of the air-co~ditioniD4 means, the transporting mean and the testing Davis and processes the results from the tine devices, and transmits the results to an output unit, which is a display terminal, a printer and/or plotter, or another output (printout) means known in itself in the art.

The appar~kus include, placed immediately adjacent to the input aperture between the input device and the basic unit, a sensor device for integrating the ampule area And or monitoring the sample feed-in operation. The ~en90r Davis consists of a meaty which in a manner known in itself in the art either optically, electrically or in other way known in the art ob~ervas thy sample without touching it.

The transporting means transports the sample through the basic unit, through the testing devices. The transporting means consist to advantage of an endless belt disposed to extend from the immedi-ate vicinity of the input mean to adjacency of the basic units opposite wide and provided with gripping members. For gripping mom-biers may be used structure known in themselves in the art, e.g.
3piks-like, hook-like, suction cup-like or equivalent gripping mom-biers. with the aid of the transporting means, thy sample is without cutting it off carried through the basic unit and the testing devices provided in thy basic unit test the sample or different properties as the sample is being conducted through these devices.

The basic unit it preferably arranged to be openable for cleaning.
It is then easy without effort from the enclosed basic unit to remove any sample pieces left in the basic unit in connection with tests. However, the main part ox the sample Deb runs through the apparatus and departs from the apparatus after the texts, whereby only minimal quantities of the sample material remain in the basic unit.

In the basic unit it accommodated at least one, preferably a plus reality of testing devics3 testing various prop9rtie9- Each t~9tinB
device constitutes an independent unit and it intended to test a given characteristic of the material. These testing device units era detachably mountable in the basso unit and, a required, a-changeable for another unit. It it thus possible to increase or reduce the number of testing device unit in accordance with change ~2~S2 in condition, and they may, it desired, be Canada against other units, whereby the apparatus it easily modlfiabl0 to meet different purposes and requirements. Such testing dHvice3 include tensile measuring, tear measuring, burst measuring, optic eel measuring, smoothness erring, porosity measuring, specific gravity measuring, moisture content measuring and caliber Myron units. These unit have been duped to operate automatically under control by the controller and to last for desired propriety.

With the aid of these mooring devices one ivy enabled to monitor various characteristics ox 3 malarial that it being manufactured in the form of a web and to gain a fellable idea of the quality of the material.

The invention it next described more closely with reference to the attached drawing, errand-Fig. 1 present an apparatus for applying a procedure according tote invention, in perspective, Fix. 2 pronto a byway unit of the apparatus, partly sectioned in elevation Al view, Foe shows the section A-A of jig. 2, and Fix. 4 shows the section B-B of Fig. 2.

The apparatus depicted in Fig. I comprises. a basic unit 5, an input means 1, an air conditioning means 6 indicated with dotted lines, a controller 4 and an output means 2,8,9. the input means 1 has been placed beside the basic unit 5, and the input mean has been pro-voided with an openable over 21. The apparatus includes a control panel 3, with the aid of which the desired testis prewarm selected. Moreover on the panel era elected the set-point values 10 of humidity, temperature and paper transport aped. The panel also carries the diagnostic pilot lights and manual switches if or the different testing devices. The computer serving a controller 4 ha been disposed immediately adjacent to the basic unit and con-trots in accordance with the stuns the air-conditioning of the apparatus the sample transport, the operation of the testing devices, and it prowesses to test result and transfers them to the output means, in this instance Q display terminal 2, a printer 8 and a plotter I In the application of Fig. 1 there ha further-more been provided a basket 7 into which the sample fall from the basic unit after the tests have been completed. In thy design 001u-lion of Fits 2 an I, photo-curtains I have been provided on both sides of the input aperture between thy input means and the basic unit, the sample area being integrated and the sample input opera-lion monitored with these curtains. As shown in Fib I, testing devises 22, indicted with dotted lines, have been mounted in thy basic unit. The basic unit it enclosed and comprise a cover 18 and bottom 19, and the testing device haze been attached to thy cover and/or to the bottom of the basic unit.

A shown in Fig. 4, the cover and bottom of the basic unit are hinged toothier, whereby the cover can be turned into the open position one it dotted line in Fix. 4 for cleaning. In the basic unit has, as shown in Fig 2 and 3, bean incorporated a transporting means 129 in this particular embodiment consisting of two endless belt. The belts have teen placed on both side of the basic unit extending from the immediate vicinity of the input means to the vicinity of the basic unit' 9 opposite wide, arid they can be jet in motion with the aid of power means 23, and the position of the sample at any inn moment in the basic unit it hollowed by monitoring the spoused with the aid of a pick-up 14 or of photodetector. the belt 12 have been provided with gripping members for carrying the sample through the basic unit.

When testing a material that it manufactured in Deb form, a sample it taken for Titan and the sample it placed in thy input means 1, opening the cover 21 of this means The sample may be either a eagle sheet 16 or a sample roll 17. The end of the ampule it in-erupted in the input aperture and the cover of the apparatus it closed. The air-conditionl~g Mooney conditions the air in the Papa-Wright it order to maintain humidity and temperature as jet, where-after with the aid of the controller 4 the transporting means 12 it placed in operation, hereby the gripping member of the transport-in Mooney engage with the sample and carry the sample along through the basic unit. The sample Jill thereby past through the Titan devices incorporated in the basic unit and the controller Jill stop the transporting Myra for thy duration of the teat. The control-for immediately prowesses thy royalty, and the output Mooney display the royalty of tests after a short time ha pow singe thy ~mpling.

the testing devices 21 are independent testing units measuring a riven characteristic of the material. An desired umber of such testing units may be mounted it the basic unit sod the are easily exchangeable for another testing unit.

Claims (4)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Apparatus for testing a paper sample, comprising:
a housing defining a testing space;
air conditioning means for regulating the temperature and humidity of said testing space, a testing device detachably mounted within said testing space, said testing device being selected from the group consisting of a tensile measurer, a tear meas-urer, a burst strength measurer, a device for measuring opacity, a smoothness measurer, a porosity measurer, a device for measuring specific gravity, a device for meas-uring moisture content and a caliber measurer, said test-ing device being exchangeable with another testing device taken from said group;
said housing having an input opening to permit the passage of a sample located outside said housing into said testing space;
transporting means disposed within said testing space for transporting a sample from said input opening through said testing device;
a controller for controlling the operation of said air conditioner, said testing device and said trans-porting means for controlling the temperature, and humid-ity in said testing space, the transporting speed and the operation of said testing device;

and output means mounted on said housing outside of said testing space for producing output data.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising one or more additional of said testing devices detachably mounted within said testing space, and wherein said transporting means transports said sample sequentially from testing device to testing device.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said trans-porting means comprises an endless transport belt and a plurality of gripping members fixed to said transport belt.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises a hingedly mounted cover for pivotal movement between closed and open positions, said cover overlying said input opening when in said closed position and providing access to said input opening in said open position.
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