EP0341913B1 - Endless wire for pulp thickener - Google Patents

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EP0341913B1
EP0341913B1 EP19890304535 EP89304535A EP0341913B1 EP 0341913 B1 EP0341913 B1 EP 0341913B1 EP 19890304535 EP19890304535 EP 19890304535 EP 89304535 A EP89304535 A EP 89304535A EP 0341913 B1 EP0341913 B1 EP 0341913B1
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F1/00—Wet end of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F1/66—Pulp catching, de-watering, or recovering; Re-use of pulp-water
    • D21F1/80—Pulp catching, de-watering, or recovering; Re-use of pulp-water using endless screening belts
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21C—PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C9/00—After-treatment of cellulose pulp, e.g. of wood pulp, or cotton linters ; Treatment of dilute or dewatered pulp or process improvement taking place after obtaining the raw cellulosic material and not provided for elsewhere
    • D21C9/18—De-watering; Elimination of cooking or pulp-treating liquors from the pulp

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  • the invention is related to the apparatus for thickening pulp and paper stock shown in our US-A-4,722,793 (inventors Seifert et al).
  • This apparatus employs an open mesh endless wire trained over a pair of rolls.
  • the Seifert et al US-A discloses that, in order to guide an endless wire so that it will travel in a path perpendicular to the axes of the two rolls, the wire may be provided along one or both edges of its inner surface with a strip or belt which fits in a peripheral groove in each of the rolls.
  • considerable difficulty was encountered in securing this guiding strip to the wire in a manner which would prevent its separation from the wire under the stresses of use, particularly at the relatively high speeds contemplated for the apparatus, namely speeds as high as 914 meters per minute.
  • the forces acting on the wire, to which the guide belts are attached, are not only the centrifugal force due to the weight of the stock carried on the inside wire surface, but also is due to the quantity of water which forms part of the stock which is applied at high velocity by the headbox. A major portion of this water must pass through the wire during its first turn about the roll, and the greatest stresses against the wire and against the guides belts occur at this location.
  • the partially dewatered stock is carried from the first roll to the second roll on the inside surface of the wire, and the wire holds the stock from falling away or being flung out from the surfaces of both of the rolls. For these reasons the wire is subject to forces which tend to bulge it away from the rolls and place both shear and tensile loading on the connection between the wire mesh and the guide belts.
  • the invention is directed to an open mesh endless wire for use as the stock supporting and conveying component during centrifugal dewatering of papermaker's stock in a high speed stock thickener, of the general type disclosed in US-A-4,722,793, and as defined in the pre-characterising clause of claim 1, in which the wire is trained around spaced-apart rolls of predetermined axial length, and in which the rolls are formed with guide means at their opposite axial ends for coaction with associated guide belts attached to opposite marginal edges of the wire, each of the belts having a back forming a mounting surface adjacent the wire, a bottom, and side walls between the back and bottom, and in which, in operation, paper stock to be thickened is carried along the inside surface of the wire and between the wire and the outside surfaces of the rolls.
  • the wire is characterised by: each of the belts having an inclined inner side wall facing a corresponding inclined inner side wall of the other, opposite belt; first fastening means attaching each belt to the associated marginal edge of the wire, including an adhesive bond between the back and the adjacent wire surface, the adhesive bond including glue which penetrates the open mesh of the wire and forms a bond between the belt and the wire; second fastening means attaching each belt to the associated marginal edge of the wire, including a continuous filament sewn through the belt from the bottom through the back thereof and into the wire, the filament extending the length of the belt; and the wire being of a width greater than the predetermined axial length of the rolls, whereby, in operation, the marginal edges of the wire extend beyond axial end faces of the rolls, and the opposed inner side walls of the belts are positioned in immediate adjacent relation to the associated end faces of the rolls for engagement with said adjacent end faces to maintain the wire in guided relation on the rolls.
  • the invention also provides a high speed type stock thickener as defined in claim 2, which employs an endless wire as previously defined.
  • Embodiments of the invention include the employment of flexible backing strips which are positioned opposite the belts and sewn to the belts and to the wire and glue-bonded in place.
  • the guide belts and flexible backing strips may comprise generally V-section belts, the V-section belts which form the backing strips being disposed in inverted relation to the V-section guide belts.
  • Figs, 1-2 illustrate the principal structure of the thickening apparatus described in US-A-4,722,793. It includes a frame comprising two columns 10 and 11 on each side connected by side beams 12 and cross braces 13. Two large rolls 20 and 22 are mounted adjacent opposite ends of the frame, the roll 22 being shown as mounted by pillow block bearings 23 on the tops of columns 10 and 11. This roll 22 is a driven roll, driven through the belt drive indicated generally at 24 by a motor 25 mounted on the cross brace 13 between the columns 10 and 11.
  • the rolls 20 and 22 may have liquid-impervious outer surfaces, but preferably these surfaces are grooved as indicated by the helical grooves 26 in Fig. 3.
  • An endless loop of woven foraminous "wire” 30 is trained around the rolls 20 and 22 and defines therewith a space in which the other operating parts of the apparatus are located.
  • the wire 30 will consist of any plastic material currently used for paper machine wires, e.g. polyester.
  • Roll 20 has an adjustable mounting on the frame which includes means for tensioning the wire, each of the journals of the roll 20 being mounted by a pillow block 31 on a base 33 which is in turn mounted for sliding movement on the side beam 12.
  • a pair of jack screws 35 connected between bases 33 and the adjacent columns 10 and 11 cause and control this movement to effect corresponding control of the tension in wire 30.
  • a headbox 40 is mounted on the same base members 33 as the roll 20 so that it maintains a fixed spacing with respect to roll 20.
  • This headbox is shown as of an open type including lower and upper walls 41 and 42 which extend upwardly to define a spout through which stock is discharged into the wedge zone 44 defined by the upper run of wire 30 approaching roll 20 and the surface of the roll itself.
  • the stock to be thickened is fed to the headbox by any convenient feed line (not shown) from the usual stock supply pump (not shown).
  • a trough 50 having a screw conveyor 51 mounted in the bottom thereof for receiving thickened pulp from the surface of roll 22 in the wedge zone 52 defined by the roll surface and the upper run of wire 30 leaving this roll.
  • the trough 50 includes a doctor 55 extending along its downstream edge which removes the thickened pulp from the surface of roll 22.
  • An inclined wall 56 along the front edge of trough 50 prevents this pulp from being thrown beyond the trough, and the screw 51 forces the accumulated pulp to a chute 57 at the back of the machine which leads to the next station in the system.
  • the pulp suspension to be thickened is constantly supplied to the wedge zone 44 from the headbox 40, and since a substantial volume of water will be forced through the wire before the wire reaches the roll 20, the resulting partially dewatered pulp is trapped between the wire 30 and the portion of the surface of roll 20 wrapped thereby.
  • Proper control of wire tension contributes to the effectiveness of the initial dewatering of the suspension in the wedge zone 44 as the pulp travels therefrom around the surface of roll 20.
  • the wire tension not be so high as to make it difficult for the preliminarily thickened suspension to enter the space between the wire and the surface of roll 20.
  • the wire tension is comparatively low, e.g. 1-40 lbs. per linear inch (0.15 to 5.9 Kg/cm)
  • the pulp which has been subjected to initial dewatering as it approaches the small end of the wedge zone 44 will be more readily trapped between the wire and the roll 20 than if the wire is very tight.
  • the wire 30 served as a filter that holds and carries the fibrous pulp on its inner surface against the action of centrifugal force, which is the major factor causing dewatering of the retained pulp at wire speeds of 640-914 meters per minute using rolls 20 and 22 which are 61 cm (24 inches) in diameter.
  • the white water expressed through the wire is thrown into a trough 60 which extends under both rolls 20 and 22 and is provided with a drain outlet 61.
  • a two-piece hood 62 is mounted on the frame above the apparatus as a whole, and it fits into the top of the trough 60 so that any water hitting the inner surface of this hood will drip therefrom into the trough.
  • the wire 30 be guided such that it travels along a course perpendicular to the axes of these two rolls.
  • the guiding action is achieved by means of a pair of V-belts 70 adjacent opposite side or marginal edges of the inside surface of the wire 30.
  • the stitching 75 comprise a thread or line or sufficient strength, and particularly toughness, to withstand the repeated bending and flexing of the belts 70 as they travel around the rolls 20 and 22, and the thread must also be highly water resistant. From these standpoints, satisfactory results have been obtained using woven or monofilament 50 lb. (23 Kg) test fishing line, but other types of filament, such as line, thread or wire of comparable mechanical attributes, could be used.
  • the filament is stitched through the belt, between the narrow edge or bottom of each belt as viewed in Fig. 3, and the wide edge or mounting surface located adjacent the inside or roll-facing surface of the wire, and into the wire, with the filament extending the length of the belt.
  • the outer edge portion of the wire is impregnated with urethane adhesive over a band approximately 3.8 cm wide which extends to and includes the outer edge of the wire, as indicated at 77 in Fig. 3.
  • the back or wide edge of the belt 70 is glued thereto, preferably with an adhesive which will chemically bond the belt with the adhesive - impregnated strip of the wire.
  • Adhesives found satisfactory for this purpose are those sold under the trade name "PU Adhesive” by Sigling America, Inc., Englewood, N.J., U.S.A., and under the trade name "Rema S.C.-2000" by Rema Division of Remaco, Northvale, N.J., U.S.A., in each case using the hardener recommended by the manufacturer with the adhesive.
  • the joint is then completed by stitching the belt to the wire, as by means of a sewing machine such as is used in shoe-making operations.
  • the wire 30 is sufficiently wider than the axial length of the surfaces of rolls 20 and 22 to provide overhanging marginal portions of the wire at both ends of the rolls which will carry the belts 70.
  • a belt of the cross sectional dimensions noted above satisfactory results have been obtained with the wire 7.50 cm wider than the length of each of the rolls, and with a strip of wire 0.634 cm wide extending laterally outwardly of each belt, thereby providing a total clearance of 1.3 cm for each of the rolls between the pair of belts 70.
  • the strips of adhesive 77 extending to the outer edges of the wire strengthen and protect these portions of the wire from fraying in use and contribute to the useful life of each wire.
  • Figs. 4-7 illustrate modified constructions which embody the invention as described above.
  • a strip 80 of reinforcing material which may be of the same elastomeric material as the belt 70 but somewhat greater width, is positioned on the opposite side of the wire 30 from the belt 70.
  • the stitching 81 traverses both the belt 70 and the reinforcing strip 80 to secure these two elements together through the wire.
  • the junction between these parts may also be reinforced by impregnating the portion of the wire underlying the strip 80 with glue, as indicated at 77.
  • the construction shown in Fig. 5 is similar to that in Fig. 4 except that the guide belt 85 includes a V-belt section 86 and marginal flanges 87 which cooperate with the wider portion of the V-section 86 to provide an increased area of contact with the wire 30.
  • a strip 80 of reinforcing material of the same width as the maximum width of belt 85 is positioned on the opposite side of the wire 30 as in Fig. 4.
  • the stitching 88 traverses both the V-section 86 of belt 85 and its side flanges portions as well as the reinforcing strip 80 and the wire. As in Fig. 4, it is desirable to reinforce the interconnection between these parts by impregnating the portion of the wire between the strip 80 and belt 85 with glue.
  • Fig. 6 shows the application of the invention to a wire 30 which may be used with either side outermost.
  • a second belt 90 of the same cross sectional configuration as the belt 85 is placed on the other side of the wire from the belt 85, and the two belts are fastened to each other and the wire by stitching 92 which traverses all three elements as shown.
  • the interconnection between the two belts is also reinforced by impregnating the portion of wire therebetween with glue.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates a modification of the invention wherein guide belts 85 and 90 are provided on both sides of the wire but in offset relation, and with the connection between each of these belts and the wire provided with a reinforcing strip 80 as described in connection with Figs. 4 and 5.
  • Fig. 7 also illustrates both of belts 85 and 90 as provided with multiple V-shaped slits 95 for relieving the tension and compression forces during use. With belts on both sides of the wire loop, the peripheral dimension of the belt on the outside of the wire will be greater than that of the inside belt, but this relationship will be reversed when the wire is turned inside out.
  • the slits 95 cooperate with the elastomeric properties of the belts to compensate for these dimensional differences, and similar slits should be provided in the belts 85 and 90 in Fig. 6.

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