EP0364114A1 - Wet cellulosic web transfer - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the transfer and support of wet cellulosic webs between two moving elements in a paper machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to the detachment of moving wet cellulosic webs from a press roll or web supporting belt to another moving element in the press section or dryer section of a paper machine.
- a suspension of cellulosic fibres referred to as a furnish
- a furnish is spread on one or more moving forming fabrics or carriers and the bulk of water drained away.
- This cellulosic web or sheet which is initially weak and wet, is transferred onto a press felt which carries it into a press nip formed by two press rolls.
- the mechanical compression between the two press rolls compacts the web and eliminates part of the water form the wet web.
- the web usually leaves the press nip adhering to one of the press rolls, and must be peeled from the roll before it can be transferred to the next section of the paper machine.
- Paper machines generally have one to four presses in the press section followed by a dryer section with heated dryer rolls, to evaporate most of the water remaining in the pressed web.
- the dry web is moistened by the application of an aqueous suspension of sizing agents. This occurs in a size press after a first drying stage, and the moist sized paper is then again transferred to a second dryer section where it is dried for a second time.
- the wet cellulosic web is usually supported by a pervious belt such as forming fabric, press felts, and drying fabric, or by other means such as a press roll.
- a mechanical support is often unavailable during web transfer between the individual moving elements of the machine.
- the web or sheet braking especially if it is moist and the machine operates at high speed.
- the danger of sheet breaks is sometimes reduced by the addition of chemicals or be increasing the proportion of a stronger, but more excessive, component such as chemical pulp or long fibre pulp in the furnish or initial fibre mix.
- the most critical areas of sheet transfer are from the forming section to the press section, between the consecutive presses in the press section, and between the last press in the press section and the first roll in the dryer section. In all of these transfer areas, the web or sheet is still wet and thus is comparatively weak.
- Several methods have been used for transferring the sheet at these areas. In one method the sheet is pulled unsupported from one element to the next through a so-called "open draw".
- the wet sheet in the open draw is unstable at high speeds and reacts to small variations in the process, sometimes having a tendency to oscillate or flutter. An excessive sheet flutter can cause deformations and wrinkling of the web and reduce the product quality or completely break the sheet and interrupt production.
- paper machines with an open draw between the former and the first press rolls usually operate at speed below 750 metres per minute.
- the reduction of excessive sheet flutter and stabilization of the web is sometimes achieved by increasing the tension in the web.
- the tension required to peel the web and to stabilize it in the open draw transfer may, in some instances, be sufficiently great to cause a break in the web and even if it does not break, a high tension can permanently stretch the web and, therefore, make it more susceptible to breaks during the subsequent operations on the paper machine.
- This reduced extensibility is preserved even in the finished product and can lead to an increased number of paper sheet breaks during converting or printing operations.
- a pervious carrier or belt such as a forming fabric
- another pervious carrier such as a press felt
- a vacuum pick-up system to transfer the web from the former to the first press roll.
- a suction roll can only efficiently transfer a web from a pervious carrier to another pervious carrier.
- Press rolls are generally solid rolls and thus a vacuum system such as a suction roll cannot by itself initiate peeling of a web from a solid press roll or even an impervious belt. In the case of a press roll, the web normally adheres better to the smoother and less pervious surface.
- Undesirable materials which generally represent fractions of cellulosic fibres, often adhere to various paper machine rolls such as press rolls, dryers or calender rolls, and are commonly removed by so-called "doctor blades" which have sharp edges positioned in close proximity to the surfaces of the machine rolls and peel off the web and fibres adhering to the roll.
- the web removed in this manner is generally densely crimped or creped and cannot be converted into a smooth paper. Creping of a web by a doctor blade may be applied commercially to produce soft and bulky tissue paper used primarily for hygienic products. For high bulk and softness, it is desirable that the tissue paper has regularly and densely spaced creped ridges.
- An embodiment can be used to transfer a tail or a full width strip between a press roll or a web supporting belt to a following moving element and comprises a doctor blade to initially separate the web from the roll or carrier, an air jet that blows air in a direction opposite to the movement of the web, between the web and the roll or carrier, and a vacuum or suction roll that may have a pervious belt thereon to retain the web as it is transferred from the press roll or carrier.
- the present invention provides a system dedicated to transfer a fast moving web of flexible material from a surface of a first web supporting moving element to a second web supporting moving element while continuously supporting said web during the transfer thereof, comprising in combination: a first web supporting moving element a suction roll in contact with said web, defining a nip with said first moving element; a doctor blade in contact with said surface immediately after said nip to cause separation of said web from said surface; and means for producing an air jet adjacent said doctor blade, between said web and said surface and in a direction substantially opposite the direction of movement of said web, said air jets constituting means for supporting and guiding said web toward said suction roll.
- a pervious belt moves through the nip, around the suction roll and the web is transferred to this pervious belt.
- the doctor blade and air jet comprise a unitary assembly with an air plenum connected to a tapered air chamber culminating in two lips with a gap between the lips forming an air jet.
- One of the two lips forming the doctor blade is positioned in contact with the surface of the roll or web supporting belt.
- the air plenum and air chamber form a unitary assembly, said assembly being movable between first and second positions, in said first position said assembly contacts the surface of the roll or web supporting belt so that the air jet therefrom is directed towards the nip formed by the press roll and suction roll, in said second position said assembly being positioned so that it is in contact with said surface.
- a method of forming a web of fibrous sheet material including the steps of forming a wet web of cellulosic fibres, moving the web through a press section having a plurality of press rolls to a dryer section, the improvement of transferring the moving web from a press roll to a following moving element, comprising the steps of: feeding the moving web around the press roll through a nip formed between the press roll and a suction roll, detaching the moving web from the press roll immediately after the nip by a combination of a doctor blade and blowing a jet of air in a direction counter to the moving web between the press roll and the web, and guiding and supporting the moving web to the following moving element by a combination of the air jet and suction from the suction roll.
- FIG 1 illustrates a solid roll 10, which is the last roll in a press section of a paper machine, with a web 12 of wet cellulosic fibres moving on the roll 10 from a nip 14 with the previous press roll 16.
- a suction roll 18 forms a nip 19 with the solid roll 10, and a pervious belt 20, in the form of fabric belt, moves around the suction roll 18 and through the nip 19.
- a second carrier belt 22, which is also pervious, is conveyed about a further roll 24 positioned beneath the suction roll 18 to provide a passage for the web 12 between the first carrier belt 20 and the second carrier belt 22.
- the suction roll 18 is to provide suction to separate the web 12 from the surface of the solid roll 10 and direct it between the carrier belts. However, because the solid roll 10 does not allow air to pass therethrough, the suction roll 18 has little effect in separating the web 12 from the solid roll 10. As can be seen in FIG 1, the web 12 passes down to a conventional doctor blade 26 which separates the web 12 and crimps or crepes the web as it is separated from the roll 10. FIG 1 illustrates a prior art arrangement which is not considered satisfactory.
- FIG 2 A doctor blade and air jet assembly 30 are shown in FIG 2 which comprises an air plenum 32 in the form of a pipe with a slot or a series of holes 34. Air passes into an air chamber 36 formed by two tapered walls 38 which taper down to a first lip 40 and a second lip 42.
- FIG 2 shows the first lip 40 representing a doctor blade in contact with the surface of a press roll 10 so that the web 12 is shown to separate adjacent the doctor blade lip 40.
- the second lip 42 is shown to extend not so far as the first lip 40 and a gap 44 or slit between the two lips 40 and 42 provides a longitudinal air jet to eject a flat jet of air.
- jet has been used throughout the specification, this terminology includes a longitudinal stream of air as would be ejected by a gap or slit 44.
- FIG 3 shows one embodiment of an air chamber 36 wherein the tapered walls 38 join to a first lip 40 and a second lip 42 which converge inwards to the gap 44 at the ends of the lips 40 and 42.
- FIG 4 shows another embodiment wherein the two lips 40 and 42 are parallel to each other, thus the gap 44 represents a parallel gap and provides a flat jet of air therefrom.
- FIGS 5, 6 and 7 represent different tips of the doctor blade lip 40.
- the contact angle alpha as shown in FIG 5 being similar so that used on conventional blades wherein the edge of the blade scrapes the roll surface.
- One or both lips of the assembly may be replaced if the lip or lips are damaged or worn.
- the optimum gap width depends on production parameters such as machine speed, product grade, web adhesive force etc.
- the gap width between the two lips may be between 0.1 and 3.0 mm wide, and preferably is in the approximate range of 0.3 to 0.8 mm.
- FIG 8 shows a suction roll 18 positioned above the doctor blade and air jet assembly 30.
- the assembly 30 In the initial phase of the start-up procedure, the assembly 30 is in position A and the leading edge of the tail or full machine width of web 12 is detached from the roll 10 by impact with lip 40 of the doctor blade.
- the web 10 is then forced by the air jet towards the suction roll 18 and is attracted to the roll surface by the vacuum within the suction roll 18.
- the web 12 is thus transferred to the felt 20.
- the assembly 30 is no longer required and is switched to position B and the air supply shut off. If a web break occurs, the web is rethreaded with the assembly 30 in position A. During an operating period of anticipated web breaks, the assembly is left in position A.
- the suction roll 18 is shown having three zones.
- the first zone 50 located nearest to the nip 19, has a high vacuum level to assist in establishing the initial contact between the web 12 and the felt covered suction roll 18.
- the second zone 52 downstream from the first zone 50 is a larger zone and acts as a holding zone with a lower vacuum level.
- the first zone 50 may have a vacuum level in the range of about 10 to 80 kPa and the second zone 52 has a vacuum level in the range of from 0 to 50 kPa.
- the second zone 52 is sufficient to maintain and support the web 12 on the felt 20.
- the third zone 54 provides a small positive air pressure to ensure that the web 12 on the felt 20 is easily parted from the suction roll 18 as the felt 20 separates from the suction roll 18.
- the air pressure in the air plenum 32 depends on production variables such as doctor gap, width, machine speed, product grade and the web adhesion to the roll, but preferably ranges from about 14 kPa to 600 kPa.
- the most convenient air pressure for an air blade with a gap width of 0.5 mm was found to be between 34 kPa and 100 kPa.
- FIG 9 illustrates the transfer system of the present invention used to transfer the web from the plain roll 10 of the last press which is the central roll of a three- roll inclined press.
- FIG 10 illustrates two transfer systems, the second of which transfers from a pervious or impermeable web supporting belt 60 onto a dryer felt 70.
- the device could be used for the transfer of various flexible thin materials and is particularly suitable for the transfer of weak and extensible sheets such as wet paper or paperboard, dry creped hygienic paper or non-woven products.
- a pilot paper machine was used to make paper in two different ways. Paper was first made with a direct transfer from the press section using the air doctor transfer roll arrangement of the present invention, and secondly, paper was transferred from the solid roll using the conventional open draw operation. The tensile properties of the paper so made were then compared.
- the pilot machine consisted of a roll former with a suction pick-up, a three-roll inclined press and a sampler as illustrated in FIG 9.
- the transfer system was installed between the second press nip and the sampler as shown in FIG 9.
- the paper machine was producing a web 0.33 meters wide with a basis weight of about 50 grams per square meter at 800 meters per minute using a newsprint furnish.
- the first and second press nip loads were 60 and 120 kN/m respectively, and the solid contents of the paper after the second press was approximately 42%.
- the wet paper used for the laboratory test was reeled with minimum draw (less than 1%) for the air doctor transfer roll experiments and at several draws between 2 and 4% for the open draw experiments.
- the experimental results are shown in the following table.
- the wet stretch measurements were done on samples cut from the reel (2.5 x 10 centimetres) sealed in a bag, and handled in such a way to reduce moisture loss. Other samples were dried between blotters in a photographic dryer and cut in strips (1.5 x 10 centimetres). Both wet and dry samples were strained at 100 mm per minute in a laboratory tensile strength tester. The measurements on both the wet and dry paper demonstrate that the paper produced with a transfer arrangement according to the present invention had more stretch than that produced using the open draw system. These results indicate that the paper is less likely to break in subsequent open draws on the paper machine and in the converting or printing process.
- the transfer system described and claimed herein is capable of transferring weak wet webs, such as those made from 100% mechanical pulps. In the past, this has not been possible without forfeiting speed or having to add a percentage of chemical pulps. Thus the present invention permits the manufacture of paper from weaker and less expensive starting materials.
- the number of web breaks is reduced and the speed of the paper machine can be increased above the highest speeds of conventional machines, in the order of about 1,400 metres per minute.
- FIG 9 shows only a single transfer system, multiple transfer assemblies may be provided at different locations on the machine.
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- The present invention relates to the transfer and support of wet cellulosic webs between two moving elements in a paper machine. More specifically, the present invention relates to the detachment of moving wet cellulosic webs from a press roll or web supporting belt to another moving element in the press section or dryer section of a paper machine.
- In the fabrication of paper, a suspension of cellulosic fibres, referred to as a furnish, is spread on one or more moving forming fabrics or carriers and the bulk of water drained away. This cellulosic web or sheet, which is initially weak and wet, is transferred onto a press felt which carries it into a press nip formed by two press rolls. The mechanical compression between the two press rolls compacts the web and eliminates part of the water form the wet web. The web usually leaves the press nip adhering to one of the press rolls, and must be peeled from the roll before it can be transferred to the next section of the paper machine. Paper machines generally have one to four presses in the press section followed by a dryer section with heated dryer rolls, to evaporate most of the water remaining in the pressed web. In the fabrication of some paper grades, the dry web is moistened by the application of an aqueous suspension of sizing agents. This occurs in a size press after a first drying stage, and the moist sized paper is then again transferred to a second dryer section where it is dried for a second time.
- While in the different sections of the paper machine, the wet cellulosic web is usually supported by a pervious belt such as forming fabric, press felts, and drying fabric, or by other means such as a press roll. A mechanical support is often unavailable during web transfer between the individual moving elements of the machine. Thus during web transfer there is an increased danger of the web or sheet braking, especially if it is moist and the machine operates at high speed. To reduce the danger of sheet breaks it is sometimes necessary to reduce the machine speed, even though this leads to a decrease in production. The danger of sheet breaks is sometimes reduced by the addition of chemicals or be increasing the proportion of a stronger, but more excessive, component such as chemical pulp or long fibre pulp in the furnish or initial fibre mix.
- The most critical areas of sheet transfer are from the forming section to the press section, between the consecutive presses in the press section, and between the last press in the press section and the first roll in the dryer section. In all of these transfer areas, the web or sheet is still wet and thus is comparatively weak. Several methods have been used for transferring the sheet at these areas. In one method the sheet is pulled unsupported from one element to the next through a so-called "open draw". The wet sheet in the open draw is unstable at high speeds and reacts to small variations in the process, sometimes having a tendency to oscillate or flutter. An excessive sheet flutter can cause deformations and wrinkling of the web and reduce the product quality or completely break the sheet and interrupt production. Thus, paper machines with an open draw between the former and the first press rolls usually operate at speed below 750 metres per minute.
- All the machines operating at high speeds, that is to say, in excess of 1,000 metres per minute provide a continuous support of the web from the former at least the first nip in the press section. On machines with multiple roll press arrangement, the web is continuously supported up to the second or third press nip. However, on all present paper machines, the sheet passes through an open draw as it is peeled from the roll of the last press.
- In the open draw method of transfer, the reduction of excessive sheet flutter and stabilization of the web is sometimes achieved by increasing the tension in the web. The tension required to peel the web and to stabilize it in the open draw transfer may, in some instances, be sufficiently great to cause a break in the web and even if it does not break, a high tension can permanently stretch the web and, therefore, make it more susceptible to breaks during the subsequent operations on the paper machine. This reduced extensibility is preserved even in the finished product and can lead to an increased number of paper sheet breaks during converting or printing operations.
- Another method of transferring a web from a pervious carrier or belt such as a forming fabric to another pervious carrier such as a press felt is with the assistance of a drilled roll equipped with a vacuum chamber. Most high speed paper machines use such a vacuum pick-up system to transfer the web from the former to the first press roll. In a vacuum pick-up system, however, a suction roll can only efficiently transfer a web from a pervious carrier to another pervious carrier. Press rolls are generally solid rolls and thus a vacuum system such as a suction roll cannot by itself initiate peeling of a web from a solid press roll or even an impervious belt. In the case of a press roll, the web normally adheres better to the smoother and less pervious surface.
- Since separation of the leading edge of a wet web from a press roll or web supporting belt is difficult to achieve, paper machines are commonly initially threaded with only a narrow band of the web which is sometimes referred to as a "tail". When this narrow band has been successfully threaded through the length of the machine, it is gradually widened until the full width of the paper machine is achieved. This narrow band of paper is initially very weak because it is so narrow and air currants in fast running machines frequently cause the narrow strip to break, thus prolonging the start-up procedure. All the paper produced during machine start-up is unusable and must be recycled. If the machine threading time could be shortened and the machine threaded with the full width of the sheet or web, then production losses would be decreased and a higher efficiency achieved.
- Undesirable materials, which generally represent fractions of cellulosic fibres, often adhere to various paper machine rolls such as press rolls, dryers or calender rolls, and are commonly removed by so-called "doctor blades" which have sharp edges positioned in close proximity to the surfaces of the machine rolls and peel off the web and fibres adhering to the roll. The web removed in this manner is generally densely crimped or creped and cannot be converted into a smooth paper. Creping of a web by a doctor blade may be applied commercially to produce soft and bulky tissue paper used primarily for hygienic products. For high bulk and softness, it is desirable that the tissue paper has regularly and densely spaced creped ridges. Good creping requires a sharp doctor blade and an optimal contact angle between the blade and the impinging web. Canadian Patent no. 1,044,459 and Japanese Patent No. 43160 disclose methods of creping by using a hollow doctor blade from which a flat jet of compressed air is blown from a location adjacent the blade. Both of these patents have as a primary objective, the reduction of the wear of the roll through a reduction or elimination of blade contact with the roll. These hollow doctor blades were designed for production of creped paper rather than for initiation of the transfer of a wet cellulosic web in the press section or immediately prior to the dryer section. Because creping occurs when a web is removed from a smooth surface, such as a press roll by a blade, doctoring has not been used as a means of transfer for wet cellulosic webs to produce paper which requires a smooth surface.
- We have identified a requirement for :-
- a) an apparatus and method for the detachment of a wet cellulosic web from a press roll or web supporting belt and continuously support this web during its transfer to a subsequent moving element; and/or
- b) a transfer system which permits safe transfer of a tail or a full width sheet or web during the start-up of a paper machine; and/or
- c) a transfer system to transfer a wet fibrous web at web speeds greater than 1,000 meters per minute; and/or
- d) to transfer webs which are weaker than those transferred on existing paper machines without the necessity of having to increase wet web strength and to reduce the number of breaks that occur in conventional paper machines; and/or improvements generally.
- An embodiment can be used to transfer a tail or a full width strip between a press roll or a web supporting belt to a following moving element and comprises a doctor blade to initially separate the web from the roll or carrier, an air jet that blows air in a direction opposite to the movement of the web, between the web and the roll or carrier, and a vacuum or suction roll that may have a pervious belt thereon to retain the web as it is transferred from the press roll or carrier.
- The present invention provides a system dedicated to transfer a fast moving web of flexible material from a surface of a first web supporting moving element to a second web supporting moving element while continuously supporting said web during the transfer thereof, comprising in combination:
a first web supporting moving element
a suction roll in contact with said web, defining a nip with said first moving element;
a doctor blade in contact with said surface immediately after said nip to cause separation of said web from said surface; and
means for producing an air jet adjacent said doctor blade, between said web and said surface and in a direction substantially opposite the direction of movement of said web, said air jets constituting means for supporting and guiding said web toward said suction roll. - In a preferred embodiment, a pervious belt moves through the nip, around the suction roll and the web is transferred to this pervious belt.
- In another embodiment, the doctor blade and air jet comprise a unitary assembly with an air plenum connected to a tapered air chamber culminating in two lips with a gap between the lips forming an air jet. One of the two lips forming the doctor blade is positioned in contact with the surface of the roll or web supporting belt.
- In yet another embodiment, the air plenum and air chamber form a unitary assembly, said assembly being movable between first and second positions, in said first position said assembly contacts the surface of the roll or web supporting belt so that the air jet therefrom is directed towards the nip formed by the press roll and suction roll, in said second position said assembly being positioned so that it is in contact with said surface.
- In a still further embodiment, there is provided in a method of forming a web of fibrous sheet material, including the steps of forming a wet web of cellulosic fibres, moving the web through a press section having a plurality of press rolls to a dryer section, the improvement of transferring the moving web from a press roll to a following moving element, comprising the steps of: feeding the moving web around the press roll through a nip formed between the press roll and a suction roll, detaching the moving web from the press roll immediately after the nip by a combination of a doctor blade and blowing a jet of air in a direction counter to the moving web between the press roll and the web, and guiding and supporting the moving web to the following moving element by a combination of the air jet and suction from the suction roll.
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- FIG 1 is a schematic side elevational view of a solid roll with a suction roll forming a nip and a conventional doctor as provided in the prior art;
- FIG 2 is a partial side elevational view of a combined doctor blade and air jet according to one embodiment of the present invention;
- FIGS 3 and 4 are partial side views showing different shapes of air chambers for the combined doctor blade and air jet;
- FIGS 5, 6 and 7 are detailed side views showing different edges for doctor blades;
- FIG 8 is a partial side elevational view showing a combined doctor blade and air jet positioned adjacent a solid roll forming a nip with a suction roll;
- FIG 9 is a schematic side elevational view of a paper machine showing the transfer system of the present invention positioned to transfer a web from the last nip of the press section; and
- FIG 10 is a schematic side elevational view of yet a further embodiment of a transfer system according to the present invention wherein the transfer occurs between an impervious web supporting belt and a pervious dryer fabric.
- Referring now to the drawings, FIG 1 illustrates a
solid roll 10, which is the last roll in a press section of a paper machine, with aweb 12 of wet cellulosic fibres moving on theroll 10 from anip 14 with theprevious press roll 16. Asuction roll 18 forms a nip 19 with thesolid roll 10, and apervious belt 20, in the form of fabric belt, moves around thesuction roll 18 and through thenip 19. Asecond carrier belt 22, which is also pervious, is conveyed about afurther roll 24 positioned beneath thesuction roll 18 to provide a passage for theweb 12 between thefirst carrier belt 20 and thesecond carrier belt 22. Thesuction roll 18 is to provide suction to separate theweb 12 from the surface of thesolid roll 10 and direct it between the carrier belts. However, because thesolid roll 10 does not allow air to pass therethrough, thesuction roll 18 has little effect in separating theweb 12 from thesolid roll 10. As can be seen in FIG 1, theweb 12 passes down to aconventional doctor blade 26 which separates theweb 12 and crimps or crepes the web as it is separated from theroll 10. FIG 1 illustrates a prior art arrangement which is not considered satisfactory. - A doctor blade and
air jet assembly 30 are shown in FIG 2 which comprises anair plenum 32 in the form of a pipe with a slot or a series ofholes 34. Air passes into anair chamber 36 formed by two taperedwalls 38 which taper down to afirst lip 40 and asecond lip 42. FIG 2 shows thefirst lip 40 representing a doctor blade in contact with the surface of apress roll 10 so that theweb 12 is shown to separate adjacent thedoctor blade lip 40. Thesecond lip 42 is shown to extend not so far as thefirst lip 40 and agap 44 or slit between the twolips - FIG 3 shows one embodiment of an
air chamber 36 wherein the taperedwalls 38 join to afirst lip 40 and asecond lip 42 which converge inwards to thegap 44 at the ends of thelips lips gap 44 represents a parallel gap and provides a flat jet of air therefrom. - FIGS 5, 6 and 7 represent different tips of the
doctor blade lip 40. The contact angle alpha as shown in FIG 5 being similar so that used on conventional blades wherein the edge of the blade scrapes the roll surface. One or both lips of the assembly may be replaced if the lip or lips are damaged or worn. - The optimum gap width depends on production parameters such as machine speed, product grade, web adhesive force etc. The gap width between the two lips may be between 0.1 and 3.0 mm wide, and preferably is in the approximate range of 0.3 to 0.8 mm.
- FIG 8 shows a
suction roll 18 positioned above the doctor blade andair jet assembly 30. In the initial phase of the start-up procedure, theassembly 30 is in position A and the leading edge of the tail or full machine width ofweb 12 is detached from theroll 10 by impact withlip 40 of the doctor blade. Theweb 10 is then forced by the air jet towards thesuction roll 18 and is attracted to the roll surface by the vacuum within thesuction roll 18. Theweb 12 is thus transferred to thefelt 20. Once the movingweb 12 has been transferred to the felt 20, theassembly 30 is no longer required and is switched to position B and the air supply shut off. If a web break occurs, the web is rethreaded with theassembly 30 in position A. During an operating period of anticipated web breaks, the assembly is left in position A. - The
suction roll 18 is shown having three zones. Thefirst zone 50, located nearest to the nip 19, has a high vacuum level to assist in establishing the initial contact between theweb 12 and the felt coveredsuction roll 18. Thesecond zone 52 downstream from thefirst zone 50 is a larger zone and acts as a holding zone with a lower vacuum level. For example, thefirst zone 50 may have a vacuum level in the range of about 10 to 80 kPa and thesecond zone 52 has a vacuum level in the range of from 0 to 50 kPa. Thesecond zone 52 is sufficient to maintain and support theweb 12 on thefelt 20. Thethird zone 54 provides a small positive air pressure to ensure that theweb 12 on the felt 20 is easily parted from thesuction roll 18 as the felt 20 separates from thesuction roll 18. - The air pressure in the
air plenum 32 depends on production variables such as doctor gap, width, machine speed, product grade and the web adhesion to the roll, but preferably ranges from about 14 kPa to 600 kPa. The most convenient air pressure for an air blade with a gap width of 0.5 mm was found to be between 34 kPa and 100 kPa. - FIG 9 illustrates the transfer system of the present invention used to transfer the web from the
plain roll 10 of the last press which is the central roll of a three- roll inclined press. FIG 10 illustrates two transfer systems, the second of which transfers from a pervious or impermeableweb supporting belt 60 onto a dryer felt 70. The device could be used for the transfer of various flexible thin materials and is particularly suitable for the transfer of weak and extensible sheets such as wet paper or paperboard, dry creped hygienic paper or non-woven products. - A pilot paper machine was used to make paper in two different ways. Paper was first made with a direct transfer from the press section using the air doctor transfer roll arrangement of the present invention, and secondly, paper was transferred from the solid roll using the conventional open draw operation. The tensile properties of the paper so made were then compared.
- The pilot machine consisted of a roll former with a suction pick-up, a three-roll inclined press and a sampler as illustrated in FIG 9. The transfer system was installed between the second press nip and the sampler as shown in FIG 9. The paper machine was producing a web 0.33 meters wide with a basis weight of about 50 grams per square meter at 800 meters per minute using a newsprint furnish. The first and second press nip loads were 60 and 120 kN/m respectively, and the solid contents of the paper after the second press was approximately 42%.
- The wet paper used for the laboratory test was reeled with minimum draw (less than 1%) for the air doctor transfer roll experiments and at several draws between 2 and 4% for the open draw experiments. The experimental results are shown in the following table.
- The wet stretch measurements were done on samples cut from the reel (2.5 x 10 centimetres) sealed in a bag, and handled in such a way to reduce moisture loss. Other samples were dried between blotters in a photographic dryer and cut in strips (1.5 x 10 centimetres). Both wet and dry samples were strained at 100 mm per minute in a laboratory tensile strength tester. The measurements on both the wet and dry paper demonstrate that the paper produced with a transfer arrangement according to the present invention had more stretch than that produced using the open draw system. These results indicate that the paper is less likely to break in subsequent open draws on the paper machine and in the converting or printing process.
- Using the arrangement shown in FIG 9, a 45 gram per square metre web was transferred to the sampler at 1,000 metres per minute ten times for ten attempts. After sheet transfer was initiated by the transfer system of the present invention, it was maintained even when the air supply to the air jet was interrupted. Without the application of the present transfer system, the transfer of a web having the full machine width could not be accomplished by experienced machine operators.
- Using the transfer system described herein, a web of full machine width was transferred from the press to the sampler of a pilot paper machine at its maximum speed of 1,200 metres per minute. Without this transfer system, this could not be accomplished.
- The transfer system described and claimed herein is capable of transferring weak wet webs, such as those made from 100% mechanical pulps. In the past, this has not been possible without forfeiting speed or having to add a percentage of chemical pulps. Thus the present invention permits the manufacture of paper from weaker and less expensive starting materials.
- When practising the transfer system described herein, the number of web breaks is reduced and the speed of the paper machine can be increased above the highest speeds of conventional machines, in the order of about 1,400 metres per minute.
- Whereas FIG 9 shows only a single transfer system, multiple transfer assemblies may be provided at different locations on the machine.
- Various changes may be made to the embodiments described herein without departing from the scope of the present invention which is limited only by the following claims.
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a first web supporting moving element;
a suction roll contact with said web, defining a nip with said first moving element;
a doctor blade in contact with said surface immediately after said nip to cause separation of said web from said surface; and
means for producing an air jet adjacent said doctor blade, between said web and said surface and in a direction substantially opposite the direction of movement of said web, said air jet constituting means for supporting and guiding said web towards said suction roll
feeding the moving web through a nip formed between the press roll and a suction roll, and around the press roll,
detaching the moving web from the press roll immediately after the nip by a combination of a doctor blade and blowing a jet of air in a direction counter to the moving web between the press roll and the web, and
guiding and supporting the moving web to the following moving element by a combination of the air jet and suction from the suction roll.
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