EP0440697A1 - Machine a papier servant a la fabrication de bandes de papier crepe souple. - Google Patents

Machine a papier servant a la fabrication de bandes de papier crepe souple.

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EP0440697A1
EP0440697A1 EP89911902A EP89911902A EP0440697A1 EP 0440697 A1 EP0440697 A1 EP 0440697A1 EP 89911902 A EP89911902 A EP 89911902A EP 89911902 A EP89911902 A EP 89911902A EP 0440697 A1 EP0440697 A1 EP 0440697A1
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paper web
press roll
paper machine
paper
carrying
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EP0440697B1 (fr
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Anders Ingmar Andersson
Cai Olof Hellner
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Valmet Technologies Oy
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Valmet Paper Machinery Inc
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F9/00—Complete machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F9/003—Complete machines for making continuous webs of paper of the twin-wire type
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21F—PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F11/00—Processes for making continuous lengths of paper, or of cardboard, or of wet web for fibre board production, on paper-making machines
    • D21F11/14—Making cellulose wadding, filter or blotting paper

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  • the present invention relates to a paper machine for manufacturing a soft crepe paper web, comprising a wet end having at least one forming wire for forming and carrying a paper web, and a drying section provided with a drying cylinder in which the paper web is dried, said paper machine having a first operating arrangement for manufacturing a soft crepe paper web with certain bulk and soft ⁇ ness values, in which first operating arrangement the drying sec ⁇ tion is provided with a felt movable in a loop and arranged to run from a pick-up means at the transition between wet end and drying section, to a press roll which defines a nip with the drying cylinder, said felt carrying the paper web on its lower surface, and the carrying forming wire being arranged to run up to said pick-up means in the drying section to transfer the paper web formed to said felt.
  • the soft crepe paper web produced in a conventional paper machine of the type described in the introduction, for instance, has cer ⁇ tain upper limited values for bulk and softness.
  • special methods have been utilized, such as mixing in expendable microspheres of thermoplastic material as described in US 4,619,734, or utilizing machines which operate with through drying see, for instance, US 3,303,576, US 3,812,000, US 3,821,068 and US 4,036,684 in which the through drying is performed on cylinders with perforated outer surface, which may be covered by a fabric for instance, hot drying air being supplied internally and passing out through the cylin- dric surface, or in the reverse direction.
  • US 4,144,124 describes a twin wire machine for manufacturing a soft crepe paper web wherein the carrying forming wire extends up to and beyond a press roll from which the paper web is transferred to a yankee cylinder, the press roll being wrapped by a loop of felt and possibly also an embossing wire.
  • GB 602,237 relates to a fourdrinier machine for manufacturing a soft crepe paper web wherein the formed paper web is transferred to a pick-up felt running in a loop between the fourdri ⁇ ier former and the roll which may consist of a press roll pressing against a yankee cylinder, the under side of the paper web carried by the pick-up felt being covered by a covering felt running in a loop.
  • twin wire machine and fourdrinier machine for manu ⁇ facturing soft crepe paper webs are so constructed that they can ⁇ not easily be altered to different operating arrangements in order to produce soft crepe paper webs of different qualities with respect to bulk and softness.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate the problem mentioned above and to provide a paper machine for manufacturing a soft crepe paper web which can easily be altered for adaptation to varying conditions on the market, such as the competitive situa ⁇ tion and to accommodate consumer wishes.
  • the novelty of the invention lies substantially in that the paper machine is rebuildable between said first operating arrangement and a second operating arrangement for the production of a soft crepe paper web having higher bulk and softness values in relation to the first operating arrangement and in which second operating arrangement the carrying forming wire is arranged to run in an extended loop from the wet end to the press roll of the drying section, that the felt of the drying section is replaced by a per- for ed bel of w re type, movable in a loop and permeable to air and liquid, which is arranged to travel from said pick-up means to said press roll in contact with the extended carrying forming wire while enclosing the paper web therebetween in order to form a con ⁇ tinuous sandwich structure, that means producing jets of air are arranged along the sandwich structure to remove water from the paper web by means of air flowing through the paper web, and that cleaning means are arranged along the loop of the belt to clean it so ' that the permeability to water and air is maintained.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically a paper machine for manufacturing a soft crepe paper web in a first conventional operating arrangement.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically the paper machine according to Figure 1 in a second, rebuilt operating arrangement in accordance with the present invention.
  • Figure 3 is a diagram showing the relation between dry strength and softness for soft crepe paper webs produced according to the two different operating arrangements.
  • FIG. 1 it is schematically shown therein parts of a conventional paper machine suitable for the manufacture of a soft crepe paper web such as tissue and other sanitary paper products.
  • the paper machine shown is a twin wire machine co pris- ing a wet end 1 and a dry section 2.
  • the wet end includes a head- box 3, a movable carrying forming wire 4, a movable covering form ⁇ ing wire 5 and a forming roll 6 which may be perforated and pro ⁇ vided with suction means. Alternatively, the forming roll may be smooth.
  • the headbox 3 supplies a single or multi-layer flow of stock between the two moving forming wires 4, 5 for forming a paper web 7 by dewatering the stock.
  • the two forming wires 4, 5 run together over the forming roll 6 and then in individual loops over a plurality of rolls arranged to impel, guide, align and stretch the carrying forming wire 4 and the covering forming wire 5.
  • the rolls defining the path of the covering forming wire 5 include a breast roll 8 and, a short way after the forming roll 6, a guide roll 9 which can be termed a forward drive roll.
  • the covering forming wire 5 leaves the carrying forming wire 4 and the paper web 7 either immediately before the wire 4 and paper web 7 diverge from the forming roll 6, or at a transfer suction box, not shown, or other transfer means located between forming roll 6 and forward drive roll 9.
  • the carrying forming wire 4 runs to the dry- ing section 2 where it leaves the paper web 7 by changing its direction of travel around a guide roll 11.
  • the drying section 2 comprises a drying cylinder 12 having rela ⁇ tively large diameter and a polished cylindric surface.
  • the drying cylinder 12, preferably consisting of a yankee cylinder, is covered by a hood (not shown), in which hot air is blown at high speed against the paper web 7.
  • the paper web is creped from the yankee cylinder 12 by means of a creping doctor (not shown) to obtain the desired creping, after which the finished creped paper web is wound onto a roll.
  • the drying section 2 includes a felt 13 disposed upstream of the yankee cylinder 12 and travelling in a loop around several rolls and around a pick-up means, suit ⁇ ably in the form of a roll 14, located nearest the wet end 1 and thereby in the vicinity of said guide roll 11 for the carrying forming wire 4, and a press roll 15 which presses against the yankee cylinder 12 and is provided with suction means 16 to de- water the paper web before the latter comes into contact with the yankee cylinder 12.
  • the pick-up means may alternatively consist of a shoe.
  • two guide rolls 17, 18 are disposed between the pick-up roll 14 and press roll 15, said guide rolls 17, 18 de ⁇ flecting with a small angle the direction of travel of the felt 13.
  • a blind-drilled roll 19 is disposed after the press roll 15, in contact with the yankee cylinder.
  • the paper web 7 is trans ⁇ ferred to the felt 13 at the point where this and the carrying forming wire 4 converge at the pick-up roll 14 and thereafter immediately diverge from each other.
  • Suitable conditioning means are disposed along the loop of the felt 13 in order to condition the felt prior to contact with the paper web.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically the same paper machine as that according to Figure 1 with respect to its basic structure, but supplemented and modified in accordance with the present inven ⁇ tion, enabling it to be rebuilt between a first operating arrange ⁇ ment according to Figure 1 and a second operating arrangement according to Figure 2.
  • Modification to the second operating arrangement substantially consists of removing the felt 13 and re ⁇ placing it with an endless, perforated belt 25 of wire type, permeable to air and liquid, and of extending the carrying forming wire 4a up to the yankee cylinder 12 so that it travels in a larger loop with respect to said first operating arrangement and over a predetermined sector of the press roll 15.
  • the carrying forming wire 4a travels in contact with the belt 25 from the pick- -up roll 14 to the press roll 15, encasing the paper web 7 between itself and the bel 25 as an intermediate layer for forming a con- tinuous sandwich structure that is maintained up to the press roll 15.
  • a guide roll 26 is disposed in the larger loop of the carrying forming wire 4a, after and spaced from the point where the belt 25 first encounters the press roll 15, so that the carrying forming wire 4a travels around said predetermined sector of the press roll 15, this being sufficient for the paper web to be transferred to the belt with the aid of suction means 16 inside the press roll 15, said suction means being disposed within said sector and up to the nip defined by the press roll 15 and yankee cylinder 12.
  • additional rolls 27 are disposed within and outside the larger loop of the carrying forming wire 4a in order to guide and stretch it.
  • the previously mentioned guide roll 11 is not used in this modified second operating arrangement.
  • the loop can be made shorter in relation to the felt 13 used previously, since the roll 19 is superfluous, and thus also the two guide rolls 20, 21 in the vicinity thereof.
  • Suction boxes 28 may be mounted before the guide roll 14 where the paper web 7 thus is exposed. (Such suction boxes may also be used in the first operating arrangement.)
  • the paper web can hence be dewatered to a dry solids content of up to a maximun of 25%.
  • these means comprise a suction box 29 disposed on the under side of the sandwich structure immediately after the guide roll 14, and a pair of suction boxes 30, 31 disposed on the upper side of the sandwich structure downstream of the lower suction box 29, a steam blowing tube 32 being disposed on the other side of the sandwich struc ⁇ ture, opposite the suction box 30.
  • a blowing nozzle (not shown) may be disposed at the press roll 15 in the loop for the forming wire 4a, opposite said sector of the press roll 15 where a part of the suction means 16 is thus located.
  • cleaning means are also disposed at one or more points between the press roll 15 and the pick-up roll 14, seen in the direction of movement of the belt, to clean thoroughly the belt to ensure that its per ⁇ meability to water and air is continuously maintained.
  • these cleaning means comprise a water spray tube 33 disposed inside the loop and two suction boxes 34, 35 and an • oscillating high pressure spray tube 36 disposed between the suc ⁇ tion boxes outside the loop, immediately downstream of said water spray tube 33.
  • a water spray tube 38 is provided at the nip defined by the open belt 25 and the roll 37 located after the suction boxes 34, 35, said spray tube 38 supplying water to pro ⁇ quiz a liquid film between the roll and belt.
  • a pipe 39 for blow ⁇ ing ai is disposed outside the loop, immediately before the last roll 40, before the belt 25 reaches the guide roll 14. The water from the water spray tubes 33 and 38 is collected in a trough 41.
  • the drying section 2 may also include means (not shown) for IR heating of the paper web 7.
  • An IR hood may be disposed, for in ⁇ stance, at a point on the yankee cylinder 12 where the paper web is exposed between press roll 15 and said drying hood covering the yankee cylinder 12.
  • One or more IR hoods may also be disposed between the pick-up roll 14 and the press roll 15 to IR heat the paper web while this forms the intermediate layer of the sandwich structure.
  • the paper machine may be provided with a press felt (not shown) moving in a loop, said press felt being arranged inside the loop of belt 25 or the carrying forming wire 4a, running around a press roll, not shown, pressing against one side of the sandwich structure and an opposite press roll, not shown, which may also be wrapped by such an inner press felt.
  • a press felt (not shown) moving in a loop
  • said press felt being arranged inside the loop of belt 25 or the carrying forming wire 4a, running around a press roll, not shown, pressing against one side of the sandwich structure and an opposite press roll, not shown, which may also be wrapped by such an inner press felt.
  • an inner press loop arranged inside the loop of the belt 25 may be extended to also run around the press roll 15.
  • the belt 25 Since the belt 25 is perforated or open, i.e. provided with a great number of through-holes running in the thickness direction of the paper web 7, it will function as an embossing belt so that when the paper web 7 passes the nip between press roll 15 and yankee cylinder 12, parts of it will be pressed into these holes, thus producing a relief pattern. These parts of the paper web pressed into the holes will not be subjected to any appreciable pressure, thus contributing to higher bulk and softness.
  • the paper machine described can easily be changed to the different operating arrangements in order to manufacture soft crepe paper webs of different qualities with respect to bulk and softness, in dependence of the varying conditions prevailing on the market at the moment. These conditions may quickly change from one time to another.
  • the extra drying devices placed within the range of the sandwich structure in the second operating arrange ⁇ ment enable increased dry solids content to be achieved before the yankee cylinder so that the paper machine can be run at in- creased speed which is at least substantially equivalent to the speed of through drying machines mentioned in the introduction.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the relation between dry strength and soft ⁇ ness.
  • the line A indicates average values for soft crepe paper web produced using the conventional first arrangement of the paper machine. It is clear that a desired increased strength results in reduced softness. Conversely a desired increased softness results in reduced strength of the soft crepe paper web.
  • Line B indicates average values for soft crepe paper web produced using the second operating arrangement of the paper machine according to the pre ⁇ sent invention. Thus, it is clear that within a desired range for the strength of the soft crepe paper web, higher softness is ob ⁇ tained in relation to soft crepe paper web produced using the paper machine in its conventional arrangement.
  • the invention has been described in connection with a twin wire machine, however, it can also be applied to a fourdrinier machine in which the supporting forming wire, i.e. the fourdrinier wire, is extended up to the yankee cylinder in the same way as the carrying forming wire 4a in the twin wire machine described.

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Abstract

La machine à papier, qui sert à la fabrication de bandes de papier crêpé souple, comprend une extrémité humide (1), comportant un fil de formage (4) destiné à former et à porter une bande de papier (7), ainsi qu'une section de séchage (2) pourvue d'un cylindre de séchage (12). La machine à papier se caractérise par un premier agencement opérationnel qui sert à fabriquer une bande de papier crêpé souple avec certaines valeurs indice de bouffant et de souplesse et dans lequel la section de séchage comporte un feutre (13) destiné à avancer en boucle depuis un rouleau de préhension (14) situé à l'endroit de transition entre l'extrémité humide et la section de séchage vers un rouleau presseur (15) situé au niveau du cylindre de séchage, et le fil de formage porteur avance jusqu'au rouleau de préhension (14) pour permettre le transfert de la bande de papier sur le feutre (13). Selon la présente invention, la machine à papier peut être reconstruite entre le premier agencement opérationnel et un second agencement opérationnel qui sert à produire une bande de papier crêpé souple ayant des valeurs d'indice de bouffant et de souplesse plus élevées par rapport au premier agencement opérationnel et dans lequel le fil de formage porteur (4a) avance jusqu'au rouleau presseur (15). Le feutre est remplacé par une courroie (25) du type à fil, mobile en boucle depuis le rouleau de préhension (14) jusqu'au rouleau presseur en contact avec le fil de formage porteur (4a), tout en enfermant la bande de papier entre eux pour former une structure en sandwich. Des moyens (29-31) servant à produire des jets d'air sont disposés le long de la structure en sandwich, afin de retirer l'eau de la bande de papier (7). D'autres moyens de nettoyage (33-36, 38) sont disposés le long de la courroie (25) pour la nettoyer, de façon à préserver sa perméabilité à l'eau et à l'air.
EP89911902A 1988-10-25 1989-10-20 Machine a papier servant a la fabrication de bandes de papier crepe souple Expired - Lifetime EP0440697B1 (fr)

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SE8803810A SE462225B (sv) 1988-10-25 1988-10-25 Pappersmaskin foer framstaellning av mjukpapper
SE8803810 1988-10-25
PCT/SE1989/000579 WO1990004676A1 (fr) 1988-10-25 1989-10-20 Machine a papier servant a la fabrication de bandes de papier crepe souple

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FI93879C (fi) 1995-06-12
SE8803810D0 (sv) 1988-10-25
JPH04501443A (ja) 1992-03-12
FI911987A0 (fi) 1991-04-24
EP0440697B1 (fr) 1995-05-17
ATE122747T1 (de) 1995-06-15
FI93879B (fi) 1995-02-28
SE462225B (sv) 1990-05-21
DE68922742D1 (de) 1995-06-22
JP2804331B2 (ja) 1998-09-24
SE8803810L (sv) 1990-04-26
WO1990004676A1 (fr) 1990-05-03
DE68922742T2 (de) 1995-10-05

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