EP0939842B1 - Mehrschichtenstoffauflauf für eine papiermaschine - Google Patents

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EP0939842B1
EP0939842B1 EP97927534A EP97927534A EP0939842B1 EP 0939842 B1 EP0939842 B1 EP 0939842B1 EP 97927534 A EP97927534 A EP 97927534A EP 97927534 A EP97927534 A EP 97927534A EP 0939842 B1 EP0939842 B1 EP 0939842B1
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Anders T. Linden
Ingvar B. E. Klerelid
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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
    • D21F9/006—Complete machines for making continuous webs of paper of the twin-wire type paper or board consisting of two or more layers
    • 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
    • D21F1/02—Head boxes of Fourdrinier machines
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a multilayer headbox for ejecting stock into a forming section of a papermaking machine for forming a fibrous web.
  • stock is ejected from a slice chamber of a headbox into a forming section of a papermaking machine.
  • the forming section may comprise a single forming fabric, a forming fabric in combination with a felt, or a pair of forming fabrics.
  • water drains from the stock through a forming fabric so that a fibrous web is formed.
  • layer purity should be understood as the degree to which the separate layers of the fibrous web are able to retain their respective composition, i. e. the degree to which mixing of the layers is avoided, while coverage should be understood as the degree to which each layer of the fibrous web has a uniform basis weight in the cross machine direction.
  • the formed web has a poor coverage, this will have an adverse effect on the uniformity of the layer purity, which will render the operation of the papermaking machine more difficult since a uniform layer purity is required during subsequent phases of the papermaking process, e. g. during creping when the creping doctor will be adjusted in accordance with the surface properties of the fibrous web on the side adhering to the drying cylinder.
  • a uniform layer purity is required during subsequent phases of the papermaking process, e. g. during creping when the creping doctor will be adjusted in accordance with the surface properties of the fibrous web on the side adhering to the drying cylinder.
  • chemicals are added to the process in order to facilitate creping and the quantity and composition of the chemicals will depend on the surface qualities of the fibrous web.
  • a web of non-uniform layer purity will render impossible an optimization of the papermaking process since adjustment of the creping doctor and the adding of chemicals will depend on the surface qualities of the fibrous web.
  • the paper web should have a uniform strength across the web (i. e. in the cross machine direction) and a web having poor coverage will not be of uniform strength across the web. Therefore, there is a need for a multilayer headbox which is able to produce a multilayered web which has a good and uniform layer purity and a good coverage and which is also free of flocculations and has a uniform basis weight.
  • the object of the invention is to provide a multilayer headbox, which is able to produce a layered fibrous web that has a good and uniform layer purity and that is free of flocculations and has a uniform basis weight.
  • the object of the invention is attained by the present invention which is directed to a multilayer headbox for a papermaking machine.
  • the headbox comprises a slice chamber which has an upstream inlet where stock is intended to enter the slice chamber and a downstream outlet through which stock is intended to pass from the slice chamber to a subsequent forming section of the papermaking machine.
  • the slice chamber has an intended straight main direction of flow of the stock from the inlet of the slice chamber to the outlet of the slice chamber.
  • the slice chamber has a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls.
  • the top and bottom walls converge in the straight main direction of flow of the stock through the slice chamber.
  • the headbox further comprises a tube bank located upstream of the slice chamber in the direction of flow of the stock.
  • the tube bank comprises a plurality of straight tubes.
  • the tubes of the tube banks are arranged in vertically spaced tube bank sections such that each tube bank section in the tube bank is arranged to feed stock exclusively intended for one layer of the fibrous web to be formed.
  • the tubes are arranged in vertically spaced rows, the rows extending in a cross machine direction.
  • the tube bank can thus be described as comprising a plurality of straight tubes where the tubes are arranged in separate vertically spaced rows.
  • Each tube has an upstream inlet end and a downstream outlet end from which stock is intended to pass into the inlet of the slice chamber such that the tube bank with its tubes forms a passage through which stock is intended to pass from the upstream inlet end of the tubes to the inlet of the slice chamber.
  • the passage has a straight main direction of flow of the stock which coincides with the intended straight main direction of flow of the stock in the slice chamber so that all the way from the upstream inlet end of the tubes to the downstream outlet of the slice chamber, the stock will flow in one and the same straight main direction of flow.
  • the headbox comprises at least one, but possibly two or three, machine-wide separator vane or vanes in the slice chamber.
  • the separator vane (or vanes) subdivides the slice chamber such that a multilayered fibrous web may be formed.
  • the separator vane (or vanes) has an upstream end and a downstream end and extend in the intended direction of flow of the stock and has a thickness in the vertical dimension.
  • elongate ledges are provided that extend in a cross machine direction and connect the tube bank sections to each other.
  • the upstream end of the separator vane (or of each separator vane) is fastened to one of the elongate ledges interposed between the vertically spaced tube bank sections in the tube bank.
  • Such a headbox is known from WO-A-95/08023 and forms the preamble of claim 1.
  • the headbox further comprises, in the slice chamber, a plurality of machine-wide turbulence generating elements extending in the direction of flow of the stock.
  • Each turbulence generating element has an upstream end and a downstream end.
  • the upstream end of each turbulence generating element is interposed between the vertically spaced rows of tubes in a tube bank section and fixed between the rows.
  • the turbulence generating elements can be realized in the form of vanes with uneven, i. e. rough surface but the inventors have found that also vanes with a smooth surface will have a turbulence generating effect which is sufficient for the purpose of the invention.
  • the separator vanes are made to have a certain minimum stiffness in the cross machine direction for at least 7/10 of the length of the separator vane.
  • the stiffness of the separator vane is chosen to be on average at least 36 Nm and on at least 7/10 of the length of each separator vane, at least 7 Nm.
  • the separator vane (or vanes) should have an average stiffness which is at least 180 times higher than the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet or reference plate of a material having a modulus of elasticity of about 2100 MPa and that for at least 7/10 of the length of the vane (or vanes), the stiffness should be at least 35 times higher than for the reference sheet or reference plate.
  • the separator vane (or separator vanes) is a homogenous element made of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin and is tapered all the way from its upstream end to its downstream end such that its thickness decreases continuously from its upstream end to its downstream end.
  • the separator vane (or vanes) is divided into an upstream section of constant thickness in the vertical dimension and a downstream section which is tapered such that its thickness decreases in the direction of flow of the stock.
  • the upstream section will have an upstream end which is the same as the upstream end of the separator vane and a downstream end to which the downstream section is fixed.
  • the downstream section will have an upstream end fixed to the upstream section of the separator vane and a downstream end which is the same as the downstream end of the separator vane.
  • the downstream section has a thickness in the vertical dimension which is less than the thickness in the vertical dimension of the upstream section.
  • the upstream section might be of steel while the downstream section is preferably of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin.
  • the separator vane(s) is a homogenous element tapered all the way from its upstream end to its downstream end
  • the separator vane(s) has a surface smoothness, or R a value, which is smaller than or equal to 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • the tapered downstream section has surface smoothness, or R a value, which is smaller than or equal to 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • the thickness in the vertical dimension of the separator vane is less than 0.7 mm at the downstream end of the separator vane(s).
  • the thickness in the vertical dimension should be about 0.5 mm.
  • the thickness in the cross machine direction will of course be subject to a degree of variation. The inventors have found that the thickness at the downstream end should not vary more than 0.05 mm. When the thickness of the separator vane is chosen to be 0.5 mm, this will therefore result in a separator vane which, at its downstream end, has a thickness of 0.5 mm ⁇ 0.05 mm or 0.45 mm - 0.55 mm.
  • Providing a separator vane, or separator vanes, having a surface smoothness which is, at least at a downstream end of the separator vane(s), smaller than 0.4 ⁇ m and having a thickness at its downstream end which is less than 0.7 mm contributes to the achievement of a good layer purity.
  • layer purity it can be desirable to make the downstream end of the separator vane (or vanes) even thinner.
  • the inventors have found that when the tip of a vane (the downstream end of the vane) is thinner than 0.5 mm, this makes the tip to weak and to likely to be broken by fatigue. Therefore, the inventors have found that a thickness of about 0.5 mm is preferable. In order to achieve that the layer purity will also be uniform, it is necessary that the formed web will also have a good coverage.
  • the inventors have found that when the headbox is formed as a straight flow headbox, i. e. when the stock flows in one and the same main direction of flow all the way from the inlet end of the tubes in the tube bank to the outlet of the slice chamber, this will have an advantageous effect on the coverage of the subsequently formed fibrous web and that this advantageous effect can be reinforced by providing turbulence generating elements in the slice chamber.
  • Headboxes are known, e g. from U. S. Patent No. 4,941,950 (Sanford), where the stock is forced to change its direction of flow when it enters the slice chamber.
  • the inventors of the present invention have recognized that such a design will have a disadvantageous effect on the coverage of the fibrous web and therefore, the inventors have designed the headbox of the present invention as a straight flow headbox such that the stock will not change its direction of flow as it enters the slice chamber.
  • the separator vane, or separator vanes should be stiff in the cross machine direction.
  • the inventors have found that one important cause for poor coverage is insufficient stiffness of the separator vane(s) in the cross machine direction. If the stiffness of the vane(s) in the cross machine direction is insufficient, this may cause flexing of the vane(s) such that, in the cross machine direction, the layers of the subsequently formed web will not have a uniform basis weight in the cross machine direction, i. e. the coverage will be poor. It is also desirable that the stiffness in the machine direction is high if a fibrous web which is uniform in the machine direction is to be obtained.
  • the separator vanes employed in the present invention are of such a design that their thickness decreases towards the tip of the vanes, i. e. the thickness of a vane is less at the downstream end of the vane than at the upstream end of the vane. For this reason, the stiffness of the vane is not uniform. Instead, the stiffness of each vane decreases towards the downstream end of the vane. Therefore, the stiffness of a separator vane according to the present invention has to be calculated at different locations of the vane.
  • the Poisson ratio will normally be about 0.3 while for glass fiber reinforced resin, the Poisson ratio can be given as about 0.15. The stiffness is thus proportional to the product of the modulus of elasticity and the plate thickness.
  • the material or materials used for the separator vane is isotropic in the sense that it has the same properties in both the machine direction and the cross machine direction (but not necessarily in the vertical dimension). Therefore, the stiffness of a separator vane, such as stiffness is defined in the context of this application, will be the same in both the machine direction and the cross machine direction.
  • One way of increasing the stiffness is to increase the thickness of the vane(s). However, at the downstream end of the vane(s), the thickness of the vane(s) must be small, preferably less than 0.7 mm and preferably about 0.5 mm, in order to obtain good layer purity.
  • the material or materials used for the separator vane (or vanes) is isotropic in the sense that it has the same properties in both the machine direction and the cross machine direction. For this reason, the stiffness at any given location along the length of a separator vane, as stiffness is defined in the context of this application, will be the same in both the machine direction and the cross machine direction.
  • the tests carried out by the inventors showed that when the 1 mm thick reference sheet was used as a separator vane, the formed fibrous web had unsatisfactory coverage.
  • the separator vane(s) has a stiffness in the cross machine direction which, for at least 7/10 (70%) of its length is at least 35 times greater than the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of about 2100 MPa.
  • the vanes that where found to give satisfactory results with regard to the coverage of the formed fibrous web had an average stiffness which was at least 180 times higher than the stiffness of the reference sheet.
  • average stiffness should here be understood as the stiffness value which is obtained by choosing at least 11 points on the separator vane evenly spaced from each other in the machine direction, adding the stiffness values of the different points and dividing the result by the number of points.
  • the expression "for at least 7/10 of its length....35 times greater than a 1 mm thick reference sheet of a material having a modulus of elasticity of about 2100 MPa” should here be understood as meaning that the stiffness at the upstream end of the separator vane(s) is much higher than a 1 mm thick sheet (or plate) of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of about 2100 MPa and that the stiffness gradually decreases towards the downstream end of the separator vane(s) but that for at least 7/10 (70%) of its length, the vane(s) has a stiffness at least 35 times greater than a 1 mm thick reference sheet (or reference plate) of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of about 2100 MPa so that no more
  • a separator vane (or separator vanes) which is tapered such that its thickness decreases linearly from its upstream end to its downstream end.
  • the material used for this vane is an isotropic glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin having a modulus of elasticity of 25,000 MPa.
  • this vane may have a thickness of 3.8 mm. The thickness gradually decreases towards the tip (the downstream end of the vane) where the thickness will be about 0.5 mm.
  • the Poisson ratio is 0.15.
  • the stiffness gradually decreases but for 7/10 (70%) of the length of the separator vane, the stiffness is at least 7 Nm and thus at least 35 times higher than the stiffness of the 1 mm thick reference sheet.
  • the average stiffness in this case will be about 36 Nm and thus at least 180 times higher than the stiffness of the 1 mm thick reference sheet.
  • the upstream section will have a substantially constant stiffness all the way from the upstream end of the vane(s) to the point where the downstream section of the separator vane(s) is fastened to the upstream section.
  • the downstream section will then have a gradually decreasing stiffness.
  • the upstream section of constant thickness may be of steel and have a modulus of elasticity of 203,000 MPa and a thickness of about 12 mm.
  • the Poisson ratio ( v ) in this case is about 0.3.
  • the length of the upstream steel section may be around 500 mm.
  • the downstream section has a linearly decreasing thickness which goes from 3.8 mm at its upstream end to about 0.5 mm at its downstream end.
  • the material chosen for the downstream section is glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin having a modulus of elasticity of 25000 MPa and the Poisson ratio ( v ) is about 0.3.
  • the length of the downstream section may be around 330 mm, giving the separator vane a total length of 830 mm.
  • the stiffness of the upstream end of the downstream section as stiffness is defined in the context of this patent application, can be calculated as being 117.2 Nm.
  • the stiffness of this separator vane will be at least 57 Nm and therefore more than 280 times stiffer than the 1 mm thick reference sheet.
  • the average stiffness will be about 20449 Nm and therefore much more than 180 times higher than the stiffness of the reference sheet.
  • the machine-wide step at the transition between the upstream section of the separator vane(s) and the downstream section of the vane(s) will also contribute to the achievement of good coverage.
  • a headbox 1 With reference to FIG. 1, a headbox 1 is shown.
  • the headbox has a slice chamber 2 which is limited by a top wall 3 and a bottom wall 4 and a pair of side walls (not shown).
  • the slice chamber has an upstream inlet 5 and a downstream outlet 6 and during operation, the stock will pass from the inlet 5 to the outlet 6 such that the slice chamber can be described as having an intended straight main direction of flow from the upstream inlet 5 to the downstream outlet 6 .
  • Upstream of the slice chamber in the intended direction of flow of the stock there is a tube bank 18.
  • the tube bank 18 comprises several sections 7, 8, 9 of tubes that are vertically spaced from each other.
  • Each tube bank section in the tube bank comprises a plurality of straight tubes 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and the tubes in each tube bank section are arranged in separate vertically spaced rows, the rows extending in a cross machine direction.
  • Each tube has an upstream inlet end 16 through which stock is intended to enter the tube and a downstream outlet end 17 through which stock is intended to pass into the slice chamber at the inlet or inlet end 5 of the slice chamber 2 .
  • the tube bank 18 with its tubes thus forms a passage through which stock is intended to pass from the upstream inlet end of the tubes to the inlet of the slice chamber 2 and into the slice chamber 2 .
  • the passage constituted by the tube bank 18 has a straight main direction of flow which coincides with the straight main direction of flow of the stock in the slice chamber or, in other words, when the stock leaves the tube bank 18 and enters the slice chamber 2 , the stock will not change its direction of flow (the flow of stock will, of course, converge but the main direction of flow will remain unchanged). The stock will thus flow in one and the same main direction of flow all the way from the upstream inlet end of the tubes in the tube bank to the downstream outlet of the nozzle chamber.
  • FIG. 3 a cross section of a 3-layered paper web is shown where the top and bottom layers may consist of short fibers while the middle layer may consist of long fibers. If the stock is instead forced to change its direction of travel as it enters the slice chamber, this will tend to result in a fibrous web of inferior coverage such that the formed fibrous web will have a cross section similar to the one indicated in FIG. 5. As can be seen in FIG. 5, the layers are well separated but each layer does not have a uniform basis weight.
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross section of a paper web where the layers are mixed together with each other such that layer purity is poor.
  • the headbox is provided with elongate ledges 19 that extend in a cross machine direction.
  • the elongate ledges 19 make possible the attachment of machine-wide separator vanes 20, 21 that subdivide the slice chamber into separate channels for the production of a multilayered fibrous web.
  • FIG. 1 two separator vanes are shown but it is to be understood that the invention could equally well be applied to a headbox having only one separator vane or possibly three separator vanes.
  • the separator vanes 20, 21 extend in the intended direction of flow of the stock and each of the machine-wide separator vanes 20, 21 has an upstream end 22 and a downstream end 23 and the upstream end of each separator vane is fastened to one of the elongate ledges interposed between the vertically spaced rows of tubes in the tube bank 18.
  • the separator vanes are given a stiffness which is, on average, at least 36 Nm and which is , on a part of the separator vane stretching from the upstream end of the separator vane up to at least 7/10 (70 %) of the length of the separator vane, has a stiffness which is at least 7 Nm.
  • the separator vanes will thereby have a stiffness which is, on average, at least 180 times greater than a 1 mm thick reference sheet or reference plate of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa and which, on a part of the separator vane stretching from the upstream end of the separator vane up to at least 7/10 of the length of the separator vane, has a stiffness in the cross machine direction which is at least 35 times greater than the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet or reference plate of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa.
  • each separator vane is made of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin having a modulus of elasticity of about 25,000 MPa and has a thickness calculated to result in an average stiffness of the separator vane in the cross machine direction which is at least 180 times higher than the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa and a stiffness which , from the upstream end of the separator vane over at least 7/10 (70%) of the length of the separator vane, is at least 35 times higher than the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet (or reference plate) of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa.
  • FIG. 6 a comparative stiffness study between a 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa and two different separator vanes in accordance with the present invention is shown.
  • curve 1 shows (as a reference) the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet (or reference plate) of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa
  • curve 2 shows the stiffness of a tapered separator vane of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention as compared to that of the 1 mm thick reference sheet.
  • the average value of the stiffness is, in this case, about 36.2 Nm and thus about 181 times higher than the reference value of the 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa and has, for 7/10 of the length of the vane, a stiffness of at least 7.1 Nm and thus 35.5 times higher than the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa.
  • the separator vane has a thickness at its upstream end of approximately 3.8 mm.
  • each separator vane The thickness decreases linearly towards the downstream end of each separator vane, the length of which may be on the order of 800 - 850 mm, (the inventors envisage that 830 mm is a suitable choice of separator vane length) and at the downstream end of the vane, the thickness will be on the order of approximately 0.5 mm.
  • the inventors have found that, in order to achieve good layer purity, the thickness of the vanes should not exceed 0.7 mm at the downstream end of the separator vanes.
  • the inventors envisage that the thickness at the downstream end may be around 0.5 mm and that the variation in the thickness should be no greater than 0.05 mm.
  • the thickness is chosen to be lower than 0.7 mm in order to achieve a good layer purity.
  • a thickness of about 0.5 is preferred. With regard to the coverage, it is preferable that the thickness variation is no greater than 0.05 mm.
  • the material used for the separator vanes is isotropic in the sense that it has the same mechanical properties in both the machine direction and the cross machine direction. It is to be noted that the mechanical properties in the vertical dimension are not necessarily the same as in the machine direction and the cross machine direction. The material used is therefore not necessarily isotropic in the sense that it has the same mechanical properties in all directions.
  • each separator vane is composed of a machine-wide upstream section 31 and a machine-wide downstream section.
  • the upstream section 31 has an upstream end which is the same as the upstream end of the separator vane itself, and a downstream end 33 to which the downstream section 29 is fixed.
  • the upstream section is composed of a steel plate of constant thickness while the downstream section 29 is made of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin.
  • the steel plate has a modulus of elasticity of 203,000 MPa and its thickness is 12 mm.
  • the stiffness of the upstream section can thus be calculated as being 32123 Nm and therefore 160615 times higher than the stiffness of the 1 mm reference sheet.
  • the downstream section has an upstream end 30 and a downstream end 23 common with the downstream end of the separator vane itself.
  • the upstream end 30 of the downstream section 29 is fixed to the downstream end 33 of an associated upstream section.
  • the downstream section has, at its upstream end, a thickness which is less than the thickness of the downstream end of the upstream section so that at the transition between the upstream section and the downstream section, there is a machine-wide step 32.
  • the machine-wide downstream section is tapered in such a way that its thickness decreases linearly in the direction of flow of the stock and is preferably made of glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin having a modulus of elasticity of 25,000 MPa.
  • the downstream section 29 has, at its upstream end, a thickness of 3.8 mm and the stiffness at the upstream end can be calculated as being about 117 Nm as stiffness is defined in the context of this patent application.
  • the thickness of the downstream section is made less than 0.7 mm at the downstream end of the downstream section.
  • the thickness at the downstream end of the downstream section may be 0.5 mm with a maximum variation of 0.05 mm such that the thickness lies in the range 0.45 mm - 0.55 mm.
  • the surface smoothness, or R a value, of the downstream section is made to be smaller than 0.4 ⁇ m.
  • curve 3 shows the stiffness of a separator vane according to the second embodiment of the invention compared to the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet (or reference plate) of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa.
  • the separator vane composed of an upstream section of constant thickness and a downstream tapered section has, during a first part of its length (the upstream section which has a constant thickness), a constant stiffness.
  • the tapered downstream section has a gradually decreasing stiffness towards its downstream end.
  • the average stiffness of this vane will be considerably higher than 180 times the stiffness of a 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa.
  • the average stiffness of this separator vane as stiffness is defined in the context of this patent application, will be 20449 Nm.
  • the stiffness will be higher than 57.1 Nm and therefore more than 280 times higher than the stiffness of the 1 mm thick reference sheet of a polycarbonate material having a modulus of elasticity of 2100 MPa which has a stiffness of 2.1 Nm.
  • the slice chamber 2 of the headbox is further provided with a plurality of machine-wide turbulence generating elements 25, 26, 27 as can be seen in FIG. 9.
  • Each turbulence generating element is located in one of the separate flow channels formed either between the top wall 3 and a separator vane 20, 21, between two separator vanes 20, 21 or between a separator vane 20, 21 and the bottom wall 4 .
  • Each of the machine-wide turbulence generating elements extends in the direction of flow of the stock and each turbulence generating element has an upstream end 34 and a downstream end 28 .
  • the upstream end 34 of each turbulence generating element 25, 26, 27 is interposed between two vertically spaced rows of tubes in the tube bank and fixed between said rows.
  • the invention achieves that a multilayered fibrous web can be produced which has a good layer purity and a good coverage which assures that the layer purity will also be uniform.
  • the fibrous web will have uniform strength properties across the web.

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  1. Mehrlagenstoffauflaufkasten (1) für eine Papierherstellmaschine mit:
    a) einer Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) mit einem stromaufwärtigen Einlass (5), an dem ein Ganzstoff in die Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) eintreten soll, und einem stromabwärtigen Auslass (6), durch den von der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) zu einer anschließenden Formerpartie der Papiermaschine der Ganzstoff treten soll, wobei die Auslaufdüsenkammer (3) eine gerade Hauptströmungsrichtung des Ganzstoffes von dem Einlass (5) der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) zu dem Auslass (6) der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) hat, wobei die Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) des weiteren eine obere Wand (3) und eine Bodenwand (4) hat, wobei die obere Wand und die Bodenwand (3, 4) in der geraden Hauptrichtung der Strömung des Ganzstoffes sich einander nähern,
    b) bei der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) zumindest ein in Maschinenbreite vorgesehener Trennflügel (20, 21) die Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) für die Herstellung von Mehrlagenfaserbahnen unterteilt, wobei der zumindest eine Trennflügel (20, 21) sich in der Richtung der Strömung des Ganzstoffes erstreckt und eine Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung und ein stromaufwärtiges Ende (22) und ein stromabwärtiges Ende (23) hat, wobei der zumindest eine Trennflügel (20, 21) von seinem stromaufwärtigen Ende (22) zu seinem stromabwärtigen Ende (23) eine abnehmende Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung hat,
    wobei der Mehrlagenstoffauflaufkasten
    dadurch gekennzeichnet ist, dass
    er des weiteren folgendes aufweist
    c) eine Röhrenbank (18), die sich stromaufwärtig von der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) in der Richtung der Strömung des Ganzstoffes befindet, wobei die Röhrenbank (18) eine Vielzahl an geraden Röhren (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) aufweist und die Röhren (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) in separaten vertikal beabstandeten Reihen (7, 8, 9) angeordnet sind, wobei sich die Reihen in einer Maschinenquerrichtung erstrecken, wobei jede Röhre ein stromaufwärtiges Einlassende (16), in das der Ganzstoff in die Röhre (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) eintreten soll, und ein stromabwärtiges Auslassende (17) hat, aus dem der Ganzstoff zu dem Einlass (5) der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) treten soll, wobei die Röhrenbank (18) einen Durchtritt ausbildet, durch den der Ganzstoff von dem stromaufwärtigen Einlassende (16) der Röhren (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) zu dem Einlass (5) der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) treten soll, wobei der Durchtritt eine gerade Hauptrichtung der Strömung des Ganzstoffes hat, die mit der geraden Hauptströmungsrichtung des Ganzstoffes in der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) so übereinstimmt, dass der gesamte Weg von dem stromaufwärtigen Einlassende (16) der Röhren (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) zu dem stromabwärtigen Auslass (6) der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) der Ganzstoff in ein und der gleichen geraden Hauptströmungsrichtung strömt,
    d) in der Auslaufdüsenkammer (2) eine Vielzahl an in Maschinenbreite vorgesehene Turbulenzerzeugungselementen (25, 26, 27) sich in der Strömungsrichtung des Ganzstoffes erstrecken, wobei die Turbulenzerzeugungselemente (25, 26, 27) ein stromaufwärtiges Ende (34) und ein stromabwärtiges Ende (28) haben, wobei das stromaufwärtige Ende (34) von jedem Turbulenzerzeugungselement (25, 26, 27) zwischen den vertikal beabstandeten Reihen (7, 8, 9) der Röhren in der Röhrenbank (18) zwischengeordnet sind und zwischen den Reihen (7, 8, 9) befestigt ist, und
    e) der zumindest eine Trennflügel (20, 21) an seinem stromabwärtigen Ende (23) eine Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung hat, die geringer als 0,7 mm ist, und eine Steifigkeit hat, die im Durchschnitt zumindest 36 Nm beträgt, und der für zumindest 7/10 seiner Länge eine Steifigkeit von zumindest 7 Nm hat, wobei die Steifigkeit definiert ist als S = Eh 3/12(1-v 2)
    wobei S die Steifigkeit des Trennflügels ist, E der Elastizitätsmodus des Trennflügelmaterials ist, h die Dicke des Trennflügels ist und v die Poissonzahl für das Material des Trennflügels (20, 21) ist.
  2. Mehrlagenstoffauflaufkasten (1) gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei
       der zumindest eine in Maschinenbreite vorgesehener Trennflügel (20, 21) aus glasfaserverstärktem Epoxydharz hergestellt ist und die ganze Strecke von seinem stromaufwärtigen Ende (22) zu seinem stromabwärtigen Ende (23) so sich verjüngt, dass seine Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung fortlaufend von seinem stromaufwärtigen Ende (22) zu seinem stromabwärtigen Ende (23) abnimmt.
  3. Mehrlagenstoffauflaufkasten (1) gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei
       der zumindest eine Trennflügel (20, 21) in einen stromaufwärtigen Abschnitt (31) mit einer konstanten Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung und einem stromabwärtigen Abschnitt (29) geteilt ist, der derart sich verjüngt, dass seine Dicke in der Strömungsrichtung des Ganzstoffes abnimmt, und wobei der stromaufwärtige Abschnitt (31) ein stromaufwärtiges Ende (22) und ein stromabwärtiges Ende (33) hat und der stromabwärtige Abschnitt (29) ein stromaufwärtiges Ende (30) und ein stromabwärtiges Ende (23) hat, und wobei das stromaufwärtige Ende (30) des stromabwärtigen Abschnittes (29) an dem stromabwärtigen Ende (33) des stromaufwärtigen Abschnittes (31) befestigt ist, und wobei das stromaufwärtige Ende (30) des stromabwärtigen Abschnittes (29) eine Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung hat, die geringer als die Dicke in der vertikalen Abmessung des stromabwärtigen Endes (33) des stromaufwärtigen Abschnittes (31) derart ist, dass an der Stelle, an der der stromaufwärtige Abschnitt (31) an dem stromabwärtigen Abschnitt (29) befestigt ist, ein Absatz (32) in Maschinenbreite vorhanden ist
  4. Mehrlagenstoffauflaufkasten gemäß Anspruch 2, wobei
       der zumindest eine in Maschinenbreite vorgesehene Trennflügel (20, 21) eine Oberflächenglätte hat, die geringer als oder gleich wie 0,4 µm beträgt.
  5. Mehrlagenstoffauflaufkasten gemäß Anspruch 3, wobei
       der stromabwärtige Abschnitt (29) eine Oberflächenglätte hat, die geringer als oder gleich wie 0,4 µm beträgt.
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