EP0997697A2 - Dispositif pour sécher et refroidir des bandes de papier fraíchement imprimées - Google Patents

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EP0997697A2
EP0997697A2 EP99120179A EP99120179A EP0997697A2 EP 0997697 A2 EP0997697 A2 EP 0997697A2 EP 99120179 A EP99120179 A EP 99120179A EP 99120179 A EP99120179 A EP 99120179A EP 0997697 A2 EP0997697 A2 EP 0997697A2
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Ernst Dipl.-Ing. Klas
Udo Dipl.-Ing. Unger
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26DRYING
    • F26BDRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B13/00Machines and apparatus for drying fabrics, fibres, yarns, or other materials in long lengths, with progressive movement
    • F26B13/10Arrangements for feeding, heating or supporting materials; Controlling movement, tension or position of materials
    • F26B13/101Supporting materials without tension, e.g. on or between foraminous belts
    • F26B13/104Supporting materials without tension, e.g. on or between foraminous belts supported by fluid jets only; Fluid blowing arrangements for flotation dryers, e.g. coanda nozzles
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41FPRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F23/00Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing
    • B41F23/04Devices for treating the surfaces of sheets, webs, or other articles in connection with printing by heat drying, by cooling, by applying powders
    • B41F23/0476Cooling
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26DRYING
    • F26BDRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B23/00Heating arrangements
    • F26B23/02Heating arrangements using combustion heating
    • F26B23/022Heating arrangements using combustion heating incinerating volatiles in the dryer exhaust gases, the produced hot gases being wholly, partly or not recycled into the drying enclosure

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  • the invention relates to a device according to the preamble of the claim 1.
  • a device with the features of the preamble is known from EP 0 543 439 B1 known.
  • EP 0 396 173 B1 is particularly concerned with a cooler for such a cooler Contraption.
  • the paper leaves the dryer with a temperature of, for example, 130 ° C. At this temperature the evaporation has not yet stopped and adheres to the paper a boundary layer of oily vapors.
  • the dryer as usual, a Is immediately downstream of the roller cooler, the vapors condense on the Cooling rollers and form a film that smears the paper.
  • This evil is corrected according to the font mentioned that behind the dryer
  • An air cooler is initially arranged in which the web is floating, as in the dryer between blowing nozzles. The air cooler is in chambers divided.
  • Ambient air of around 20 ° C is used as cooling air, which is caused by a Feed opening introduced into the last chamber and in the opposite direction to continuous path from chamber to chamber.
  • the air cooler the web is cooled to an intermediate temperature, for example 90 ° C, at which the Evaporation is significantly reduced. With this intermediate temperature, this happens Paper to a downstream roller cooler.
  • DE-AS 1 293 163 describes a multicolor printing line with several in a row switched printing stations, for example offset machines. Behind everyone Printing station, the web to be printed passes through a dryer and a cooler.
  • the cooler consists essentially of a hood and one arranged therein Blow box with nozzle bottom.
  • a line for feeding leads into the blow box of cooling air, which is usually supercooled. Due to the effective recooling be prevented that the resins heated during the drying process liquefy or soften and in this state on the pressure rollers or other Store the accessories of the following machines.
  • US-PS 3 328 997 is a heat treatment device for strip material known, which consists of a heating zone and a flow direction on it subsequent cooling zone.
  • the web to be treated is both by the Heating zone, as well as horizontally back and forth through the cooling zone.
  • the Treatment line consists of three straight lines arranged one above the other Sections and two 180 degree arches. One arch connects to one End the lower section with the middle section, the other arch at at the other end the middle section with the upper section.
  • the invention has for its object a device with the in the preamble of the features specified to improve so that with low Operating costs a much stronger cooling effect is achieved.
  • the paper web should cooled with air to a temperature significantly below 90 ° C, preferably to a temperature with which they can be cooled without additional cooling downstream station, in particular a folder, can be supplied, d. H. to a temperature of 20 to 30 ° C. In this way it should be possible reduce the number of chill rolls required, preferably even that To make the conventional roller cooler dispensable.
  • the device illustrated in FIG. 1 also includes a dryer 1 Afterburner 2, a cooler 3 and an absorption refrigeration system 4, which in the Drawing is enclosed by a dashed circle.
  • a to be treated freshly printed paper web passes through dryer 1 and then immediately after cooler 3 connected from there downstream roller cooler 6, the few, preferably at most two Has cooling rollers.
  • the dryer 1 is constructed in a modular manner from a plurality of chambers 1a to 1d are lined up in the direction of flow.
  • the chamber 1a are like in the Drawing only indicated - in a known manner above and below the Paper web 5 carrying nozzles 7 for contactless guiding of the paper web arranged.
  • the support nozzles 7 are via a system of channels 8 on the pressure side a fan 9 connected. This is on the suction side with the interior of the Chamber 1a in open communication.
  • the chambers 1b to 1d are essentially equipped analog.
  • each two adjacent chambers 1a to 1d there is a vertical wall 10 between each two adjacent chambers 1a to 1d provided with a slot for the continuous paper web 5 and possibly with an opening 11 is provided.
  • a suction fan 12 which on the suction side Connection line 13 communicates with the interior of the chamber 1a.
  • the suction fan 12 opens into the afterburning chamber 2 with the inlet-side chamber 1a and possibly with further chamber 1b, 1c, 1d of the Dryer 1 through openings 15 in connection with which the dryer 1 in Operation hot clean gas is supplied.
  • an exhaust pipe 16 is connected to the afterburning chamber 2.
  • the cooler 3, like the dryer 1, is made up of several strings Chambers 3a to 3c constructed. Between the individual chambers 3a to 3c are - analog to the dryer 1- partitions 10 with slots for continuous paper web 5 and possibly with openings 11.
  • the chamber 3a the connects directly to the dryer 1, is analogous to the chambers 1a to 1d of the Dryer 1 with a circulating air system, not shown in the drawing equipped, which has carrying nozzles, channels and a circulating air fan.
  • the outlet-side chamber 3 c also has one System of support nozzles 7. These are connected via a channel system to a line 17 to the Supply of cooled fresh air connected.
  • cooling registers 18 are accommodated.
  • the absorption refrigeration system 4 comprises a cooker 19, one Condenser 20, an evaporator 21 and an absorber 22.
  • a heating coil 23 For heating the Kochers 19 serves a heating coil 23. This is in a heating medium circuit integrated, which via the heat-absorbing flow channel Heat exchanger 24 is guided. The heat-emitting flow channel of the Heat exchanger 24 is on one side to the exhaust duct 16 Afterburner chamber 2 connected, on the other side to a chimney 25.
  • Im Cooker 19 is made from a refrigerant solution, for example an ammonia solution, gaseous refrigerant expelled at elevated temperature and pressure. The gas is fed to the condenser 20 via a line 26.
  • a cooling coil 27 equipped with a cooling water circuit with a Recooler 28 is connected.
  • the gaseous refrigerant is liquefied in cooling water. In this state it will fed to the evaporator 21 via an expansion valve 29.
  • Rohrachlange 30 arranged, both with a via a heat transfer circuit Cooling registers 18 of the individual chambers 3a to 3c of the cooler 3 as well a heat exchanger 31 is connected, which in the fresh air line 17 of the cooler 7 is integrated.
  • the low-pressure refrigerant vapor passes to the Absorber 22, where it is absorbed in low-concentration refrigerant solution.
  • the absorption heat released in the process is dissipated through a coil 32, which is connected to the recooler 28 via pipes.
  • This Pipes not shown in the drawing for the sake of clarity are, the connection points A, B with the points A ', B' of the already mentioned cooling water circuit of the condenser 20.
  • Enriched Refrigerant solution is pumped into the cooker 19 under increased pressure pumped back while at the same time out of the cooker 19 via a control valve 34 low-refrigerant solution is supplied to the absorber 22.
  • a control valve 34 low-refrigerant solution is supplied to the absorber 22.
  • a heat exchanger 35 the enriched colder solution is replaced by the weaker, warmer solution in the Pre-warmed.
  • hot treatment gas which is caused by Fans 9 is circulated, blown onto the continuous paper web 5, the dried in this way and kept in suspension.
  • evaporated solvent-enriched treatment gas flows through the slot and the opening 11 of the partition 10 against the direction of travel of the web of Chamber to chamber and is by the fan 12 via the connecting line 13 sucked out of the first chamber 1a and fed to the afterburning chamber 2. There it is burned together with the supplied fuel gas and in this way freed from solvent. Part of the pure gas thus obtained is via the Openings 15 are returned to the dryer 1 as treatment gas.
  • Excess clean gas is in a not shown in the drawing Heat exchanger by heat exchange with the treatment gas, which the Afterburning chamber 2 is supplied via the fan 12, initially to about 350 ° C.
  • the cooler 3 In the cooler 3 is the paper web, which the dryer with a temperature of about Leaves 130 ° C, cooled by blowing cold air and suspended held.
  • the chamber 3a immediately following the dryer 1 cold air through the aforementioned, not shown in the drawing Circulated fans.
  • the circulated air flow sweeps the cooling register 18 and is kept constantly at a low temperature.
  • the outlet-side chamber 3c becomes fresh air supplied by the heat exchanger 31 with the cold heat transfer medium Example water or brine, the absorption refrigeration system 4 has cooled.
  • the heat, that of the cold air circulating inside the cooler 3 through the cooling registers 18 is withdrawn, the heat transfer medium through the coil 30 Evaporator 21 supplied.
  • the same thing happens with the heat in the Heat exchanger 31 is withdrawn from the fresh air.
  • the cold air circuits of the individual chambers 3c, 3b, 3a each become a partial flow branched off and the one opposite to the direction of travel of the paper web 5 Chamber fed, as indicated in the drawing by small arrows.
  • the one out The partial stream branched off from the chamber 3a reaches the chamber 1d of the dryer 1 and mixes there with the hot treatment gas.
  • the paper web 5 passes through a meandering treatment section, consisting of three one above the other arranged straight line sections 38a, 38b, 38c and two 180 ° bends 39, 40.
  • the one arch 39 connects the lower to the middle, in reverse Direction traveled section, the other the middle with the upper section of the route.
  • support nozzles 7 are arranged above and below the paper web.
  • turning stations 41, 42 are provided which have a semicircular shape Cross section.
  • the paper web is facing a semi-cylindrical Shell surface, which is provided with nozzle slots, which also in the area of Arches 39, 40 ensure contact-free guidance.
  • the support nozzles 7 of the lower chamber 36a are connected via a channel system 8 to the Pressure side of a fan 9 connected.
  • a branch 43 of the duct system the turning station 41 connected.
  • the fan 9 is connected to the Interior of chamber 38a in communication.
  • a cooling register 18 arranged, which is analogous to Figure 1 in the heat transfer medium Absorption refrigeration system is integrated.
  • the middle chamber 38b has an analog one, not shown in the drawing Furnishing.
  • the support nozzles 7 of the upper chamber 38 are jointly connected to a fresh air line 17 connected, as described in connection with Figure 1 via a Heat exchanger with the heat transfer circuit of an absorption refrigeration system in Connection is established.

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EP99120179A 1998-10-28 1999-10-09 Dispositif pour sécher et refroidir des bandes de papier fraíchement imprimées Withdrawn EP0997697A3 (fr)

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