EP2516737B1 - Assembly for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a roll nip of a fibrous material web machine - Google Patents

Assembly for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a roll nip of a fibrous material web machine Download PDF

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EP2516737B1
EP2516737B1 EP20100763181 EP10763181A EP2516737B1 EP 2516737 B1 EP2516737 B1 EP 2516737B1 EP 20100763181 EP20100763181 EP 20100763181 EP 10763181 A EP10763181 A EP 10763181A EP 2516737 B1 EP2516737 B1 EP 2516737B1
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Ville Hopponen
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21GCALENDERS; ACCESSORIES FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINES
    • D21G1/00Calenders; Smoothing apparatus
    • D21G1/002Opening or closing mechanisms; Regulating the pressure
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21FPAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON
    • D21F3/00Press section of machines for making continuous webs of paper
    • D21F3/02Wet presses
    • D21F3/06Means for regulating the pressure
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21GCALENDERS; ACCESSORIES FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINES
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  • the present invention relates to an arrangement for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls in a machine for producing or treating a fibrous web, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine, and more particularly to an arrangement, in which a digital valve is provided as a switching valve between a fluid pressure driven actuator and a digital valve controller which controls the actuator. Moreover, the present invention relates to a control method as well as a diagnostic and maintenance method for such an arrangement.
  • a regulator constituted by digital valves which controls a hydraulic adjusting cylinder by varying a hydraulic fluid pressure or a hydraulic fluid flow to adjust a position of a roller of a nip forming roller pair and a roller pressure in the nip is, for example, US Pat WO-A-2004/044316 known.
  • digital valve stands for a valve that can be moved between two consecutive states directly from the first state, for example, the fully open state, to the second state, for example, the fully closed state, and back.
  • the digital valve When the digital valve is fully open is, it is traversed by the total volume flow rate of this valve approved fluid flow. In the fully closed state, however, the valve does not flow through the fluid.
  • Such a digital valve is therefore also referred to as on-off valve or on-off digital valve.
  • a digital valve module constructed from such on-off digital valves may therefore have N 2 flow conditions, where N is the number of digital valves in the digital valve module.
  • a digital valve module of a controller described above which has twelve digital valves, each with different volume flow rates, therefore achieves a maximum control resolution of 2 12 different volume throughputs, ie 4096 different volume throughputs. This achieves a good approximation to the continuous adjustment of the volume flow rate of known servo or proportional valves. Since the digital valves contained in a single digital valve module have only two states (open or closed), they work very fast compared to known servo or proportional valves. Also known are digital valves having more than two states, such as a three-position digital valve, where the valve in the first position allows flow in one direction, in the second position allows flow in another direction, and in the third Position does not allow flow or prevents flow (off state).
  • the in the regulator of WO-A-2004/044316 used digital valves are arranged in one or more digital valve packages or digital valve modules and allow precise control of the with Piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder roller connected by the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder fluid pressure or fluid flow can be controlled digitally, ie stepwise by opening a desired number of digital valves.
  • the digital valves in the controller each have different throughputs through differently sized passage openings of the individual digital valves. Different combinations of the digital valves with the differently sized passage openings can consequently lead different fluid flow volumes to the hydraulic cylinder with a wide resolution, ie with a large number of different possible throughput volumes.
  • the pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic cylinder is thus regulated by the opening of one or more suitable digital valves, the fluid flow rate passing through the valves typically being doubled each time it passes from one digital valve to the next larger digital valve.
  • the maximum possible volume throughput of a digital valve is always twice the maximum possible volume throughput of the previously connected digital valve.
  • the normally closed digital valves are valves that are urged to a closed position (off position) by a spring or the like in an unactuated state, eg, a state in which, for example, no power is supplied to a switching solenoid.
  • Normally open digital valves are valves that are urged into an open position (on position) by a spring or the like in an unactuated state, eg in a state in which, for example, no current is supplied to a switching electromagnet.
  • a power failure or malfunction of the regulator may cause one through digital valves controlled hydraulic device that determines the position of a roller in a fiber web machine, for example, can not be reset to a starting position.
  • a nip which is formed inter alia by this roller, so it can not be opened in case of power failure. For example, then a passing through the nip fiber web can not be removed from the nip.
  • each servo or proportional valve to be replaced in a fiber web machine is replaced by a plurality of digital valves. Accordingly, the number of valves required increases by a multiple, which undesirably increases the statistical error rate of the hydraulic control in the fiber web machine.
  • the present invention is therefore based on the object to provide an improved arrangement for controlling the position of a roller or the nip pressure of a nip and a control method as well as a diagnosis and maintenance method for the improved arrangement, whereby the aforementioned problems are solved.
  • An arrangement according to the invention for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls, in particular for a fiber machine such as a paper, board or tissue machine has at least one fluid pressure driven actuator for varying the roll position or the nip pressure.
  • the actuator is in this case a hydraulic cylinder, preferably an oil-hydraulic cylinder, which can be connected directly to a roll of the paper, board or tissue machine, the force of the hydraulic cylinder and thereby the position of the roll or a pressure in a nip to be controlled, which is formed inter alia by the roller.
  • the arrangement according to the invention has at least one digital valve controller, which is preferably connected both to a fluid pump with pressure accumulator and to a fluid collecting container (tank or accumulator).
  • the regulator is connected to the at least one actuator driven by fluid pressure or to a plurality of actuators actuated by a fluid pressure and has a multiplicity of digital valves which serve to control a fluid pressure acting in the actuator by adjusting the actuator to control through the individual digital valves passing through fluid flow.
  • the controller comprises at least two digital valve modules, each with a plurality of digital valves, wherein a digital valve module is connected to a rod-side hydraulic chamber acting as an actuator hydraulic cylinder and the other digital valve module with a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder, so that a translational adjustment of the hydraulic cylinder by a targeted control of the rod-side hydraulic chamber and / or the piston-side hydraulic chamber takes place.
  • Each digital valve module has a plurality of digital valves, more preferably twelve digital valves, the controller may also have more than two digital valve modules, each having more than twelve digital valves as needed.
  • the arrangement according to the invention also has at least one first digital, normally open shut-off valve, which is provided in each case between regulator and actuator.
  • a digital shut-off valve is provided between each digital valve module of the regulator and a hydraulic chamber connected to this digital valve module.
  • the at least one first digital shut-off valve may be a hydraulically controlled / actuated digital valve, the hydraulic supply of which is preferably controlled by a control valve.
  • Such a control valve may be an electromagnetically actuated, normally closed digital valve. Instead of the electromagnetically actuated digital valve but any other type of control valve can be used.
  • a normally closed digital valve is between the two digital valve modules of the regulator provided, which serves as a digital connection valve. Through this communication valve, connection can be made between the conduit leading from the one digital valve module to the rod-side hydraulic chamber and the conduit leading from the other digital valve module to the piston-side hydraulic chamber.
  • the arrangement according to the invention preferably further has at least one second digital shut-off valve which is provided in parallel with each first digital shut-off valve.
  • the second digital shut-off valve is preferably a normally closed digital valve.
  • two or more hydraulic cylinders arranged in parallel may also be connected to the controller, to which the system described above is adapted.
  • a first digital shut-off valve may be provided between each digital valve module of the regulator and each hydraulic chamber, and / or one or more connecting valves previously described can interconnect the lines to the hydraulic chambers provided by the further hydraulic cylinders.
  • a pressure sensor and / or a flow sensor or the like is respectively arranged between the at least one first shut-off valve and the at least one hydraulic cylinder or a hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder, whereby a regulation of the hydraulic pressure in the cylinder is made possible.
  • the controller i. at least one of the digital valve modules or even each digital valve module of the controller has at least one normally open digital valve that can serve as a safety valve.
  • a safety valve With such a safety valve, a possibly necessary discharge of fluid through the regulator is ensured in the event of a power failure, a malfunction of the regulator or the like. As a result, emergency power devices or the like used to date become superfluous.
  • a further hydraulic cylinder can preferably be connected to the controller in parallel to the first hydraulic cylinder.
  • a rod-side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder and a rod-side hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder connected to the same digital valve module of the controller
  • a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder and a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder are connected to the same digital valve module of the controller.
  • a rod-side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder and a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder are connected to the same digital valve module of the controller, so a cross-arrangement as an alternative also conceivable.
  • the step of opening at least one first shut-off valve preferably further comprises opening a further first digital shut-off valve which is arranged between the one digital valve module and a parallel-connected hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder. This means that in the step of opening at least one first shut-off valve, the lines between the parallel connected to the digital valve module hydraulic chambers of the first and the other hydraulic cylinder and the corresponding digital valve module are opened.
  • the step of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic chamber to be controlled preferably comprises supplying hydraulic fluid in parallel to the parallel connected hydraulic chamber such that hydraulic fluid parallel to the parallel hydraulic chambers passes through the pressure accumulator connected to the digital valve regulator, e.g. The pump is supplied.
  • the step of closing the shut-off valve preferably further comprises closing all shut-off valves present in the arrangement so that a hydraulic pressure supplied to all the hydraulic chambers to be triggered is included can be maintained without accepting pressure losses.
  • a hydraulic pressure is directly transferred between the hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder without relying on an external pressure accumulator which supplies the required fluid pressure.
  • pressure can be controlled by a single digital valve as compared with a plurality of digital valves in the regulator, thereby realizing energy-saving pressure control.
  • a further hydraulic cylinder is preferably connected to the regulator parallel to the first hydraulic cylinder, similar to that already described in the first control method according to the invention.
  • the step of opening at least one first digital shut-off valve preferably comprises opening at least one further first digital shut-off valve, which is respectively provided between the one digital valve module and the one hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder and between the other digital valve module and the other hydraulic chamber, so that hydraulic pressure between the hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder can be exchanged or transmitted with each other.
  • a second digital shut-off valve is arranged in parallel to the first digital shut-off valve, and the step of opening at least one digital shut-off valve preferably comprises opening the first digital shut-off valve and the second digital shut-off valve, so that a hydraulic pressure can be passed through the parallel cut-off valves simultaneously.
  • the first digital shut-off valve may be a normally-open digital valve
  • the second digital shut-off valve may be a normally closed shut-off valve, so that the first digital shut-off valve may serve as a safety valve for a power failure, malfunction or the like, to allow any desired draining of To allow fluid from the cylinder.
  • the described diagnosis and maintenance method can thus be carried out during operation of the hydraulic cylinder, without adversely affecting their functionality or temporarily putting the hydraulic cylinders out of operation. A smooth operation of the fiber web machine can be ensured.
  • the shut-off valve may be a hydraulically controlled digital valve, the hydraulic supply of which is preferably controlled by a control valve.
  • the control valve may further preferably be an electromagnetically operable, normally closed digital valve that controls the step of closing the at least one shut-off valve.
  • Fig. 1 an arrangement with a digital valve controller 1 with four digital valve modules 11, 12, 13, 14 is shown, whose respective common input line to a pump 2 and their respective common output line are connected to a fluid collecting container 3.
  • Each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 is comprised of a total of twelve digital valves, with the input side of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 connected to the common input line being connected to six normally closed (NC) input digital valves.
  • NC normally closed
  • the six normally closed (NC) input digital valves open into a common supply line 111, 121, 131, 141 which in turn is provided with five normally closed (NC) output digital valves and a normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122, 132 , 142, wherein the output digital valves via the output side of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 in the common Lead out output line.
  • the normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122, 132, 142 of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 serves as a safety valve 112, 122, 132, 142, which in case of power failure, malfunction or the like, a release of the regulating fluid allows.
  • the supply lines 111, 121, 131, 141 are each connected via a normally open (NO) digital valve 15, 16, 17, 18 with a hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 of a hydraulic cylinder 4, 5. More specifically, the supply pipe 111 of the digital valve module 11 is connected to the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 via the digital valve 15 acting as the shut-off valve, the supply pipe 121 of the digital valve module 12 is connected to the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 via the digital valve 16 acting as the shut-off valve, the supply pipe 131 of the digital valve module 13 is connected to the rod-side hydraulic chamber 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 via the digital valve 17 acting as the shut-off valve, and the supply pipe 141 of the digital valve module 14 is connected to the piston-side hydraulic chamber 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 via the digital valve 18 also acting as the shut-off valve.
  • NO normally open
  • the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5, which are used in a fiber web machine, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine usually for positioning a roller (not shown), depending on the movement of the roller to be positioned either the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42, 52 of the cylinders 4, 5 for advancing the roller or the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41, 51 of the cylinders 4, 5 for the rearward movement of the roller with hydraulic fluid pressure applied.
  • the desired hydraulic fluid pressure supplied by the pump 2 is thereby precisely adjusted via an on-off combination of the digital valves of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14, as previously described.
  • Regulation of the position of each of the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 is enabled by the feedback of a linear sensor (not shown) by which positioning of a piston rod 43, 53 of each cylinder 4, 5 is accurately controlled by a hydraulic pressure to be set by the digital valve controller 1 can be.
  • shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 are hydraulic digital valves, which are driven by a driven by an electromagnet 191, digital control valve 19.
  • a hydraulic fluid pressure, which is used to drive the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18, is also supplied by the pump 2 via the input line of the digital valve module 11.
  • the common connection of the control valve 19 with each of the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 enables all shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 to be simultaneously and thereby power-saving controlled to be either open or closed. With such a control arrangement, it is also conceivable to control more than four shut-off valves simultaneously and energy-saving.
  • the normally closed (NC) digital valves of the digital valve controller 1 have the same structure as the control valve 19, which is urged in the unactuated, ie in the de-energized state by a spring element 192 in a closed position.
  • a position of the piston rods 43, 53 achieved thereby in each hydraulic cylinder 4, 5 can be maintained, by the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 are closed.
  • various diagnostic and maintenance procedures of the digital valve modules 11, 12, 13, 14 may be performed to verify that all digital valves of the digital valve controller 1 are functioning properly. Such a diagnosis and maintenance method has already been described earlier.
  • a hydraulic fluid supply to the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 is interrupted, with the result that the hydraulic fluid acting on the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 can be drained through a drain (not shown) and the shut-off valves 15, 16 , 17, 18 are urged by an respectively provided spring element 151, 161, 171, 181 in an open position.
  • a hydraulic pressure acting on the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 can be reduced via the open shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 and the safety valve 112, 122, 132, 142 provided in each digital valve module 12, 13, 14, 15. This prevents that the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 are detected or locked in a fixed position.
  • the rollers positioned by the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 can be moved by hand or by a security system (not shown) to a starting position, for example a paper, board or tissue web running over the rollers in a paper, board or tissue machine to free.
  • a security system not shown
  • a digital valve controller 1 has two digital valve modules 11, 12, whose structure with those of the digital valve modules 11, 12 from Fig. 1 matches.
  • Each digital valve module 11, 12 is thus as in the in Fig. 1 shown arrangement of twelve digital valves, wherein the common input line of each digital valve module 11, 12 is connected to six normally closed (NC) input digital valves.
  • the six normally closed (NC) input digital valves open into a common supply line 111, 121, which in turn is connected to five normally closed (NC) output digital valves and a normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122, the output Digital valves in the common output line of each digital valve module 11, 12 open.
  • the normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122 of each digital valve module 11, 12 serves as a safety valve 112, 122, which allows a discharge of the fluid to be controlled in the event of a power failure, malfunction or the like.
  • the supply lines 111, 121 are each connected via a control unit 7 to a hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 of a hydraulic cylinder 4, 5, wherein the control unit 7 from a normally open (NO) digital valve 71 and a normally closed (NC) digital valve 72nd consists. Between both digital valve modules 11, 12 a normally closed (NC) digital valve 6 is provided, which serves as a connecting valve 6 and the supply lines 111, 121 can selectively connect to each other.
  • NO normally open
  • NC normally closed
  • the supply line 111 of the digital valve module 11 is connected via the corresponding control unit 7 to the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the rod-side hydraulic chamber 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5, and the supply line 121 of the digital valve module 12 is above the corresponding one Control unit 7 with the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42nd the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the piston-side hydraulic chamber 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 is connected.
  • the supply line 111 is short-circuited to the supply line 121, so that the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the rod-side hydraulic chamber 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 directly to the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the piston-side hydraulic chamber 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 is connected, whereby a direct hydraulic pressure exchange between the chambers 41, 42, 51, 52 can be caused.
  • the normally open (NO) digital valve 71 of each control unit 7 serves as a safety valve similar to the safety valve 112, 122 in each digital valve module 11, 12 to allow for pressure relief in the event of a power failure, malfunction or the like.
  • both digital valves 71, 72 of each control unit 7 can be switched open, whereby a larger fluid flow to the corresponding hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 is made possible. As a result, a fast control of a hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 can be achieved.
  • a respective pressure sensor or a flow sensor 8 is provided to measure a hydraulic pressure or a hydraulic fluid flow and to allow a hydraulic pressure control.
  • the desired pressures in each hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 are adjusted, and the digital valves 71, 72 of FIG Control units 7 closed, which corresponds to a pressure fluid saving mode.
  • the pressure measuring sensors 8 provided between the control units 7 and the hydraulic chambers 41, 42, 51, 52 indicate a pressure loss
  • one or both digital valves 71, 72 of the corresponding control unit 7 are opened to make a pressure correction to the set value.
  • the two digital valve modules 11, 12 can be connected to one another on the basis of the connecting valve 6, so that the digital valve controller 1 can be able to supply the corresponding hydraulic pressure chambers 41, 42, 51, 52 with the desired hydraulic pressure.
  • a normally open digital valve acting as a safety valve is also conceivable in other applications.
  • a safety valve is in a squeegee device for coating a fibrous web, such as e.g. a paper, board or tissue web in the digital printing system for adjusting the pressure of the doctor bar on the fiber web conceivable to allow removal of the doctor bar from the fiber web in case of power failure or malfunction of the doctor device.
  • regulator assemblies may be used in any pressure and / or flow control of a fluid pressure driven system or actuator.

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Die vorliegende Erfindung bezieht sich auf eine Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines zwischen zwei Walzen ausgebildeten Walzenspalts in einer Maschine zur Herstellung oder Behandlung einer Faserstoffbahn, insbesondere in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine, und insbesondere auf eine Anordnung, bei der ein Digitalventil als Schaltventil zwischen einem fluiddruckgetriebenen Aktuator und einem Digitalventil-Regler vorgesehen ist, der den Aktuator steuert. Darüber hinaus bezieht sich die vorliegende Erfindung auf ein Steuerungsverfahren sowie auf ein Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren für eine derartige Anordnung.The present invention relates to an arrangement for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls in a machine for producing or treating a fibrous web, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine, and more particularly to an arrangement, in which a digital valve is provided as a switching valve between a fluid pressure driven actuator and a digital valve controller which controls the actuator. Moreover, the present invention relates to a control method as well as a diagnostic and maintenance method for such an arrangement.

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Ein aus Digitalventilen bestehender Regler, der einen Hydraulikstellzylinder durch Verändern eines Hydraulikfluiddrucks oder eines Hydraulikfluiddurchflusses steuert, um eine Position einer Walze eines einen Walzenspalt ausbildenden Walzenpaars sowie einen Walzendruck in dem Walzenspalt einzustellen, ist beispielsweise aus der WO-A-2004/044316 bekannt.A regulator constituted by digital valves which controls a hydraulic adjusting cylinder by varying a hydraulic fluid pressure or a hydraulic fluid flow to adjust a position of a roller of a nip forming roller pair and a roller pressure in the nip is, for example, US Pat WO-A-2004/044316 known.

Der Begriff "Digitalventil" steht für ein Ventil, das zwischen zwei aufeinanderfolgenden Zuständen direkt von dem ersten Zustand, beispielsweise dem vollständig geöffneten Zustand, in den zweiten Zustand, beispielsweise den vollständig geschlossenen Zustand, und zurück verfahren werden kann. Wenn das Digitalventil vollständig geöffnet ist, wird es von dem gesamten Volumendurchsatz des von diesem Ventil zugelassenen Fluidstroms durchflossen. Im vollständig geschlossenen Zustand hingegen durchfließt das Ventil kein Fluidstrom. Ein derartiges Digitalventil wird daher auch als An-Aus-Ventil oder An-Aus-Digitalventil bezeichnet.The term "digital valve" stands for a valve that can be moved between two consecutive states directly from the first state, for example, the fully open state, to the second state, for example, the fully closed state, and back. When the digital valve is fully open is, it is traversed by the total volume flow rate of this valve approved fluid flow. In the fully closed state, however, the valve does not flow through the fluid. Such a digital valve is therefore also referred to as on-off valve or on-off digital valve.

Ein Digitalventilmodul, das aus derartigen An-Aus-Digitalventilen aufgebaut ist, kann daher N2-Durchflusszustände aufweisen, wobei N die Anzahl von Digitalventilen in dem Digitalventilmodul ist. Ein Digitalventilmodul eines oben beschriebenen Reglers, das zwölf Digitalventile mit jeweils unterschiedlichen Volumendurchsätzen aufweist, erzielt daher eine maximale Regelungsauflösung von 212 unterschiedlichen Volumendurchsätzen, also 4096 unterschiedliche Volumendurchsätze. Dadurch wird eine gute Annäherung an die kontinuierliche Einstellung des Volumendurchsatzes von bekannten Servo- oder Proportionalventilen erreicht. Da die in einem einzelnen Digitalventilmodul enthaltenen Digitalventile nur zwei Zustände (offen oder geschlossen) aufweisen, arbeiten diese im Vergleich zu bekannten Servo- oder Proportionalventilen überaus schnell. Es sind auch Digitalventile bekannt, die mehr als zwei Zustände aufweisen, beispielsweise ein Digitalventil mit drei Stellungen, wobei das Ventil in der ersten Stellung den Durchfluss in eine Richtung zulässt, in der zweiten Stellung den Durchfluss in eine andere Richtung zulässt, und in der dritten Stellung keinen Durchfluss zulässt bzw. den Durchfluss unterbindet (Aus-Zustand).A digital valve module constructed from such on-off digital valves may therefore have N 2 flow conditions, where N is the number of digital valves in the digital valve module. A digital valve module of a controller described above, which has twelve digital valves, each with different volume flow rates, therefore achieves a maximum control resolution of 2 12 different volume throughputs, ie 4096 different volume throughputs. This achieves a good approximation to the continuous adjustment of the volume flow rate of known servo or proportional valves. Since the digital valves contained in a single digital valve module have only two states (open or closed), they work very fast compared to known servo or proportional valves. Also known are digital valves having more than two states, such as a three-position digital valve, where the valve in the first position allows flow in one direction, in the second position allows flow in another direction, and in the third Position does not allow flow or prevents flow (off state).

Die in dem Regler der WO-A-2004/044316 verwendeten Digitalventile sind in einem oder mehreren Digitalventilpaketen bzw. Digitalventilmodulen angeordnet und ermöglichen eine exakte Steuerung der mit der Kolbenstange des Hydraulikzylinders verbundenen Walze, indem der zu den Hydraulikkammern des Hydraulikzylinders geleitete Fluiddruck oder Fluiddurchfluss digital, also schrittweise durch Öffnen einer gewünschten Anzahl von Digitalventilen exakt gesteuert werden kann. Die Digitalventile in dem Regler weisen durch verschieden große Durchlassöffnungen der einzelnen Digitalventile jeweils verschiedene Durchsatzvermögen auf. Durch unterschiedliche Kombinationen der Digitalventile mit den unterschiedlich großen Durchlassöffnungen können folglich unterschiedliche Fluiddurchflussvolumina zu dem Hydraulikzylinder mit einer breiten Auflösung, d.h. mit einer großen Anzahl an verschiedenen möglichen Durchsatzvolumina geleitet werden.The in the regulator of WO-A-2004/044316 used digital valves are arranged in one or more digital valve packages or digital valve modules and allow precise control of the with Piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder roller connected by the hydraulic pressure to the hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder fluid pressure or fluid flow can be controlled digitally, ie stepwise by opening a desired number of digital valves. The digital valves in the controller each have different throughputs through differently sized passage openings of the individual digital valves. Different combinations of the digital valves with the differently sized passage openings can consequently lead different fluid flow volumes to the hydraulic cylinder with a wide resolution, ie with a large number of different possible throughput volumes.

Der Druck des Hydraulikfluids in dem Hydraulikzylinder wird also durch das Öffnen eines oder mehrerer geeigneter Digitalventile geregelt, wobei der durch die Ventile hindurchtretende Fluiddurchsatz in der Regel jedes Mal verdoppelt wird, wenn er von einem Digitalventil zu dem nächstgrößeren Digitalventil übergeht. Anders gesagt beträgt der maximal mögliche Volumendurchsatz eines Digitalventils immer das Doppelte des maximal möglichen Volumendurchsatzes des vorhergehend geschalteten Digitalventils. Wenn die zu erreichenden Walzenspaltdrücke bekannt sind, können alle im Betrieb auftretenden Walzenspaltdrücke durch eine im Vorfeld festgelegte, geeignete Anzahl von Digitalventilen in einem Digitalventilmodul entsprechend eingestellt werden.The pressure of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic cylinder is thus regulated by the opening of one or more suitable digital valves, the fluid flow rate passing through the valves typically being doubled each time it passes from one digital valve to the next larger digital valve. In other words, the maximum possible volume throughput of a digital valve is always twice the maximum possible volume throughput of the previously connected digital valve. When the nip pressures to be achieved are known, all nip pressures encountered during operation can be adjusted accordingly by a predetermined number of digital valves in a digital valve module.

Unter den An-Aus-Digitalventilen sind unter anderem zwei verschiedene Arten allgemein bekannt, und zwar die normal geschlossenen Digitalventile, die in schematischen Zeichnungen in der Regel mit NC (vom englischen Begriff "normally closed") gekennzeichnet sind, und die normal offenen Digitalventile, die in der Regel mit NO (vom englischen Begriff "normally open")gekennzeichnet sind. Die normal geschlossenen Digitalventile sind Ventile, die in einem unbetätigten Zustand, z.B. in einem Zustand, in dem bspw. kein Strom zu einem Schaltelektromagneten zugeführt wird, durch eine Feder oder dergleichen in eine geschlossene Stellung (Aus-Stellung) gedrängt werden. Normal offene Digitalventile hingegen sind Ventile, die in einem unbetätigten Zustand, z.B. in einem Zustand, in dem bspw. kein Strom zu einem Schaltelektromagneten zugeführt wird, durch eine Feder oder dergleichen in eine offene Stellung (An-Stellung) gedrängt werden.Among the on-off digital valves, among other things, two types are well known, namely the normally closed digital valves, which are usually labeled in schematic drawings with NC (the English term "normally closed"), and the normally open digital valves, usually with NO (from English term "normally open") are marked. The normally closed digital valves are valves that are urged to a closed position (off position) by a spring or the like in an unactuated state, eg, a state in which, for example, no power is supplied to a switching solenoid. Normally open digital valves, on the other hand, are valves that are urged into an open position (on position) by a spring or the like in an unactuated state, eg in a state in which, for example, no current is supplied to a switching electromagnet.

Wesentliche Vorteile von Digitalventilen im Vergleich zu herkömmlicherweise eingesetzten Servo- oder Proportionalventilen sind unter anderem ein überaus schnelles Ansprechverhalten, der einfache Aufbau der Digitalventile und deren geringer Energieverbrauch, da kein ständiger Durchfluss von Hydraulikfluid durch die Ventile erforderlich ist.Significant advantages of digital valves compared to conventionally used servo or proportional valves include an extremely fast response, the simple construction of the digital valves and their low energy consumption, since no continuous flow of hydraulic fluid through the valves is required.

Auf dem Gebiet der Faserbahnherstellung, insbesondere der Papier- oder Kartonherstellung hält die Verwendung von Digitalventilen in Druck- oder Durchflussreglern für Hydraulikvorrichtungen seit kurzer Zeit Einzug. Durch das Ersetzen von üblichen kontinuierlich verstellbaren Servo- oder Proportionalventilen in Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschinen, und insbesondere bei der Verwendung von bekannten Digitalventilen bei Reglern für Hydraulikvorrichtungen in Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschinen kommt es aber zu neuen Problemen.In the field of fiber web production, in particular paper or board production, the use of digital valves in pressure or flow regulators for hydraulic devices has recently arrived. Replacing conventional continuously variable servo or proportional valves in paper, board, or tissue machines, and especially when using known digital valves in controllers for hydraulic devices in paper, board, or tissue machines, introduces new problems.

Unter anderem ist es ein Problem von Digitalventilen, dass speziell bei Verwendung von elektrisch betätigten Digitalventilen ein Stromausfall oder eine Fehlfunktion des Reglers dazu führen kann, dass eine durch Digitalventile gesteuerte Hydraulikvorrichtung, die in einer Faserbahnmaschine beispielweise die Position einer Walze bestimmt, nicht mehr in eine Ausgangslage zurückgestellt werden kann. Ein Walzenspalt, der unter anderem durch diese Walze ausgebildet wird, kann also bei einem Stromausfall nicht mehr geöffnet werden. Beispielweise kann dann eine durch den Walzenspalt hindurchlaufende Faserbahn nicht mehr aus dem Walzenspalt entfernt werden.Among other things, it is a problem of digital valves that, especially with the use of electrically operated digital valves, a power failure or malfunction of the regulator may cause one through digital valves controlled hydraulic device that determines the position of a roller in a fiber web machine, for example, can not be reset to a starting position. A nip, which is formed inter alia by this roller, so it can not be opened in case of power failure. For example, then a passing through the nip fiber web can not be removed from the nip.

Darüber hinaus müssen Digitalventile in einem Digitalventil-Regler regelmäßig anhand von Wartungsroutinen auf ihre fehlerfreie Funktion überprüft werden. Während dieser Wartungsroutinen, die üblicherweise während einem Betrieb der Faserbahnmaschine durchgeführt werden, muss die anzusteuernde Hydraulikvorrichtung also vollständig von dem Digitalventil-Regler getrennt werden, ohne die Funktion der Hydraulikvorrichtung zu beeinflussen.In addition, digital valves in a Digital Valve Controller must be periodically checked for proper operation through maintenance routines. During these maintenance routines, which are usually carried out during operation of the fiber web machine, the hydraulic device to be controlled must therefore be completely separated from the digital valve controller, without affecting the function of the hydraulic device.

Letztendlich ist es ein generelles Problem, dass jedes zu ersetzende Servo- oder Proportionalventil in einer Faserbahnmaschine durch eine Vielzahl von Digitalventilen ersetzt wird. Die Anzahl an benötigten Ventilen steigt demnach um ein Vielfaches, wodurch sich die statistische Fehleranfälligkeit der Hydraulikregelung in der Faserbahnmaschine unerwünschterweise erhöht.Ultimately, it is a general problem that each servo or proportional valve to be replaced in a fiber web machine is replaced by a plurality of digital valves. Accordingly, the number of valves required increases by a multiple, which undesirably increases the statistical error rate of the hydraulic control in the fiber web machine.

Ferner ist eine Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines zwischen zwei Walzen ausgebildeten Walzenspalts insbesondere in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine gemäß dem Oberbegriff von Anspruch 1 aus der WO 2009/077650 A1 bekannt.Further, an arrangement for controlling the position of a roller or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rollers, particularly in a paper, board or tissue machine according to the preamble of claim 1 of the WO 2009/077650 A1 known.

Der vorliegenden Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine verbesserte Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines Walzenspalts sowie ein Steuerungsverfahren als auch ein Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren für die verbesserte Anordnung bereitzustellen, wodurch die vorhergehend genannten Probleme gelöst werden.The present invention is therefore based on the object to provide an improved arrangement for controlling the position of a roller or the nip pressure of a nip and a control method as well as a diagnosis and maintenance method for the improved arrangement, whereby the aforementioned problems are solved.

Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch eine Anordnung mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 und ein Steuerungsverfahren mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 13 sowie ein Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 19 gelöst.This object is achieved by an arrangement with the features of claim 1 and a control method with the features of claim 13 and a diagnostic and maintenance method with the features of claim 19.

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG DER ERFINDUNGSUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Eine erfindungsgemäße Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines zwischen zwei Walzen ausgebildeten Walzenspalts, insbesondere für eine Fasermaschine wie z.B. eine Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine, weist mindestens einen fluiddruckgetriebenen Aktuator zum Verändern der Walzenposition oder des Walzenspaltdrucks auf. Der Aktuator ist dabei ein Hydraulikzylinder, vorzugsweise ein Ölhydraulikzylinder, der direkt mit einer Walze der Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine verbunden sein kann, wobei die Kraft des Hydraulikzylinders und dadurch die Position der Walze bzw. ein Druck in einem Walzenspalt zu steuern ist, der unter anderem durch die Walze ausgebildet wird. Des Weiteren weist die erfindungsgemäße Anordnung mindestens einen Digitalventil-Regler auf, der vorzugsweise sowohl mit einer Fluidpumpe mit Druckspeicher als auch mit einem Fluidauffangbehälter (Tank oder Akkumulator) verbunden ist. Der Regler ist dabei mit dem mindestens einen fluiddruckgetriebenen Aktuator bzw. mit mehreren fluiddruckgetriebenen Aktuatoren verbunden und weist eine Vielzahl von Digitalventilen auf, die dazu dienen, einen in dem Aktuator wirkenden Fluiddruck durch Einstellen des durch die einzelnen Digitalventile hindurchtretenden Fluiddurchsatzes zu steuern.An arrangement according to the invention for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls, in particular for a fiber machine such as a paper, board or tissue machine, has at least one fluid pressure driven actuator for varying the roll position or the nip pressure. The actuator is in this case a hydraulic cylinder, preferably an oil-hydraulic cylinder, which can be connected directly to a roll of the paper, board or tissue machine, the force of the hydraulic cylinder and thereby the position of the roll or a pressure in a nip to be controlled, which is formed inter alia by the roller. Furthermore, the arrangement according to the invention has at least one digital valve controller, which is preferably connected both to a fluid pump with pressure accumulator and to a fluid collecting container (tank or accumulator). The regulator is connected to the at least one actuator driven by fluid pressure or to a plurality of actuators actuated by a fluid pressure and has a multiplicity of digital valves which serve to control a fluid pressure acting in the actuator by adjusting the actuator to control through the individual digital valves passing through fluid flow.

Der Regler umfasst mindestens zwei Digitalventilmodule jeweils mit einer Vielzahl von Digitalventilen, wobei ein Digitalventilmodul mit einer stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer des als Aktuator wirkenden Hydraulikzylinders und das andere Digitalventilmodul mit einer kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders verbunden ist, so dass eine translatorische Verstellbewegung des Hydraulikzylinders durch eine gezielte Ansteuerung der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer und/oder der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer erfolgt. Jedes Digitalventilmodul weist mehrere Digitalventile, weiter vorzugsweise zwölf Digitalventile auf, wobei der Regler je nach Bedarf auch mehr als zwei Digitalventilmodule mit jeweils mehr als zwölf Digitalventilen aufweisen kann.The controller comprises at least two digital valve modules, each with a plurality of digital valves, wherein a digital valve module is connected to a rod-side hydraulic chamber acting as an actuator hydraulic cylinder and the other digital valve module with a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder, so that a translational adjustment of the hydraulic cylinder by a targeted control of the rod-side hydraulic chamber and / or the piston-side hydraulic chamber takes place. Each digital valve module has a plurality of digital valves, more preferably twelve digital valves, the controller may also have more than two digital valve modules, each having more than twelve digital valves as needed.

Zudem weist die erfindungsgemäße Anordnung noch mindestens ein erstes digitales, normal offenes Abschaltventil auf, das jeweils zwischen Regler und Aktuator vorgesehen ist. Es ist auch eine Anordnung denkbar, bei der ein digitales Abschaltventil zwischen jedem Digitalventilmodul des Reglers und einer mit diesem Digitalventilmodul verbundenen Hydraulikkammer vorgesehen ist. Das mindestens eine erste digitale Abschaltventil kann ein hydraulisch gesteuertes/betätigtes Digitalventil sein, dessen Hydraulikzufuhr vorzugsweise durch ein Steuerventil gesteuert wird. Ein derartiges Steuerventil kann ein elektromagnetisch betätigbares, normal geschlossenes Digitalventil sein. Anstelle des elektromagnetisch betätigbaren Digitalventils kann aber auch jede andere Art von Steuerventil zur Anwendung kommen.In addition, the arrangement according to the invention also has at least one first digital, normally open shut-off valve, which is provided in each case between regulator and actuator. An arrangement is also conceivable in which a digital shut-off valve is provided between each digital valve module of the regulator and a hydraulic chamber connected to this digital valve module. The at least one first digital shut-off valve may be a hydraulically controlled / actuated digital valve, the hydraulic supply of which is preferably controlled by a control valve. Such a control valve may be an electromagnetically actuated, normally closed digital valve. Instead of the electromagnetically actuated digital valve but any other type of control valve can be used.

Weiter vorzugsweise ist ein normal geschlossenes Digitalventil zwischen den beiden Digitalventilmodulen des Reglers vorgesehen, das als digitales Verbindungsventil dient. Durch dieses Verbindungsventil kann eine Verbindung zwischen der Leitung, die von dem einen Digitalventilmodul zu der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer führt, und der Leitung hergestellt werden, die von dem anderen Digitalventilmodul zu der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer führt. Durch einen derartigen Aufbau kann beim Schließen aller Digitalventile beider Digitalventilmodule und Öffnen des Verbindungsventils eine direkte Verbindung zwischen der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer und der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders hergestellt werden, so dass ein Hydraulikdruck der Hydraulikkammern ohne eine externe Hydraulikfluidzufuhr bzw. -abfuhr lediglich anhand der bereits in den Kammern vorliegenden unterschiedlichen Hydraulikdrücke eingestellt werden kann.More preferably, a normally closed digital valve is between the two digital valve modules of the regulator provided, which serves as a digital connection valve. Through this communication valve, connection can be made between the conduit leading from the one digital valve module to the rod-side hydraulic chamber and the conduit leading from the other digital valve module to the piston-side hydraulic chamber. By such a construction, upon closing all the digital valves of both digital valve modules and opening the connecting valve, a direct connection between the piston-side hydraulic chamber and the rod-side hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder can be established, so that hydraulic pressure of the hydraulic chambers without external hydraulic fluid supply or drainage is only based on the already in the chambers present different hydraulic pressures can be adjusted.

Die erfindungsgemäße Anordnung hat des Weiteren vorzugsweise mindestens ein zweites digitales Abschaltventil, das parallel zu jedem ersten digitalen Abschaltventil vorgesehen ist. Das zweite digitale Abschaltventil ist vorzugsweise ein normal geschlossenes Digitalventil. Durch diese Anordnung kann eine Parallelschaltung eines normal geschlossenen Digitalventils und eines normal offenen Digitalventils zum Einsatz kommen, die zwischen dem Regler bzw. einem Digitalventilmodul des Reglers und dem Hydraulikzylinder bzw. einer jeden Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders angeordnet ist.The arrangement according to the invention preferably further has at least one second digital shut-off valve which is provided in parallel with each first digital shut-off valve. The second digital shut-off valve is preferably a normally closed digital valve. By this arrangement, a parallel connection of a normally closed digital valve and a normally open digital valve can be used, which is arranged between the controller or a digital valve module of the controller and the hydraulic cylinder or each hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder.

Prinzipiell können bei der erfindungsgemäßen Anordnung anstelle eines Hydraulikzylinders, wie er in der vorhergehend beschriebenen Anordnung beispielhaft vorgesehen ist, auch zwei oder mehrere parallel angeordnete Hydraulikzylinder mit dem Regler verbunden sein, an die das vorhergehend beschriebene System angepasst ist. Demnach kann beispielsweise ein erstes digitales Abschaltventil zwischen jedem Digitalventilmodul des Reglers und jeder Hydraulikkammer vorgesehen sein, und/oder ein oder mehrere vorhergehend beschriebene Verbindungsventile können die Leitungen zu den durch die weiteren Hydraulikzylinder bereitgestellten Hydraulikkammern miteinander verbinden.In principle, in the arrangement according to the invention instead of a hydraulic cylinder, as provided by way of example in the previously described arrangement, two or more hydraulic cylinders arranged in parallel may also be connected to the controller, to which the system described above is adapted. Thus, for example, a first digital shut-off valve may be provided between each digital valve module of the regulator and each hydraulic chamber, and / or one or more connecting valves previously described can interconnect the lines to the hydraulic chambers provided by the further hydraulic cylinders.

Weiterhin vorzugsweise ist ein Drucksensor und/oder ein Durchflusssensor oder dergleichen jeweils zwischen dem mindestens einen ersten Abschaltventil und dem mindestens einen Hydraulikzylinder bzw. einer Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders angeordnet, wodurch eine Regelung des Hydraulikdrucks in dem Zylinder ermöglicht wird.Further preferably, a pressure sensor and / or a flow sensor or the like is respectively arranged between the at least one first shut-off valve and the at least one hydraulic cylinder or a hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder, whereby a regulation of the hydraulic pressure in the cylinder is made possible.

Des Weiteren ist es vorzuziehen, dass der Regler, d.h. mindestens eines der Digitalventilmodule oder auch jedes Digitalventilmodul des Reglers mindestens ein normal offenes Digitalventil aufweist, das als Sicherheitsventil dienen kann. Mit einem derartigen Sicherheitsventil wird ein evtl. nötiges Ablassen von Fluid durch den Regler hindurch bei einem Stromausfall, einer Fehlfunktion des Reglers oder dergleichen sichergestellt. Dadurch werden bis dato dafür verwendete Notstromeinrichtungen oder dergleichen überflüssig.Furthermore, it is preferable that the controller, i. at least one of the digital valve modules or even each digital valve module of the controller has at least one normally open digital valve that can serve as a safety valve. With such a safety valve, a possibly necessary discharge of fluid through the regulator is ensured in the event of a power failure, a malfunction of the regulator or the like. As a result, emergency power devices or the like used to date become superfluous.

Mit der erfindungsgemäßen Anordnung, wie sie vorhergehend beschrieben ist, lassen sich unter anderem verschiedene Steuerungs- und Diagnoseverfahren des Reglers verwirklichen. Ein erstes erfindungsgemäßes Steuerungsverfahren für eine erfindungsgemäße Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines zwischen zwei Walzen ausgebildeten Walzenspalts, insbesondere in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine, weist dabei die folgenden Schritte auf:

  • Öffnen einer bestimmten Anzahl von Digitalventilen eines Digitalventilmoduls des Digitalventil-Reglers, wobei sich die Anzahl der offenen Digitalventile nach dem gewünschten Fluiddurchfluss richtet;
  • Öffnen des mindestens einen ersten digitalen Abschaltventils, das zwischen dem einen teilweise oder vollständig geöffneten Digitalventilmodul und einer durch dieses Digitalventilmodul anzusteuernden Hydraulikkammer eines anzusteuernden ersten Hydraulikzylinders vorgesehen ist, wobei die anzusteuernde Hydraulikkammer durch das Öffnen des gewünschten Abschaltventils festgelegt wird;
  • Zuführen von Hydraulikfluid zu der anzusteuernden Hydraulikkammer, bis ein gewünschter Hydraulikdruck in der anzusteuernden Hydraulikkammer erreicht ist, wodurch die Kolbenstange des Hydraulikzylinders bewegt wird und die translatorische Lage einer damit verbundenen Walze beispielsweise im Zuge einer Positionsveränderung der Walze verändert wird; und
  • Schließen des Abschaltventils, so dass ein der anzusteuernden Hydraulikkammer zugeführter Hydraulikdruck und dadurch eine Position der Kolbenstange und damit der anzusteuernden Walze beibehalten wird.
With the arrangement according to the invention, as described above, among other things, various control and diagnostic methods of the controller can be realized. A first control method according to the invention for an arrangement according to the invention for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine, has the following steps:
  • Opening a specific number of digital valves of a digital valve module of the digital valve controller, wherein the number of open digital valves depends on the desired fluid flow;
  • Opening the at least one first digital shut-off valve provided between the one partially or fully opened digital valve module and a hydraulic chamber to be controlled by this digital valve module of a first hydraulic cylinder to be controlled, the hydraulic chamber to be controlled being fixed by opening the desired shut-off valve;
  • Supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic chamber to be controlled until a desired hydraulic pressure is reached in the hydraulic chamber to be controlled, whereby the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder is moved and the translational position of a roller connected thereto is changed, for example, in response to a positional change of the roller; and
  • Closing the shut-off valve, so that one of the hydraulic chamber to be controlled hydraulic pressure supplied and thereby a position of the piston rod and thus the driven roller is maintained.

Mit einem derartigen Steuerungsverfahren ist es möglich, anhand von Digitalventilen eine schnelle, gezielte Ansteuerung eines Hydraulikzylinders zu erreichen, wobei ein einmal eingestellter Druck in einer Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders durch Schließen des der Hydraulikkammer vorgelagerten Abschaltventils beibehalten werden kann, ohne dass weitere Digitalventile dauerhaft angesteuert werden müssen. Diese Art der Ansteuerung ist daher energiesparend und kostengünstig.With such a control method, it is possible to achieve fast, targeted control of a hydraulic cylinder using digital valves, wherein a once set pressure in a hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder by closing the hydraulic chamber upstream shut-off valve can be maintained without further digital valves must be permanently activated , This type of control is therefore energy efficient and inexpensive.

Bei dem ersten erfindungsgemäßen Steuerungsverfahren kann vorzugsweise ein weiterer Hydraulikzylinder parallel zu dem ersten Hydraulikzylinder mit dem Regler verbunden sein. Bei einer derartigen parallelen Anordnung sind eine stangenseitige Hydraulikkammer des ersten Hydraulikzylinders und eine stangenseitige Hydraulikkammer des weiteren Hydraulikzylinders mit demselben Digitalventilmodul des Reglers verbunden, und eine kolbenseitige Hydraulikkammer des ersten Hydraulikzylinders und eine kolbenseitige Hydraulikkammer des weiteren Hydraulikzylinders sind mit demselben Digitalventilmodul des Reglers verbunden. Weiterhin ist eine Anordnung, bei der eine stangenseitige Hydraulikkammer des ersten Hydraulikzylinders und eine kolbenseitige Hydraulikkammer des weiteren Hydraulikzylinders mit demselben Digitalventilmodul des Reglers verbunden sind, also eine Überkreuz-Anordnung als Alternative ebenso denkbar.In the first control method according to the invention, a further hydraulic cylinder can preferably be connected to the controller in parallel to the first hydraulic cylinder. In such a parallel arrangement are a rod-side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder and a rod-side hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder connected to the same digital valve module of the controller, and a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder and a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder are connected to the same digital valve module of the controller. Furthermore, an arrangement in which a rod-side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder and a piston-side hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder are connected to the same digital valve module of the controller, so a cross-arrangement as an alternative also conceivable.

Bei dem ersten erfindungsgemäßen Steuerungsverfahren umfasst ferner vorzugsweise der Schritt des Öffnens mindestens eines ersten Abschaltventils ein Öffnen eines weiteren ersten digitalen Abschaltventils, das zwischen dem einen Digitalventilmodul und einer parallel angeschlossenen Hydraulikkammer des weiteren Hydraulikzylinders angeordnet ist. Das bedeutet, dass bei dem Schritt des Öffnens mindestens eines ersten Abschaltventils die Leitungen zwischen den parallel mit dem Digitalventilmodul verbundenen Hydraulikkammern des ersten und des weiteren Hydraulikzylinders und dem entsprechenden Digitalventilmodul geöffnet werden.In the first control method according to the invention, the step of opening at least one first shut-off valve preferably further comprises opening a further first digital shut-off valve which is arranged between the one digital valve module and a parallel-connected hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder. This means that in the step of opening at least one first shut-off valve, the lines between the parallel connected to the digital valve module hydraulic chambers of the first and the other hydraulic cylinder and the corresponding digital valve module are opened.

Weiterhin umfasst bei dem ersten erfindungsgemäßen Steuerungsverfahren der Schritt des Zuführens von Hydraulikfluid zu der anzusteuernden Hydraulikkammer vorzugsweise ein paralleles Zuführen von Hydraulikfluid zu der parallel angeschlossenen Hydraulikkammer, so dass zu den parallel angeordneten Hydraulikkammern zeitgleich ein Hydraulikfluid durch den mit dem Digitalventil-Regler verbundenen Druckspeicher, bspw. die Pumpe, zugeführt wird. Dabei umfasst weiter vorzugsweise der Schritt des Schließens des Abschaltventils vorzugsweise ein Schließen aller in der Anordnung vorhandenen Abschaltventile, so dass ein allen anzusteuernden Hydraulikkammern zugeführter Hydraulikdruck beibehalten werden kann, ohne Druckverluste hinzunehmen. Dadurch ist es möglich, mehrere Hydraulikzylinder durch ein und dasselbe Digitalventilmodul anzusteuern und einen gewünschten Hydraulikdruck in den angesteuerten Hydraulikkammern der Hydraulikzylinder zu erzeugen, der durch Schließen der Abschaltventile beibehalten wird, ohne einen weiteren Fluiddurchfluss durch die Ventile zu benötigen. Das bedeutet dass eine Ansteuerung der Hydraulikzylinder anhand der wie vorhergehend beschrieben angeordneten Digitalventile durch ein energiesparendes und damit kostengünstiges Verfahren erzielt werden kann.Furthermore, in the first control method according to the invention, the step of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic chamber to be controlled preferably comprises supplying hydraulic fluid in parallel to the parallel connected hydraulic chamber such that hydraulic fluid parallel to the parallel hydraulic chambers passes through the pressure accumulator connected to the digital valve regulator, e.g. The pump is supplied. In this case, the step of closing the shut-off valve preferably further comprises closing all shut-off valves present in the arrangement so that a hydraulic pressure supplied to all the hydraulic chambers to be triggered is included can be maintained without accepting pressure losses. Thereby, it is possible to control a plurality of hydraulic cylinders by one and the same digital valve module and to generate a desired hydraulic pressure in the controlled hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinders, which is maintained by closing the shut-off valves without requiring further fluid flow through the valves. This means that a control of the hydraulic cylinder can be achieved by means of the digital valves arranged as described above by an energy-saving and thus cost-effective method.

Ein weiteres vorteilhaftes Steuerungsverfahren bezieht sich auf eine erfindungsgemäße Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines zwischen zwei Walzen ausgebildeten Walzenspalts, insbesondere in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine, wobei die Anordnung ferner ein normal geschlossenes, digitales Verbindungsventil aufweist, das eine Leitung zwischen einem Digitalventilmodul der beiden Digitalventilmodule und der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer des ersten Hydraulikzylinders mit einer Leitung zwischen dem anderen Digitalventilmodul der beiden Digitalventilmodule und der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders verbindet. Zusätzlich zu dem ersten Steuerungsverfahren weist dieses Verfahren ferner die folgenden Schritte auf:

  • Schließen aller Digitalventile eines Digitalventil-Reglers, der zwei Digitalventilmodule umfasst;
  • Öffnen des digitalen Verbindungsventils, das die Leitung, die von einem Digitalventilmodul des Digitalventil-Reglers zu der Hydraulikkammer des ersten Hydraulikzylinders führt, mit der Leitung verbindet, die von dem anderen Digitalventilmodul des Reglers zu der anderen Hydraulikkammer des Hydraulikzylinders führt; und
  • Öffnen mindestens eines ersten digitalen Abschaltventils, wobei jeweils ein Abschaltventil zwischen dem einen Digitalventilmodul und der einen Hydraulikkammer und zwischen dem anderen Digitalventilmodul und der anderen Hydraulikkammer vorgesehen ist.
A further advantageous control method relates to an arrangement according to the invention for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine, wherein the arrangement further comprises a normally closed, digital connection valve connects a line between a digital valve module of the two digital valve modules and the rod side hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder to a line between the other digital valve module of the two digital valve modules and the piston side hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder. In addition to the first control method, this method further comprises the following steps:
  • Closing all digital valves of a digital valve controller comprising two digital valve modules;
  • Opening the digital communication valve that connects the line leading from a digital valve module of the digital valve controller to the hydraulic chamber of the first hydraulic cylinder with the line leading from the other digital valve module of the controller to the other hydraulic chamber of the hydraulic cylinder; and
  • Opening at least a first digital shut-off valve, wherein in each case a shut-off valve between the one Digital valve module and the one hydraulic chamber and between the other digital valve module and the other hydraulic chamber is provided.

Bei dem weiteren Steuerungsverfahren wird durch den Schritt des Öffnens des mindestens einen ersten digitalen Abschaltventils ein Hydraulikdruck direkt zwischen den Hydraulikkammern des Hydraulikzylinders übertragen bzw. ausgetauscht, ohne auf einen externen Druckspeicher angewiesen zu sein, der den erforderlichen Fluiddruck liefert. Dadurch kann eine noch schnellere Ansteuerung einer Hydraulikkammer anhand eines bereits vorhandenen Hydraulikdrucks der anderen Hydraulikkammer erzielt werden, ohne dass der Regler entsprechend angesteuert werden muss. Zudem kann durch dieses Steuerungsverfahren ein Druck anhand eines einzelnen Digitalventils im Vergleich zu einer Vielzahl von Digitalventilen in dem Regler gesteuert werden, wodurch eine energiesparende Drucksteuerung verwirklicht wird.In the further control method, by the step of opening the at least one first digital cutoff valve, a hydraulic pressure is directly transferred between the hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder without relying on an external pressure accumulator which supplies the required fluid pressure. This allows an even faster control of a hydraulic chamber based on an existing hydraulic pressure of the other hydraulic chamber can be achieved without the controller must be controlled accordingly. In addition, by this control method, pressure can be controlled by a single digital valve as compared with a plurality of digital valves in the regulator, thereby realizing energy-saving pressure control.

Bei dem weiteren Steuerungsverfahren ist vorzugsweise ein weiterer Hydraulikzylinder parallel zu dem ersten Hydraulikzylinder mit dem Regler verbunden, ähnlich dazu, wie es bereits bei dem ersten erfindungsgemäßen Steuerungsverfahren beschrieben ist.In the further control method, a further hydraulic cylinder is preferably connected to the regulator parallel to the first hydraulic cylinder, similar to that already described in the first control method according to the invention.

Weiterhin umfasst der Schritt des Öffnens mindestens eines ersten digitalen Abschaltventils vorzugsweise ein Öffnen mindestens eines weiteren ersten digitalen Abschaltventils, das jeweils zwischen dem einen Digitalventilmodul und der einen Hydraulikkammer des weiteren Hydraulikzylinders und zwischen dem anderen Digitalventilmodul und der anderen Hydraulikkammer vorgesehen ist, so dass Hydraulikdruck zwischen den Hydraulikkammern der Hydraulikzylinder untereinander ausgetauscht bzw. übertragen werden kann.Furthermore, the step of opening at least one first digital shut-off valve preferably comprises opening at least one further first digital shut-off valve, which is respectively provided between the one digital valve module and the one hydraulic chamber of the further hydraulic cylinder and between the other digital valve module and the other hydraulic chamber, so that hydraulic pressure between the hydraulic chambers of the hydraulic cylinder can be exchanged or transmitted with each other.

Bei dem vorhergehend beschriebenen ersten und vorteilhaften zweiten erfindungsgemäßen Steuerungsverfahren ist weiter vorzugsweise ein zweites digitales Abschaltventil parallel zu dem ersten digitalen Abschaltventil angeordnet, und der Schritt des Öffnens mindestens eines digitalen Abschaltventils umfasst vorzugsweise ein Öffnen des ersten digitalen Abschaltventils und des zweiten digitalen Abschaltventils, so dass ein Hydraulikdruck durch die parallel geschalteten Abschaltventile simultan geleitet werden kann. Das erste digitale Abschaltventil kann dabei ein normal offenes Digitalventil sein, und das zweite digitale Abschaltventil kann ein normal geschlossenes Abschaltventil sein, so dass das erste digitale Abschaltventil als Sicherheitsventil für einen Stromausfall, eine Fehlfunktion oder dergleichen dienen kann, um ein evtl. gewünschtes Ablassen von Fluid aus dem Zylinder zu ermöglichen.In the above-described first and advantageous second control method of the invention, more preferably, a second digital shut-off valve is arranged in parallel to the first digital shut-off valve, and the step of opening at least one digital shut-off valve preferably comprises opening the first digital shut-off valve and the second digital shut-off valve, so that a hydraulic pressure can be passed through the parallel cut-off valves simultaneously. The first digital shut-off valve may be a normally-open digital valve, and the second digital shut-off valve may be a normally closed shut-off valve, so that the first digital shut-off valve may serve as a safety valve for a power failure, malfunction or the like, to allow any desired draining of To allow fluid from the cylinder.

Weiterhin ist es mit der erfindungsgemäßen Anordnung möglich, ein erfindungsgemäßes Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren durchzuführen. Dieses Verfahren für eine erfindungsgemäße Anordnung zur Regelung der Position einer Walze oder des Spaltdrucks eines zwischen zwei Walzen ausgebildeten Walzenspalts insbesondere in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine, weist zusätzlich zu dem ersten Steuerungsverfahren die folgenden Schritte auf:

  • Öffnen aller Digitalventile mindestens eines Digitalventilmoduls des Digitalventil-Reglers gemäß einer bestimmten Schaltabfolge und Versorgen des Reglers mit Fluid, wobei eine Diagnoseschaltabfolge der Digitalventile ein bekanntes Ansteuern zur Funktionsfähigkeitsüberprüfung der Digitalventile umfasst; und
  • Bestimmen eines fehlerhaften Digitalventils anhand des aus dem Regler austretenden Fluiddurchsatzes, wobei durch den Schritt des Schließens des digitalen Abschaltventils zwischen Digitalventilmodul und Hydraulikkammer ein Hydraulikkammerdruck während des Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahrens ohne Druckverlust beibehalten werden kann.
Furthermore, it is possible with the arrangement according to the invention to carry out an inventive diagnosis and maintenance method. This method for an arrangement according to the invention for controlling the position of a roll or the nip pressure of a nip formed between two rolls, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine, has the following steps in addition to the first control method:
  • Opening all of the digital valves of at least one digital valve module of the digital valve controller according to a particular switching sequence and providing the regulator with fluid, wherein a diagnostic circuit sequence of the digital valves comprises a known drive for checking the operability of the digital valves; and
  • Determining a faulty digital valve based on the fluid flow exiting the regulator, wherein the step of closing the digital shut-off valve between the digital valve module and the hydraulic chamber Hydraulic chamber pressure can be maintained during the diagnosis and maintenance process without pressure loss.

Das beschriebene Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren kann also während eines Betriebs der Hydraulikzylinder durchgeführt werden, ohne deren Funktionsfähigkeit nachteilig zu beeinflussen oder die Hydraulikzylinder vorübergehend außer Betrieb zu setzen. Ein reibungsloser Betrieb der Faserbahnmaschine kann dadurch gewährleistet werden.The described diagnosis and maintenance method can thus be carried out during operation of the hydraulic cylinder, without adversely affecting their functionality or temporarily putting the hydraulic cylinders out of operation. A smooth operation of the fiber web machine can be ensured.

Bei dem Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren kann das Abschaltventil ein hydraulisch gesteuertes Digitalventil sein, dessen Hydraulikzufuhr vorzugsweise durch ein Steuerventil gesteuert wird. Das Steuerventil kann weiter vorzugsweise ein elektromagnetisch betätigbares, normal geschlossenes Digitalventil sein, das den Schritt des Schließens des mindestens einen Abschaltventils steuert. Durch diesen Aufbau ist es möglich, mehrere hydraulische Abschaltventile simultan anhand lediglich eines elektromagnetisch gesteuerten Digitalventils zu schließen bzw. zu öffnen. Dadurch kann ein stromsparendes, kostengünstiges und dennoch schnelles Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren umgesetzt werden.In the diagnostic and maintenance method, the shut-off valve may be a hydraulically controlled digital valve, the hydraulic supply of which is preferably controlled by a control valve. The control valve may further preferably be an electromagnetically operable, normally closed digital valve that controls the step of closing the at least one shut-off valve. With this structure, it is possible to simultaneously close or open a plurality of hydraulic shut-off valves based on only one electromagnetically controlled digital valve. As a result, a power-saving, cost-effective and yet rapid diagnosis and maintenance procedure can be implemented.

Weitere Aufgaben, Vorteile und Gesichtspunkte ergeben sich aus den abhängigen Ansprüchen, der Beschreibung der Ausführungsbeispiele und den Zeichnungen.Other objects, advantages and aspects emerge from the dependent claims, the description of the embodiments and the drawings.

Die Erfindung wird nachfolgend anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen unter Bezugnahme auf die Zeichnungen näher beschrieben.The invention will be described in more detail by means of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

KURZBESCHREIBUNG DER ZEICHNUNGENBRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

  • Fig. 1 ist eine schematische Zeichnung eines erfindungsgemäßen Digitalventil-Reglers, der mit zwei Hydraulikzylindern verbunden ist; und Fig. 1 is a schematic drawing of a digital valve controller according to the invention, which is connected to two hydraulic cylinders; and
  • Fig. 2 ist eine schematische Ansicht eines weiteren Digitalventil-Reglers, der mit zwei parallel angeordneten Hydraulikzylindern verbunden ist. Fig. 2 is a schematic view of another digital valve controller, which is connected to two parallel hydraulic cylinders.
AUSFÜHRLICHE BESCHREIBUNG DER BEVORZUGTEN AUSFÜHRUNGSBEISPIELEDETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In Fig. 1 ist eine Anordnung mit einem Digitalventil-Regler 1 mit vier Digitalventilmodulen 11, 12, 13, 14 gezeigt, deren jeweilige gemeinsame Eingangsleitung mit einer Pumpe 2 und deren jeweilige gemeinsame Ausgangsleitung mit einem Fluidauffangbehälter 3 verbunden sind. Jedes Digitalventilmodul 11, 12, 13, 14 besteht insgesamt aus zwölf Digitalventilen, wobei die mit der gemeinsamen Eingangsleitung verbundene Eingangsseite eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12, 13, 14 mit sechs normal geschlossenen (NC) Eingangs-Digitalventilen verbunden ist. Die sechs normal geschlossenen (NC) Eingangs-Digitalventile münden in eine gemeinsame Zufuhrleitung 111, 121, 131, 141, die wiederum mit fünf normal geschlossenen (NC) Ausgangs-Digitalventilen und einem normal offenen (NO) Ausgangs-Digitalventil 112, 122, 132, 142 verbunden ist, wobei die Ausgangs-Digitalventile über die Ausgangsseite eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12, 13, 14 in die gemeinsame Ausgangsleitung münden. Das normal offene (NO) Ausgangs-Digitalventil 112, 122, 132, 142 eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12, 13, 14 dient als Sicherheitsventil 112, 122, 132, 142, das bei einem Stromausfall, einer Fehlfunktion oder dergleichen ein Ablassen des zu regelnden Fluids ermöglicht.In Fig. 1 an arrangement with a digital valve controller 1 with four digital valve modules 11, 12, 13, 14 is shown, whose respective common input line to a pump 2 and their respective common output line are connected to a fluid collecting container 3. Each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 is comprised of a total of twelve digital valves, with the input side of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 connected to the common input line being connected to six normally closed (NC) input digital valves. The six normally closed (NC) input digital valves open into a common supply line 111, 121, 131, 141 which in turn is provided with five normally closed (NC) output digital valves and a normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122, 132 , 142, wherein the output digital valves via the output side of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 in the common Lead out output line. The normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122, 132, 142 of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14 serves as a safety valve 112, 122, 132, 142, which in case of power failure, malfunction or the like, a release of the regulating fluid allows.

Die Zufuhrleitungen 111, 121, 131, 141 sind jeweils über ein normal offenes (NO) Digitalventil 15, 16, 17, 18 mit einer Hydraulikkammer 41, 42, 51, 52 eines Hydraulikzylinders 4, 5 verbunden. Genauer gesagt ist die Zufuhrleitung 111 des Digitalventilmoduls 11 über das als Abschaltventil wirkende Digitalventil 15 mit der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 41 des Hydraulikzylinders 4 verbunden, die Zufuhrleitung 121 des Digitalventilmoduls 12 ist über das als Abschaltventil wirkende Digitalventil 16 mit der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 42 des Hydraulikzylinders 4 verbunden, die Zufuhrleitung 131 des Digitalventilmoduls 13 über das als Abschaltventil wirkende Digitalventil 17 mit der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 51 des Hydraulikzylinders 5 verbunden, und die Zufuhrleitung 141 des Digitalventilmoduls 14 ist über das ebenfalls als Abschaltventil wirkende Digitalventil 18 mit der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 52 des Hydraulikzylinders 5 verbunden.The supply lines 111, 121, 131, 141 are each connected via a normally open (NO) digital valve 15, 16, 17, 18 with a hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 of a hydraulic cylinder 4, 5. More specifically, the supply pipe 111 of the digital valve module 11 is connected to the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 via the digital valve 15 acting as the shut-off valve, the supply pipe 121 of the digital valve module 12 is connected to the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 via the digital valve 16 acting as the shut-off valve, the supply pipe 131 of the digital valve module 13 is connected to the rod-side hydraulic chamber 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 via the digital valve 17 acting as the shut-off valve, and the supply pipe 141 of the digital valve module 14 is connected to the piston-side hydraulic chamber 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 via the digital valve 18 also acting as the shut-off valve.

Im Betrieb der Hydraulikzylinder 4, 5, die in einer Faserbahnmaschine, insbesondere in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine in der Regel zur Positionierung einer Walze (nicht gezeigt) dienen, wird je nach Bewegung der zu positionierenden Walze entweder die kolbenseitige Hydraulikkammer 42, 52 der Zylinder 4, 5 zur Vorwärtsbewegung der Walze oder die stangenseitige Hydraulikkammer 41, 51 der Zylinder 4, 5 zur Rückwärtsbewegung der Walze mit Hydraulikfluiddruck beaufschlagt. Der gewünschte Hydraulikfluiddruck, der durch die Pumpe 2 geliefert wird, wird dabei über eine An-Aus-Kombination der Digitalventile eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12, 13, 14 präzise eingestellt, wie es an früherer Stelle bereits beschrieben wurde. Eine Regelung der Position eines jeden Hydraulikzylinders 4, 5 wird jeweils durch die Rückmeldung eines Linearsensor (nicht gezeigt) ermöglicht, durch die eine Positionierung einer Kolbenstange 43, 53 eines jeden Zylinders 4, 5 durch einen von dem Digitalventil-Regler 1 einzustellenden Hydraulikdruck exakt gesteuert werden kann.In operation of the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5, which are used in a fiber web machine, in particular in a paper, board or tissue machine usually for positioning a roller (not shown), depending on the movement of the roller to be positioned either the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42, 52 of the cylinders 4, 5 for advancing the roller or the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41, 51 of the cylinders 4, 5 for the rearward movement of the roller with hydraulic fluid pressure applied. The desired hydraulic fluid pressure supplied by the pump 2 is thereby precisely adjusted via an on-off combination of the digital valves of each digital valve module 11, 12, 13, 14, as previously described. Regulation of the position of each of the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 is enabled by the feedback of a linear sensor (not shown) by which positioning of a piston rod 43, 53 of each cylinder 4, 5 is accurately controlled by a hydraulic pressure to be set by the digital valve controller 1 can be.

Die in Fig. 1 gezeigten Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 sind hydraulische Digitalventile, die mit einem durch einen Elektromagneten 191 betriebenen, digitalen Steuerventil 19 angesteuert werden. Ein Hydraulikfluiddruck, der zur Ansteuerung der Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 dient, wird ebenfalls von der Pumpe 2 über die Eingangsleitung des Digitalventilmoduls 11 geliefert. Die gemeinsame Verbindung des Steuerventils 19 mit jedem der Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 ermöglicht es, dass alle Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 simultan und dadurch stromsparend angesteuert werden können, um entweder offen oder geschlossen zu sein. Mit einer derartigen Steuerungsanordnung ist es auch denkbar, mehr als vier Abschaltventile gleichzeitig und stromsparend zu steuern.In the Fig. 1 shown shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 are hydraulic digital valves, which are driven by a driven by an electromagnet 191, digital control valve 19. A hydraulic fluid pressure, which is used to drive the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18, is also supplied by the pump 2 via the input line of the digital valve module 11. The common connection of the control valve 19 with each of the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 enables all shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 to be simultaneously and thereby power-saving controlled to be either open or closed. With such a control arrangement, it is also conceivable to control more than four shut-off valves simultaneously and energy-saving.

Die normal geschlossenen (NC) Digitalventile des Digitalventil-Reglers 1 haben denselben Aufbau wie das Steuerventil 19, das im unbetätigten, also im stromlosen Zustand durch ein Federelement 192 in eine geschlossene Stellung gedrängt wird. Nach einem gewünschten Beaufschlagen der Hydraulikzylinder 4, 5 mit Hydraulikdruck kann eine dadurch erzielte Stellung der Kolbenstangen 43, 53 in jedem Hydraulikzylinder 4, 5 beibehalten werden, indem die Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 geschlossen werden. Während eines geschlossenen Zustands der Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 können außerdem verschiedene Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren der Digitalventilmodule 11, 12, 13, 14 durchgeführt werden, um zu überprüfen, ob alle Digitalventile des Digitalventil-Reglers 1 fehlerfrei funktionieren. Ein derartiges Diagnose- und Wartungsverfahren ist bereits an früherer Stelle beschrieben.The normally closed (NC) digital valves of the digital valve controller 1 have the same structure as the control valve 19, which is urged in the unactuated, ie in the de-energized state by a spring element 192 in a closed position. After a desired pressurization of the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 with hydraulic pressure, a position of the piston rods 43, 53 achieved thereby in each hydraulic cylinder 4, 5 can be maintained, by the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 are closed. In addition, during a closed state of the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18, various diagnostic and maintenance procedures of the digital valve modules 11, 12, 13, 14 may be performed to verify that all digital valves of the digital valve controller 1 are functioning properly. Such a diagnosis and maintenance method has already been described earlier.

Dabei wird eine Hydraulikfluidzufuhr zu den Abschaltventilen 15, 16, 17, 18 unterbrochen, was dazu führt, dass das auf die Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 wirkende Hydraulikfluid durch einen Ablauf (nicht gezeigt) abgelassen werden kann und die Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 durch ein jeweils vorgesehenes Federelement 151, 161, 171, 181 in eine offene Stellung gedrängt werden. Auf diese Weise kann ein auf die Hydraulikzylinder 4, 5 wirkender Hydraulikdruck über die offenen Abschaltventile 15, 16, 17, 18 und das in jedem Digitalventilmodul 12, 13, 14, 15 vorgesehene Sicherheitsventil 112, 122, 132, 142 verringert werden. Dadurch wird verhindert, dass die Hydraulikzylinder 4, 5 in einer festen Stellung festgestellt bzw. arretiert sind. Die durch die Hydraulikzylinder 4, 5 positionierte Walzen können demnach von Hand oder durch ein Sicherheitssystem (nicht gezeigt) in eine Ausgangsstellung bewegt werden, um beispielsweise eine über die Walzen laufende Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuebahn in einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuemaschine zu befreien.In this case, a hydraulic fluid supply to the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 is interrupted, with the result that the hydraulic fluid acting on the shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 can be drained through a drain (not shown) and the shut-off valves 15, 16 , 17, 18 are urged by an respectively provided spring element 151, 161, 171, 181 in an open position. In this way, a hydraulic pressure acting on the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 can be reduced via the open shut-off valves 15, 16, 17, 18 and the safety valve 112, 122, 132, 142 provided in each digital valve module 12, 13, 14, 15. This prevents that the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 are detected or locked in a fixed position. Accordingly, the rollers positioned by the hydraulic cylinders 4, 5 can be moved by hand or by a security system (not shown) to a starting position, for example a paper, board or tissue web running over the rollers in a paper, board or tissue machine to free.

In Fig. 2 ist eine weitere erfindungsgemäße Anordnung gezeigt, in der ein Digitalventil-Regler 1 zwei Digitalventilmodule 11, 12 aufweist, deren Aufbau mit denen der Digitalventilmodule 11, 12 aus Fig. 1 übereinstimmt. Jedes Digitalventilmodul 11, 12 besteht also wie bei der in Fig. 1 gezeigten Anordnung aus zwölf Digitalventilen, wobei die gemeinsame Eingangsleitung eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12 mit sechs normal geschlossenen (NC) Eingangs-Digitalventilen verbunden ist. Die sechs normal geschlossenen (NC) Eingangs-Digitalventile münden in eine gemeinsame Zufuhrleitung 111, 121, die wiederum mit fünf normal geschlossenen (NC) Ausgangs-Digitalventilen und einem normal offenen (NO) Ausgangs-Digitalventil 112, 122 verbunden ist, wobei die Ausgangs-Digitalventile in die gemeinsame Ausgangsleitung eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12 münden. Das normal offene (NO) Ausgangs-Digitalventil 112, 122 eines jeden Digitalventilmoduls 11, 12 dient als Sicherheitsventil 112, 122, das bei einem Stromausfall, einer Fehlfunktion oder dergleichen ein Ablassen des zu regelnden Fluids ermöglicht.In Fig. 2 a further arrangement according to the invention is shown, in which a digital valve controller 1 has two digital valve modules 11, 12, whose structure with those of the digital valve modules 11, 12 from Fig. 1 matches. Each digital valve module 11, 12 is thus as in the in Fig. 1 shown arrangement of twelve digital valves, wherein the common input line of each digital valve module 11, 12 is connected to six normally closed (NC) input digital valves. The six normally closed (NC) input digital valves open into a common supply line 111, 121, which in turn is connected to five normally closed (NC) output digital valves and a normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122, the output Digital valves in the common output line of each digital valve module 11, 12 open. The normally open (NO) output digital valve 112, 122 of each digital valve module 11, 12 serves as a safety valve 112, 122, which allows a discharge of the fluid to be controlled in the event of a power failure, malfunction or the like.

Die Zufuhrleitungen 111, 121 sind jeweils über eine Steuereinheit 7 mit einer Hydraulikkammer 41, 42, 51, 52 eines Hydraulikzylinders 4, 5 verbunden, wobei die Steuereinheit 7 aus einem normal offenen (NO) Digitalventil 71 und einem normal geschlossenen (NC) Digitalventil 72 besteht. Zwischen beiden Digitalventilmodulen 11, 12 ist ein normal geschlossenes (NC) Digitalventil 6 vorgesehen, das als Verbindungsventil 6 dient und die Zufuhrleitungen 111, 121 wahlweise miteinander verbinden kann.The supply lines 111, 121 are each connected via a control unit 7 to a hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 of a hydraulic cylinder 4, 5, wherein the control unit 7 from a normally open (NO) digital valve 71 and a normally closed (NC) digital valve 72nd consists. Between both digital valve modules 11, 12 a normally closed (NC) digital valve 6 is provided, which serves as a connecting valve 6 and the supply lines 111, 121 can selectively connect to each other.

In einem geschlossenen Zustand des Verbindungsventils 6 ist die Zufuhrleitung 111 des Digitalventilmoduls 11 über die entsprechende Steuereinheit 7 mit der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 41 des Hydraulikzylinders 4 und/oder der stangenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 51 des Hydraulikzylinders 5 verbunden, und die Zufuhrleitung 121 des Digitalventilmoduls 12 ist über die entsprechende Steuereinheit 7 mit der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 42 des Hydraulikzylinders 4 und/oder der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 52 des Hydraulikzylinders 5 verbunden.In a closed state of the connection valve 6, the supply line 111 of the digital valve module 11 is connected via the corresponding control unit 7 to the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the rod-side hydraulic chamber 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5, and the supply line 121 of the digital valve module 12 is above the corresponding one Control unit 7 with the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42nd the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the piston-side hydraulic chamber 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 is connected.

In einem offenen Zustand des Verbindungsventils 6 und einem geschlossenen Zustand aller Digitalventile des Reglers 1 ist die Zufuhrleitung 111 mit der Zufuhrleitung 121 kurzgeschlossen, so dass die stangenseitige Hydraulikkammer 41 des Hydraulikzylinders 4 und/oder die stangenseitige Hydraulikkammer 51 des Hydraulikzylinders 5 direkt mit der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 42 des Hydraulikzylinders 4 und/oder der kolbenseitigen Hydraulikkammer 52 des Hydraulikzylinders 5 verbunden ist, wodurch ein direkter Hydraulikdruckaustausch zwischen den Kammern 41, 42, 51, 52 hervorgerufen werden kann. Das normal offene (NO) Digitalventil 71 einer jeden Steuereinheit 7 dient als Sicherheitsventil ähnlich wie das Sicherheitsventil 112, 122 in jedem Digitalventilmodul 11, 12, um einen Druckablass bei einem Stromausfall, einer Fehlfunktion oder dergleichen zu ermöglichen. Je nach Bedarf können beide Digitalventile 71, 72 jeder Steuereinheit 7 offen geschaltet werden, wodurch ein größerer Fluiddurchfluss zu der entsprechenden Hydraulikkammer 41, 42, 51, 52 ermöglicht wird. Dadurch kann eine schnelle Ansteuerung einer Hydraulikkammer 41, 42, 51, 52 erreicht werden.In an open state of the communication valve 6 and a closed state of all the digital valves of the regulator 1, the supply line 111 is short-circuited to the supply line 121, so that the rod-side hydraulic chamber 41 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the rod-side hydraulic chamber 51 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 directly to the piston-side hydraulic chamber 42 of the hydraulic cylinder 4 and / or the piston-side hydraulic chamber 52 of the hydraulic cylinder 5 is connected, whereby a direct hydraulic pressure exchange between the chambers 41, 42, 51, 52 can be caused. The normally open (NO) digital valve 71 of each control unit 7 serves as a safety valve similar to the safety valve 112, 122 in each digital valve module 11, 12 to allow for pressure relief in the event of a power failure, malfunction or the like. As required, both digital valves 71, 72 of each control unit 7 can be switched open, whereby a larger fluid flow to the corresponding hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 is made possible. As a result, a fast control of a hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 can be achieved.

Zwischen jeder Steuereinheit 7 und jeder Hydraulikkammer 41, 42, 51, 52 sowie zwischen der Pumpe 2 bzw. dem Fluidspeicher 3 und dem Digitalventil-Regler 1 ist jeweils ein Drucksensor oder ein Durchflusssensor 8 vorgesehen, um einen Hydraulikdruck bzw. einen Hydraulikfluiddurchfluss zu messen und eine Hydraulikdruckregelung zu ermöglichen.Between each control unit 7 and each hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 and between the pump 2 and the fluid reservoir 3 and the digital valve controller 1, a respective pressure sensor or a flow sensor 8 is provided to measure a hydraulic pressure or a hydraulic fluid flow and to allow a hydraulic pressure control.

Im Einstellbetrieb für den Walzenspaltdruck werden die gewünschten Drücke in jeder Hydraulikkammer 41, 42, 51, 52 eingestellt und die Digitalventile 71, 72 der Steuereinheiten 7 geschlossen, was einem Druckfluidparmodus entspricht. Wenn die Druckmesssensoren 8, die zwischen den Steuereinheiten 7 und den Hydraulikkammern 41, 42, 51, 52 vorgesehen sind, einen Druckverlust melden, wird eines oder beide Digitalventile 71, 72 der entsprechenden Steuereinheit 7 geöffnet, um eine Druckkorrektur auf den Sollwert vorzunehmen. Dabei können anhand des Verbindungsventils 6 die beiden Digitalventilmodule 11, 12 miteinander verbunden werden, so dass der Digitalventil-Regler 1 je nach Anforderung in der Lage sein kann, die entsprechende der Hydraulikdruckkammern 41, 42, 51, 52 mit dem gewünschten Hydraulikdruck zu beaufschlagen. Durch eine Anordnung, wie sie in Fig. 2 gezeigt ist, ist es im Vergleich zu der Anordnung in Fig. 1 möglich, zwei Hydraulikzylinder mit nur zwei Digitalventilmodulen und damit mit insgesamt dreiunddreißig Digitalventilen anzusteuern, anstatt zwei Digitalventilmodule pro Hydraulikzylinder (also insgesamt vier Digitalventilmodule) vorsehen zu müssen.In the nip pressure setting operation, the desired pressures in each hydraulic chamber 41, 42, 51, 52 are adjusted, and the digital valves 71, 72 of FIG Control units 7 closed, which corresponds to a pressure fluid saving mode. When the pressure measuring sensors 8 provided between the control units 7 and the hydraulic chambers 41, 42, 51, 52 indicate a pressure loss, one or both digital valves 71, 72 of the corresponding control unit 7 are opened to make a pressure correction to the set value. In this case, the two digital valve modules 11, 12 can be connected to one another on the basis of the connecting valve 6, so that the digital valve controller 1 can be able to supply the corresponding hydraulic pressure chambers 41, 42, 51, 52 with the desired hydraulic pressure. By an arrangement, as in Fig. 2 is shown, it is compared to the arrangement in Fig. 1 It is possible to control two hydraulic cylinders with only two digital valve modules and thus with a total of thirty-three digital valves, instead of having to provide two digital valve modules per hydraulic cylinder (ie a total of four digital valve modules).

Ein als Sicherheitsventil wirkendes normal offenes Digitalventil ist auch bei anderen Anwendungen denkbar. Beispielsweise ist ein derartiges Sicherheitsventil bei einer Rakeleinrichtung zum Beschichten einer Faserbahn, wie z.B. einer Papier-, Karton- oder Tissuebahn in dem digitalen Drucksystem zum Einstellen des Drucks der Rakelstange auf die Faserbahn denkbar, um ein Entfernen der Rakelstange von der Faserbahn bei einem Stromausfall oder bei einer Fehlfunktion der Rakeleinrichtung zu ermöglichen. Auch ist es möglich, ein derartiges Sicherheitsventil bei einem digitalen Schmierkreislaufsystem vorzusehen, so dass eine Restschmierung bei einem Störfall sichergestellt ist.A normally open digital valve acting as a safety valve is also conceivable in other applications. For example, such a safety valve is in a squeegee device for coating a fibrous web, such as e.g. a paper, board or tissue web in the digital printing system for adjusting the pressure of the doctor bar on the fiber web conceivable to allow removal of the doctor bar from the fiber web in case of power failure or malfunction of the doctor device. It is also possible to provide such a safety valve in a digital lubrication circuit system, so that a residual lubrication is ensured in a fault.

Abgesehen von ihrer Verwendung in einer Faserbahnmaschine sind weitere andere Verwendungsmöglichkeiten für die vorhergehend beschriebenen Anordnungen denkbar. Zum Beispiel können derartige Regler-Anordnungen bei jeder Druck- und/oder Durchflusssteuerung eines fluiddruckgetriebenen Systems oder Aktuators verwendet werden.Apart from their use in a fiber web machine are other other uses for the previously described arrangements conceivable. For example, such regulator assemblies may be used in any pressure and / or flow control of a fluid pressure driven system or actuator.

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  1. Arrangement for regulating the position of a roller or of the nip pressure of a roller nip formed between two rollers, especially in a paper, carton or tissue machine, comprising:
    at least one fluid pressure driven actuator (4, 5) for changing the roller position or the roller nip pressure,
    at least one digital valve regulator (1) connected to the at least one actuator (4, 5) or to a plurality of fluid pressure driven actuators (4, 5), which comprises a plurality of digital valves and which is capable of controlling an actuator fluid pressure and/or an actuator fluid flow rate, wherein
    the actuator (4, 5) is a hydraulic cylinder (4, 5);
    the digital valve regulator (1) comprises at least two digital valve modules (11, 12) which are composed of a plurality of digital valves, respectively, and one digital valve module (11) is connected to a rod side hydraulic chamber (41, 51) and the other digital valve module (12) is connected to a piston side hydraulic chamber (42, 52) so as to control a translatory displacement movement of the hydraulic cylinder (4, 5), characterized by
    at least a first digital, normally open shut-off valve (15, 16, 17, 18; 71), which is provided respectively between a digital valve module (11, 12) and a hydraulic chamber (41, 42, 51, 52) to be controlled, of the hydraulic cylinder (4, 5), and which is configured such that by closing the shut-off valve (15, 61, 17, 18; 71) a hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic chamber (41, 42, 51, 52) to be controlled and thus a position of the roller to be controlled are maintained.
  2. Arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the first digital, normally open shut-off valve (15, 16, 17, 18; 71) is provided between each digital valve module (11, 12) and the hydraulic chamber (41, 42, 51, 52) connected thereto.
  3. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 and 2, wherein the arrangement further comprises at least a second digital shut-off valve (72), which is provided parallel to the first digital shut-off valve (71) between the regulator (1) and the at least one fluid pressure driven actuator (4, 5), respectively.
  4. Arrangement according to claim 3, wherein a first digital shut-off valve (71) and a second digital shut-off valve (72) respectively constitute a control unit (7), which is provided respectively between a digital valve module (11, 12) and a hydraulic chamber (41, 42, 51, 52) of the hydraulic cylinder (4, 5) acting as the at least one actuator.
  5. Arrangement according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the second digital shut-off valve (72) is a normally closed digital valve (72).
  6. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a normally closed digital connecting valve (6) is provided between the two digital valve modules (11, 12) of the regulator (1).
  7. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one first digital shut-off valve (15, 16, 17, 18) is a hydraulically controlled digital valve (15, 16, 17, 18).
  8. Arrangement according to claim 7, wherein the hydraulic supply of the at least one first digital shut-off valve (15, 16, 17, 18) is controlled by a control valve (19).
  9. Arrangement according to claim 8, wherein the control valve (19) is an electromagnetically operable, normally closed digital valve (19).
  10. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein a pressure sensor (8) and/or a flow rate sensor (8) are respectively arranged between the at least one first shut-off valve (71) and the at least one actuator (4, 5).
  11. Arrangement according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the regulator (1) comprises at least one normally open digital valve (112, 122, 132, 142).
  12. Arrangement according to one of claims 1 to 11, wherein each digital valve module (11, 12, 13, 14) comprises at least one normally open digital valve (112, 122, 132, 142).
  13. Control method for an arrangement for regulating the position of a roller or the nip pressure of a roller nip formed between two rollers, especially in a paper, carton or tissue machine according to one of claims 1 to 12, comprising the steps of:
    opening a predetermined number of digital valves of a digital valve module (11, 12) of the digital valve regulator (1), wherein the digital valve regulator (1) is connected to the first hydraulic cylinder (4),
    opening the at least one first digital, normally open shut-off valve (15, 16, 17, 18; 71), which is provided between the digital valve module (11, 12) and a hydraulic chamber (41, 42) of the hydraulic cylinder (4) to be controlled,
    supplying hydraulic fluid to the rod side hydraulic chamber (41, 51) or to the piston side hydraulic chamber (42, 52) until a desired hydraulic pressure in the hydraulic chamber (41, 42, 51, 52) is reached; and
    closing the shut-off valve (15, 16; 71), such that a hydraulic pressure supplied to the hydraulic chamber (41, 42, 51, 52) to be controlled and thus a position of the roller to be controlled are maintained.
  14. Control method according to claim 13, wherein
    a further hydraulic cylinder (5) is connected to the regulator (1) in parallel to the first hydraulic cylinder (4);
    the step of opening at least one first shut-off valve (15, 16; 71) includes opening a further first digital shut-off valve (15, 16; 71), which is arranged between the one digital valve module (11, 12) and a parallely connected hydraulic chamber (51, 52) of the further hydraulic cylinder (5);
    the step of supplying hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic chamber (41, 42) to be controlled comprises supplying of hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic chamber (51, 52) connected in parallel; and
    the step of closing the shut-off valve includes closing of all shut-off valves (15, 16; 72, 72).
  15. Control method according to claim 13, wherein a normally closed digital connecting valve (6) is provided between two digital valve modules (11, 12) of the regulator (1), which connects a line between a digital valve module (11) of the two digital valve modules (11, 12) and the rod side hydraulic chamber (41) of the first hydraulic cylinder (4) to a line between the other digital valve module (12) of the two digital valve modules (11, 12) and the piston side hydraulic chamber (42) of the first hydraulic cylinder (4), wherein the method further comprises the following steps:
    closing all digital valves of both digital valve modules (11, 12) of the digital valve regulator (1),
    opening the digital connecting valve (6), and
    opening at least one first digital shut-off valve (71), which is provided respectively between the one digital valve module (11) and the rod side hydraulic chamber (41) and between the other digital valve module (12) and the piston side hydraulic chamber (42), so as to purposefully transmit a hydraulic fluid between the hydraulic chambers (41, 42) of the hydraulic cylinder (4).
  16. Method according to claim 15, wherein
    a further hydraulic cylinder (5) is connected to the regulator (1) in parallel to the first hydraulic cylinder (4); and
    the step of opening at least one first digital shut-off valve (71) includes opening of at least one further first digital shut-off valve (71), which is provided between the one digital valve module (11) and the rod side hydraulic chamber (51) of the further hydraulic cylinder (5) and between the other digital valve module (12) and the piston side hydraulic chamber (52), respectively, so as to purposefully transmit a hydraulic fluid between the hydraulic chambers (41, 42, 51, 52) of the hydraulic cylinders (4, 5).
  17. Method according to any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein a second digital shut-off valve (72) is arranged in parallel to the first digital shut-off valve (71), and wherein the step of opening at least one digital shut-off valve includes opening the first digital shut-off valve (71) and the second digital shut-off valve (72).
  18. Method according to claim 17, wherein the second digital shut-off valve (72) is a normally closed shut-off valve.
  19. Diagnose and maintenance method for an arrangement for regulating the position of a roller or the nip pressure of a roller nip formed between two rollers, especially in a paper, carton or tissue machine, according to any one of claims 1 to 12, comprising the steps of the control method according to claim 13 and further comprising the following steps:
    opening all digital valves of at least one digital valve module (11, 12, 13, 14) of the digital valve regulator (1) according to a specific control order and supplying the regulator (1) with hydraulic fluid; and
    determining a defective digital valve by means of the hydraulic fluid flow rate leaking from the regulator (1) and/or by means of the hydraulic fluid pressure.
  20. Method according to claim 19, wherein the step of closing the at least one shut-off valve (15, 16, 17, 18) is controlled by a control valve (19).
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