US3801436A - Fibrous web forming machine with white water recirculating arrangement - Google Patents

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US3801436A
US3801436A US00141605A US3801436DA US3801436A US 3801436 A US3801436 A US 3801436A US 00141605 A US00141605 A US 00141605A US 3801436D A US3801436D A US 3801436DA US 3801436 A US3801436 A US 3801436A
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    • D21F1/00—Wet end of machines for making continuous webs of paper
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  • the closed conduit system includes a closed vessel wherein the velocity of the stock is reduced, and from the top of which excess water and entrained gas is drawn off to a degassing chamber from which the water and gas are separately withdrawn.
  • a pump downstream from the closed vessel withdraws water therefrom and supplies it to the stock inlet, while fresh pulp is supplied to the recirculating water at the point in the conduit system between the closed vessel and the suction side of the pump.
  • the present invention relates to a web forming machine, such as a papermaking machine, and especially to the wet end thereof. More particularly still, the present invention relates to a web forming machine in which a fibrous suspension is supplied to a foraminous member and a web formed on the foraminous member by draining liquid from the suspension therethrough and with the liquid being returned via a closed conduit for recirculation through the machine.
  • Web forming machines of the nature referred to comprise a foraminous member in the form of a cylindeer or a circulating wire, a stock inlet which supplies the fibrous suspension to the foraminous member, suction boxes applied to the foraminous member on the side thereof opposite the side to which asuspension is supplied and adapted for extracting liquid from the suspension, and closed conduit means extending from the suction boxes through a pump back to the stock inlet and provided with a connection for the supply of additional fibrous pulp thereto and a connection for discharging excess liquid which accumulates in the system.
  • liquid which is principally water, and which is referred to as water herein
  • a circulating pump which produces the required suction in the suction boxes and further supplies the head to the liquid necessary to return it to the stock inlet.
  • fresh fibrous pulp is added to the liquid via a suitable pulp supply'duct. Since the incoming fresh fibrous pulp is provided with a watery vehicle, it will be apparent that all of the water coming from the suction boxes is not utilized for reducing the pulp to the proper consistency so that a certain quantity of excess water must be removed from the circulatory system continuously.
  • the gas content in the circulating water is gradually increased during operation to such a point as to interfere with the proper formation of the web on the foraminous member and/or to prevent the circulating pump in the system from delivering the recirculated water uniformly.
  • the reduced pressure in the suction boxes can be produced by drop tubes extending downwardly therefrom into the submerged location in the aforementioned open vessel.
  • drop tubes extending downwardly therefrom into the submerged location in the aforementioned open vessel.
  • the excess liquid is discharged via an overflow weir disposed in the open vessel.
  • the closed system it is not possible with such an open system to regulate the liquid level in the stock inlet box by controlling the amount of excess water returned thereto. Rather, the amount of return water which flows to the stock inlet box must be varied and this requires the use of complex control devices.
  • a primary objective of the present invention is the provision of a closed liquid returning system in a web forming arrangement of the nature referred to in which the water is subjected to an improved degassing step before being returned to the stock inlet box.
  • a zone is established through which the water flows and wherein the flow velocity thereof is substantially less than that obtaining in the remainder of the system, and with the water flowing at the reduced velocity in substantially a horizontal direction.
  • the reduced velocity flow zone is disposed between the suction boxes of the machine and the circulating pump and the discharge conduit by means of which excess liquid is withdrawn is disposed in the upper region of the reduced velocity zone.
  • suction means is associated with the aforementioned discharge duct.
  • the low velocity zone, or settling section, referred to above is disposed on the suction side of the circulating pump so that gas separation from the water is particularly effective due to the reduced pressure standing on the water.
  • a further advantage obtained by the use of the system of the nature referred to is that the water from the settling region enters the circulating pump substantially free of gas bubbles and this insures a uniform delivery rate of the circulating pump.
  • the system described also avoids the larger gas bubbles becoming finely divided in passing through the circulating pump which would make them much more difficult to separate from the water, and prevents any part of the gases becoming dissolved in the water due to an increase in pressure on the water and which would also make separation of the gases from the water difficult.
  • the present invention in practice, has made it possible to employ known closed system techniques and to utilize the advantages thereof without encountering the disadvantages referred to in respect of gases entrained or entrapped in the water.
  • the advantages referred to include the fact that no room at a low level is required to accommodate drop tubes and vessels, while no additional suction pump is required to develop suction on the suction boxes. Furthermore, the advantage exists that the entire process can be controlled quite simply.
  • the forming of the web can be substantially influenced by a number of different factors among which is the adjustment of the negative pressure in the individual suction boxes under the foraminous member on which the web is formed by means of valve elements incorporated in the suction lines leading from the boxes.
  • the open liquid return circuit has the drawback that the entire amount of liquid drawn off and, therefore, the liquid level in the stock inlet box is varied so that the level control system responds substantially immediately and varies the amount of incoming water. This variation in the amount of incoming water, however, will also alter the density of the suspension in the stock inlet box and in an undesirable manner. Accordingly, with an open system of the nature referred to, it is extremely difficult to establish stable operation conditions.
  • the suction means for conveying excess water together with the gas bubbles therein overcomes the pressure difference between the suction in the suction boxes and the atmosphere, and any conventional commercial delivery means may be employed so long as it is suitable for handling liquids containing gas.
  • the amount of excess water to be discharge amounts to from only about l to about 5 percent of the total amount of liquid in the system and it, therefore, follows that the cost of the means for conveying the excess water and gas away from the system will be quite low.
  • a further advantage of the closed system according to the present invention comes about because the duct through which fresh pulp is supplied to the recirculating water is connected into the system on the suction side of the circulating pump so that the circulating pump will function as a highly effective instrumentality for mixing the freshly supplied pulp with the recirculating water.
  • This feature in particular, is not to be found in any known apparatus because the duct delivering fresh pulp must always be located downstream from the excess water discharge duct and when this duct is disposed on the delivery side of the circulating pump, the newly supplied pulp does not pass through the pump and cannot be mixed into the water thereby.
  • the settling, or low velocity section for the circulating water as a vessel extending substantially vertically.
  • the inlet for the recirculating water, together with the outlet therefor, is disposed in the lower zone of the vessel at the greatest possible axial distance from each other, while the connection for the duct which conveys away the excess water is advantageously disposed at the upper end of the vessel.
  • a separate water withdrawl conduit is associated in a known manner with each suction box and the conduit leading from each suction box extends separately into the settling section.
  • the excess water conduit it is also advantageous for the excess water conduit to extend into a degassing vessel or chamber, the lower region of which is connected to a first suction means for the excess water and the upper region of which is connected to a second suction means for the gases separated from the excess water.
  • a degassing vessel, or chamber By means of such a degassing vessel, or chamber, it is possible for the gas bubbles to escape from the excess water, whereupon the escape gases and the excess water can be conveyed away separately and brought to atmospheric pressure by individual suction means.
  • Such an arrangement requires additional suction means as opposed to the provision of a single suction means, as described, but offers the special advantage that the delivery or withdrawing of excess water is always uniform. Where only one suction means is provided for removing both gas and excess water, it is possible for sudden fluctuations to occur, especially if the quantity of gas being removed varies rather suddenly.
  • the quantity of excess water withdrawn from circulation is completely independant of the instantaneous pressure difference between the low velocity settling section and the degassing vessel, or chamber, but depends, rather, merely upon the level of the suspension in the stock inlet box.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates the wet end of a web forming machine embodying the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of a vessel adapted for functioning as a settling section in the water recirculating system of the machine of FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a view looking in at the left end of FIG. 2 as designated by the arrow 3 on FIG. 2.
  • the apparatus illustrated therein, and in connection with which the present invention is employed comprises a foraminous member in the form of a wire guided in endless path by a plurality of rollers.
  • the wire 10 runs in a direction indicated by the arrow P and above the upper reach of the belt is a stock inlet 11 opening against the wire and beneath the wire to which the suspension is supplied is a plurality of suction boxes 12.
  • Suction lines 13 lead from the suction boxes to a vessel 14 which functions as a settling zone or low velocity section and within which the suspension slows down until its flows out of vessel 14 via conduit 15.
  • Conduit 15 leads to the suction side of a circulating pump 17 which discharges into a conduit 16 leading to stock inlet 11.
  • Fresh pulp is supplied to conduit 15 on the upstream side of pump 17 via a conduit 18 having embodied therein a pumping means 19.
  • the aforementioned stock inlet 11 to which the suspension is supplied, and from which the suspension flows to the wire 10, covers the entire web forming zone of wire 10, but it is also possible to employ a stock inlet in which the suspension flows from a horizontal slit-like opening and is supplied to the wire in the manner conventionally employed for the manufacture of paper webs.
  • the suction boxes draw water through the wire during the formation of the'web and cover substantially the entire web formation zone of the wire on the underside thereof.
  • the suction boxes are constantly filled with water extracted from the suspension on the wire.
  • the fibers remaining on the wire form a web 9 which, when it is removed from the wire as illustrated, is completely formed but is still moist and is passed to a conventional drying apparatus not illustrated in the drawings.
  • the negative pressure required in the suction boxes 12 is produced by the aforementioned circulating pump 17 because the pump is continuously drawing water from closed vessel 14 and therethrough from conduits 13 leading to the suction boxes 12. It is advantageous to be able to control the individual negative pressures in the several suction boxes and, to this end, an individual suction conduit leads from each suction box and each said conduit has therein a restrictor valve 23.
  • the pump 19 which supplies the pulp is a metering type pump so that the amount of pulp supplied to the recirculating liquid can be accurately determined.
  • vessel 14. may comprise a conical or domelike top and from the extreme upper end thereof a conduit 20 leads through a regulating valve 22 into another chamber or vessel 30 which may advantageously be combined with vessel 14 as a unitary structure.
  • Vessel, or chamber, 30 is a degassing vessel and gases separated from the water collect in the top of vessel 30, while the water supplied to vessel 30 via conduit 20 collects in the lower part thereof.
  • a suction means such as a pump 31, or a drop tube, is connected to a lower portion of vessel 30 and draws water therefrom through a regulating valve 33.
  • a suction means as represented by reference numeral 32, is connected to an upper portion of vessel 30 and draws gas therefrom.
  • the other regulating valve 33 incorporated in the discharge conduit leading from pump 31 is associated with a liquid level measuring means 34 in vessel 30 and is operable to maintain the liquid level in degassing vessel 30 at a substantially constant value.
  • the vessel 14, which is combined with the degassing vessel 30 is arranged in a vertical manner with a conical or dome-like separating partition 29 between the respective parts of the vessel. It will be evident, however, that the two vessels, 14 and 30, could be constructed as independant units and disposed separate from each other.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 show a vessel 44 disposed in a horizontal fashion and adapted to perform the same function as vessel 14 of the FIG. 1 modification.
  • the connections indicated at 43 receive the discharge ends of the conduits 13 leading from the suction boxes, while the connection 45 connects to duct 15 leading to the inlet side of circulating pump 17.
  • the connection 50 in the top of the vessel is provided for being connected to conduit 20 for discharging excess water and gases from the chamber 44. It will be noted that the upper portion of chamber 44 inclines upwardly in the direction of flow through the chamber and that connection 50 is disposed at the uppermost portion thereof.
  • the internal cross-sectional area at right angles to the direction of flow therethrough is sufficiently large to reduce the flow velocity of the water passing therethrough to a value sufficiently low to permit the gas bubbles in the water to rise therefrom so that the gas can be extracted via conduit 20. It has been determined that a suitable flow velocity within the vessel may be on the order of from about 0.1 to 0.4 meters per second.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a machine in which a wire is passed about a plurality of supporting rollers
  • the invention is applicable to a cylinder type machine in which a foraminous cylindrical or drum member is provided on which the web to be made is formed.
  • the wire is tensioned about the drum member or cylinder and the interior of the drum member or cylinder is provided with suction boxes to which water drains during the formation of the web.
  • a machine for forming a fibrous web having a foraminous member to one side of which a fibrous suspension is supplied from a stock inlet box, suction boxes on the other side of said foraminous member to withdraw liquid from the suspension through the foraminous member, and a closed conduit system leading from said suction boxes to said stock inlet box and including a circulating pump, closed chamber means in said system forming a zone upstream of said pump and of substantially greater cross sectional area at right angles to the direction of liquid flow therethrough than the cross sectional area of said conduit system whereby the velocity of liquid flow in said conduit system is substantially reduced upon entering said chamber means and is oriented in a substantially horizontal direction, means for supplying fresh pulp to said conduit system between said chamber means and the inlet of said circulating pump, a discharge conduit for the discharge of excess liquid connected to an upper portion of said chambers means, a degassing chamber to which said discharge conduit leads, a pump connected to a lower portion of said degassing chamber to remove liquid therefrom, and suction means connected to
  • a web forming machine which includes a first flow control valve in said discharge conduit between said chamber means and said degassing chamber.
  • a web forming machine which includes means sensitive to the liquid level in said stock inlet box and connected in controlling relation to said first flow control valve for maintaining the liquid level in said stock inlet box substantially constant.
  • a web forming machine which includes a second flow control valve through which liquid withdrawn from said degassing chamber by said suction means passes.
  • a web forming machine which includes means sensitive to the liquid level in said degassing chamber and connected in controlling relation to said second flow control valve for maintaining the liquid level in said degassing chamber substantially constant.

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