WO1998011999A1 - Procedure and apparatus for transferring of addition to the surface of a movable material web - Google Patents

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WO1998011999A1
WO1998011999A1 PCT/FI1997/000558 FI9700558W WO9811999A1 WO 1998011999 A1 WO1998011999 A1 WO 1998011999A1 FI 9700558 W FI9700558 W FI 9700558W WO 9811999 A1 WO9811999 A1 WO 9811999A1
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housing
material web
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Veikko Ilmasti
Timo R. Nyberg
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Valmet Corporation
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Priority to EP97919085A priority patent/EP0938385B1/en
Priority to CA002266348A priority patent/CA2266348A1/en
Priority to DE69720760T priority patent/DE69720760T2/en
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H23/00—Processes or apparatus for adding material to the pulp or to the paper
    • D21H23/02—Processes or apparatus for adding material to the pulp or to the paper characterised by the manner in which substances are added
    • D21H23/22—Addition to the formed paper
    • D21H23/50—Spraying or projecting
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B5/00—Electrostatic spraying apparatus; Spraying apparatus with means for charging the spray electrically; Apparatus for spraying liquids or other fluent materials by other electric means
    • B05B5/08—Plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects
    • B05B5/14—Plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects specially adapted for coating continuously moving elongated bodies, e.g. wires, strips, pipes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D1/00—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D1/02—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D1/00—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D1/02—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
    • B05D1/04—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying involving the use of an electrostatic field
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D1/00—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D1/007—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials using an electrostatic field
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D1/00—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D1/02—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
    • B05D1/04—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying involving the use of an electrostatic field
    • B05D1/06—Applying particulate materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D1/00—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials
    • B05D1/02—Processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials performed by spraying
    • B05D1/12—Applying particulate materials
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D—PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05D2252/00—Sheets
    • B05D2252/02—Sheets of indefinite length

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  • the object of the invention is a method which is used to transfer, in an encapsulated space and by using high voltage, additional material onto the surface of a material web which moves through the encapsulated space.
  • One conventional manufacturing process of material is a continuous web formation process. These processes the include milling out of metals to form foil, and the manufacture of plastic and other coatings, films, paper, and cardboard. In addition to its geometric main form (flat and plate-like), many other properties are rendered to the material during the web formation process.
  • One of the most common ways to provide the other properties referred to above is to manipulate the functional surface of the material. This manipulation can be effected either by adding a substance onto the surface of the base material, i.e., by coating, or by changing the properties of the material surface chemically, thermally, mechanically, electrically or in some other way.
  • a so-called corona charging system is used (less than 50 kV, typically less than 20 kV) in which the surface energy of a polymer film can be increased by using electric discharge. Therefore, the fairly low voltage that is used makes it necessary to use a small gap between the electrodes, making it difficult to control the process. Furthermore, the obtained power remains low because the current cannot be increased limitlessly.
  • so-called PVD technique Physical Vapour Deposition
  • PVD Physical Vapour Deposition
  • the purpose of the invention is to eliminate the disadvantages presented above and to provide a new method .and a device which can be used to apply additional material easily, quickly, and evenly onto the desired surface of a moving material web.
  • the method according to the invention is characterised in that the additional mate- rial which is added onto the surface of the material web is brought into the housing in a controlled manner in the form of dust or spray, for example, and that the dust or the spray particles are transferred onto the surface of the material web in the encapsulated space by using ion blasting.
  • the device according to the invention is characterised in that the housing is pro- vided with an opening through which the additional material is conveyed to the housing in the form of dust or spray, for example, and that high voltage is supplied to the high-voltage electrodes in the housing, providing ion blasting towards the material web moving through the housing, whereby the additional material in the form of dust or spray in the housing is transferred onto the surface of the material web with the aid of ion blasting.
  • the device is very well-adapted to transfer minor amounts of coating, such as a few grams or fractions of a gram per square metre in paper manufacture.
  • very small amounts of chemicals can be added onto the surface of paper, for example, improving the operating characteristics of the paper.
  • the use of water can be decreased, which is advantageous in many ways. For example, the need for drying is decreased and energy is saved; the amount of circulating water is decreased and the need for cleaning is reduced.
  • Fig. 1 is an axonometric, partly sectioned view of the device according to the invention, .and
  • Fig. 2 shows the same device as Fig. 1 but as viewed directly from the side and cut open.
  • the device consists of housing 1 through which material web 2 moves, additional material being added onto the surface of the web with the .aid of electrodes 3 in housing 1.
  • Housing 1 is provided with opening 4 through which the additional materials is conveyed to the housing as indicated by arrow 5.
  • the additional material is in the form of dust or spray, for example.
  • High voltage is supplied to high-voltage electrodes 3 in housing 1, providing ion blasting towards material web 2 moving through the housing, whereby the additional material which is in the housing in the form of dust of spray is tra. nsferred onto surface 6 of material web 2 with the aid of ion blasting.
  • Electrodes 3 are arranged above material web 2 so that the additional material settles and forms an even surface 6 on the upper surface of material web 2 with the aid of the ion blasting.
  • a plate-like electrode 7 Below material web 2 in the housing there is provided a plate-like electrode 7, the material web travelling on top of the electrode.

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Abstract

A method for transferring in an encapsulated space (1), with the aid of high voltage, additional material (5) onto the surface of a material web (2) moving through the space. The additional material which is added onto the surface of the material web (2) is brought into the housing (1) in a controlled manner in the form of dust or spay (5), for example. The dust or the spray particles are transfered onto the surface of the material web (2) in the encapsulated space (1) by using ion blasting.

Description

PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING OF ADDITION TO THE SURFACE OF A MOVABLE MATERIAL WEB
The object of the invention is a method which is used to transfer, in an encapsulated space and by using high voltage, additional material onto the surface of a material web which moves through the encapsulated space.
One conventional manufacturing process of material is a continuous web formation process. These processes the include milling out of metals to form foil, and the manufacture of plastic and other coatings, films, paper, and cardboard. In addition to its geometric main form (flat and plate-like), many other properties are rendered to the material during the web formation process. One of the most common ways to provide the other properties referred to above is to manipulate the functional surface of the material. This manipulation can be effected either by adding a substance onto the surface of the base material, i.e., by coating, or by changing the properties of the material surface chemically, thermally, mechanically, electrically or in some other way.
In the known methods and devices, material has been transferred onto the surface of the web by spraying or by using a direct contact, such as painting with a brush. In both cases, the amount of transferred material has to be fairly large and, typically, solvents have to be used in the process to accomplish a sufficient mass flow rate. In spray painting, it is known to use an electric charge to advance the transfer of material. In this case, the nozzle of the paint spray constitutes one of the electrodes. This deviates fully from the method now presented in which the electrode is not provided in the nozzle. Furthermore, the voltage levels are different. Solvents are also used to advance the adhesion between the added substance and the web. A drawback then arises that the solvent has to be removed from the process; in the coating of paper, for instance, this implies expensive drying. To improve the printing qualities of the web materials, mainly plastics, a so-called corona charging system is used (less than 50 kV, typically less than 20 kV) in which the surface energy of a polymer film can be increased by using electric discharge. Therefore, the fairly low voltage that is used makes it necessary to use a small gap between the electrodes, making it difficult to control the process. Furthermore, the obtained power remains low because the current cannot be increased limitlessly. To make very thin coatings, so-called PVD technique (Physical Vapour Deposition) can be used but it requires a vacuum and, therefore, does not apply to coating a fast-moving web. Moreover, PVD often requires high temperatures. The purpose of the invention is to eliminate the disadvantages presented above and to provide a new method .and a device which can be used to apply additional material easily, quickly, and evenly onto the desired surface of a moving material web. The method according to the invention is characterised in that the additional mate- rial which is added onto the surface of the material web is brought into the housing in a controlled manner in the form of dust or spray, for example, and that the dust or the spray particles are transferred onto the surface of the material web in the encapsulated space by using ion blasting.
The device according to the invention is characterised in that the housing is pro- vided with an opening through which the additional material is conveyed to the housing in the form of dust or spray, for example, and that high voltage is supplied to the high-voltage electrodes in the housing, providing ion blasting towards the material web moving through the housing, whereby the additional material in the form of dust or spray in the housing is transferred onto the surface of the material web with the aid of ion blasting.
Different embodiments of the invention are presented in the dependent claims of the array of claims.
The device is very well-adapted to transfer minor amounts of coating, such as a few grams or fractions of a gram per square metre in paper manufacture. Now very small amounts of chemicals can be added onto the surface of paper, for example, improving the operating characteristics of the paper. Up till now, it has been impossible or very difficult to spread small amounts of material evenly, or it has required a great amount of solvent, water or the like which has had to be removed from the paper afterwards. In paper manufacture in particular, the use of water can be decreased, which is advantageous in many ways. For example, the need for drying is decreased and energy is saved; the amount of circulating water is decreased and the need for cleaning is reduced.
The invention is described in the following with the aid of an example and with ref- erence to the appended drawing in which:
Fig. 1 is an axonometric, partly sectioned view of the device according to the invention, .and
Fig. 2 shows the same device as Fig. 1 but as viewed directly from the side and cut open. The device consists of housing 1 through which material web 2 moves, additional material being added onto the surface of the web with the .aid of electrodes 3 in housing 1. Housing 1 is provided with opening 4 through which the additional materials is conveyed to the housing as indicated by arrow 5. The additional material is in the form of dust or spray, for example. High voltage is supplied to high-voltage electrodes 3 in housing 1, providing ion blasting towards material web 2 moving through the housing, whereby the additional material which is in the housing in the form of dust of spray is tra. nsferred onto surface 6 of material web 2 with the aid of ion blasting. Electrodes 3 are arranged above material web 2 so that the additional material settles and forms an even surface 6 on the upper surface of material web 2 with the aid of the ion blasting. Below material web 2 in the housing there is provided a plate-like electrode 7, the material web travelling on top of the electrode.

Claims

1. A method for tr∑msferring additional material (5) in an encapsulated space ( 1 ), with the .aid of high voltage, onto the surface of a material web (2) moving through the space, characterised in that the additional material that is added onto the sur- face of the material web (2) is brought to the housing (1) in a controlled manner in the form of dust or spray (5), for example, and that the dust or the spray particles are transferred onto the surface of the material web (2) in the encapsulated space ( I) by using ion blasting.
2. A method according to Claim 1, characterised in that the ion blasting is pro- vided by using electrodes (3) in the housing (1), a voltage of more than 50 kV being supplied to the electrodes.
3. A device for implementing the method according to the Claim, comprising a housing (1) through which the material web (2) moves, additional material being added onto the surface of the web by using the electrodes (3) in the housing (1), high voltage being supplied to the electrodes, characterised in that the housing (1) is provided with an opening (4) through which the additional material is conveyed to the housing in the form of dust or spray (5), for example, and that high voltage is supplied to the high-voltage electrodes (3) in the housing (1), providing ion blasting towards the material web (2) moving through the housing (1), whereby the addi- tional material in the form of dust or spray in the housing is transferred onto the surface (6) of the material web (2) with the aid of the ion blasting.
4. A device according to Claim 3, characterised in that the electrodes (3) are arranged above the material web (2) so that the additional material settles and forms an even surface (6) on the upper surface of the material web (2) ith the aid of the ion blasting.
5. A device according to Claim 3 or 4, characterised in that a plate-like electrode (7) is provided below the material web (2) in the housing (1), the material web travelling on top of the electrode.
PCT/FI1997/000558 1996-09-19 1997-09-18 Procedure and apparatus for transferring of addition to the surface of a movable material web WO1998011999A1 (en)

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AU43052/97A AU4305297A (en) 1996-09-19 1997-09-18 Procedure and apparatus for transferring of addition to the surface of a movable material web
JP10511059A JP2000517238A (en) 1996-09-19 1997-09-18 Method and apparatus for adding additives to the surface of a moving raw material
EP97919085A EP0938385B1 (en) 1996-09-19 1997-09-18 Procedure and apparatus for transferring of addition to the surface of a movable material web
CA002266348A CA2266348A1 (en) 1996-09-19 1997-09-18 Procedure and apparatus for transferring of addition to the surface of a movable material web
DE69720760T DE69720760T2 (en) 1996-09-19 1997-09-18 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERING ADDITIONAL MATERIAL TO THE SURFACE OF A MOVABLE MATERIAL NET

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FI963708A FI111816B (en) 1996-09-19 1996-09-19 A method and apparatus for transferring additional material to the surface of a moving web of material

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