WO2008124914A1 - Appareil et procédé de nettoyage de rouleau - Google Patents

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WO2008124914A1
WO2008124914A1 PCT/CA2008/000374 CA2008000374W WO2008124914A1 WO 2008124914 A1 WO2008124914 A1 WO 2008124914A1 CA 2008000374 W CA2008000374 W CA 2008000374W WO 2008124914 A1 WO2008124914 A1 WO 2008124914A1
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Antonio Porco
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Superior Industrial Services
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Priority to US13/722,591 priority patent/US20130192325A1/en
Priority to US14/456,456 priority patent/US20150183011A1/en

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B28/00—Maintaining rolls or rolling equipment in effective condition
    • B21B28/02—Maintaining rolls in effective condition, e.g. reconditioning
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/002—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions
    • A46B5/0054—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/002—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions
    • A46B5/0054—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body
    • A46B5/0075—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware having articulations, joints or flexible portions designed to allow relative positioning of the head to body being adjustable and stable during use
    • A46B5/0083—Mechanical joint allowing adjustment in at least one plane
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B08B1/12—Brushes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B15/00—Arrangements for performing additional metal-working operations specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21B—ROLLING OF METAL
    • B21B45/00—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills
    • B21B45/02—Devices for surface or other treatment of work, specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, metal-rolling mills for lubricating, cooling, or cleaning
    • B21B45/0269—Cleaning
    • B21B45/0275—Cleaning devices
    • B21B45/0287—Cleaning devices removing solid particles, e.g. dust, rust
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/30—Brushes for cleaning or polishing
    • A46B2200/3013—Brushes for cleaning the inside or the outside of tubes

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  • the present invention relates to methods and apparatus for cleaning rolls.
  • heating may be used when papers of particular chemical compositions, e.g., relatively high clay or starch content and gloss finish are produced.
  • the warmth may increase the tendency for clays, starch, etc., to build up on the rolls. It may be desirable to prevent or discourage this kind of build up.
  • the present invention provides a roller contact member that can engage the periphery of the roller, such as a metal rolling mill roller, over a limited extent of the circumference.
  • the contact member is formed with a scouring array that may tend to remove contaminants from the surface.
  • the contact member is mounted on a support that can be advanced into and away from engagement with the roller. The support is biased to provide a relatively uniform pressure of the contact member against the surface of the roller.
  • the contact member includes an array of abrasive bristles.
  • An aspect of the invention is the use of an abrasive brush to clean rollers of a steel rolling mill while said rollers are in operation.
  • the brush is made of abrasive bristles.
  • the brush is made of nylon bristles, and the bristles have been treated with an abrasive coating of material.
  • the brush includes bristles made of Brushlon (t.m.).
  • Another aspect of the invention is the use of a brush to clean rollers, be it in papermaking, metal working or some other employment, wherein an air extraction system is provided that catches material loosened by the brush.
  • Another aspect of the invention includes a pad or brush system for cleaning rollers in an industrial process such as papermaking or metal rolling, in which the contact head has a degree of freedom to permit the head to seat against the roller, and that degree of freedom is biased or canted.
  • head orientation apparatus is mounted to the contact head.
  • a roller cleaning apparatus for engagement with a roller of a steel rolling facility.
  • the roller cleaning apparatus has a cleaning member operable to engage the roller while the roller is revolving, and a carrier.
  • the cleaning member is mounted to the carrier.
  • the carrier is mounted to present the cleaning member to the roller.
  • the cleaning member is movable between a first position in which the cleaning member engages the roller, and a second position in which the cleaning member is located clear of the roller.
  • the cleaning member has a contact region having both axial and circumferential extent.
  • the cleaning member has an array of bristles.
  • the cleaning member has a roll contacting interface element, and the roll contact interface element is operable at temperatures in excess of 200 F.
  • the bristles of the cleaning member include Nylon (t.m.) filaments.
  • the bristles include abrasive surface elements.
  • the bristles are made of Brushlon (t.m.) material.
  • the cleaning member is axially displaceable relative to the roller while (a) the cleaning member is in contact with the roller and (b) while the roller is revolving.
  • the apparatus has a drive connected to impart reciprocating axial motion to the cleaning member.
  • the roll contacting element may be secured to a carrier by a quick release feature.
  • that quick release feature may include mating hook-and-eye engagement strips.
  • the carrier is movably mounted relative to the roller, and is constrained to cause the cleaning member mounted thereto to move in a manner having a non-zero radial component of displacement relative to the roller.
  • the carrier is driven by a force maintaining member.
  • the cleaning member has a circumferentially extending surface conforming to the roller, and the cleaning member has a degree of freedom of motion permitting the circumferentially extending surface to self-center on the roller.
  • the apparatus includes a biasing member operable to urge the cleaning member against the roller.
  • a biasing member is mounted between the support member and a fitting that is rigidly positioned relative to the axis of rotation of the roller, and is operable to move the support member, and the cleaning member attached thereto, relative to the roller.
  • the biasing member employs a working fluid to urge the bristles against the roller.
  • a drive is mounted to reciprocate the cleaning member axially relative to the roller.
  • the drive is an oscillator, and the cleaning member is driven by the oscillator non-harmonically relative to the roll.
  • a machine for rolling sheets of metal has a first roller and a second roller mounted in parallel and defining a nip therebetween.
  • the first roller having an axis of rotation.
  • the first roller cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning member operable to engage the roll while the roll is revolving, and a carrier.
  • the cleaning member is mounted to the carrier.
  • the carrier is mounted to present the cleaning member to the first roller.
  • the cleaning member is movable between a first position in which the cleaning member engages the first roll, and a second position in which the cleaning member is located clear of the first roll.
  • the cleaning member has a contact region having both axial and circumferential extent.
  • the contact region includes an array of abrasive bristles.
  • the machine includes a second roller cleaning apparatus.
  • there are first and second roll cleaning apparatuses are mounted to engage the first and second rollers on opposite sides of the nip.
  • at least the first roll cleaning apparatus has a drive connected to cause axial reciprocation of the cleaning member while the first roll is revolving.
  • at least the first roller cleaning apparatus includes an actuator operatively connected to urge the cleaning member against the first roller.
  • the machine is a machine for rolling steel sheet.
  • the machine is a machine for cold rolling sheet steel.
  • a method of cleaning rollers of a steel sheet rolling mill including advancing a cleaning head toward at least a first of a pair of the rollers, and maintaining that cleaning head in contact with the first roller which a sheet metal workpiece is passed between the pair of rollers.
  • the method includes providing a cleaning head having a contact member, the contact member including an array of bristles.
  • the method includes providing abrasive treated bristles.
  • the method includes the step of providing bristles made of Brushlon (t.m.) material.
  • a roll cleaning apparatus that includes a scrubbing element positionable against a roll to be cleaned.
  • the apparatus includes a drive operable to move the scrubbing element axially relative to the roll.
  • the scrubbing element is porous to permit the passage of airflow therethrough.
  • the scrubbing element is mounted to at least one ventilation manifold.
  • the ventilation manifold has a plurality of inlet ports through which air may be drawn through said scrubbing element.
  • the ventilation manifold also includes a plurality of exhaust ports spaced therealong, and an air mover operable to draw exhaust from said plurality of exhaust ports.
  • Figure Ia is a general arrangement view in elevation of a roll assembly of a paper making machine
  • Figure Ib is an end view of the roll assembly of Figure Ia;
  • Figure Ic is a general arrangement, perspective view of the roll assembly of Figure Ia, taken from one end of the roll assembly in a paper making machine of Figure Ia;
  • Figure Id is an enlarged perspective view of a detail of the far, or distal, end of the roll assembly shown in Figure Ic;
  • Figure Ie is an enlarged perspective view of a detail of the near end of the roll assembly of Figure Ic;
  • Figure 2a is an end view of a portion of the roll assembly of Figure Ia showing the relative location of a roll cleaning apparatus
  • Figure 2b shows an elevation view of the roll assembly of Figure 2a
  • Figure 2c is an enlarged detail of Figure 2a
  • Figure 3a is an end view of the cleaning apparatus of Figure 2a
  • Figure 3b is an elevation view of the cleaning apparatus of Figure 3a
  • Figure 3c is a partially sectioned enlarged detail of the cleaning apparatus shown in elevation in Figure 3a;
  • Figure 4a shows an end view of an alternate cleaning apparatus to that of Figure 3a
  • Figure 4b is a elevation of the apparatus of Figure 4a taken on arrow '4b'
  • Figure 4c is a plan view of the apparatus of Figure 4a, taken on arrow '4c'
  • Figure 5a shows an end view of an alternate apparatus to that of Figure 5a
  • Figure 5b shows an enlarged detail of a cleaning head assembly of the apparatus of
  • Figure 5a Figure 5c shows a side view of an alternate cleaning head assembly to that of Figure 5a;
  • Figure 5d shows a front view of part of the cleaning head assembly of Figure 5c.
  • Figure 6a shows a top view of an alternate embodiment of roll cleaning apparatus to that of Figure Ia adjacent to a roll to be cleaned;
  • Figure 6b shows a view of the roll cleaning apparatus of Figure 6a, with cleaning head removed, on a view looking generally radially away from the roll to be cleaned;
  • Figure 6c shows a view from behind the roll cleaning apparatus of claim 6b, looking generally radially toward the roll to be cleaned;
  • Figure 7a is an enlarged end view of the apparatus of Figure 6a;
  • Figure 7b is an enlarged end view of details of Figure 6a;
  • Figure 8a is an end view of an alternate embodiment of roll cleaning apparatus to that of Figures Ia and 6a;
  • Figure 8b is a section through the roll cleaning apparatus of Figure 8a taken through a mounting fitting;
  • Figure 8c is a section through the roll cleaning apparatus of Figure 8a taken through a ventilation fitting.
  • a roller may have the general form of a body of revolution of constant radius formed about a central axis.
  • This body of revolution may be considered as having a long axis, or axial direction, which may be termed the z-axis, that is concentric with the roll; a radial direction or radial axis, r, extending away from the z axis; and a circumferential direction mutually perpendicular to the axial and radial directions, referenced from an angular datum.
  • other fittings for co-operation with the roll, or rolls may pivot about axes parallel to the long axis, and may move in translation parallel to the long axis.
  • a machine 10 may have a pair of rolls 12, 14 defining a nip 16. This kind of assembly may be found, for example, in a papermaking calendar stack.
  • a web of workpiece material passes through nip 16 as part of a manufacturing process.
  • the process may be a material thickness reduction process, or a roll forming process, such as metal rolling or metal forming.
  • the process may be one that includes rolling steel sheet, and may be a cold rolling process.
  • Machine 10 has support frames 18 that support the ends of rolls or rollers 12 and 14. Support frames 18 may be mounted to a foundation, and that may be taken as providing a fixed datum for the location of other fittings.
  • Roller 12 may be provided with a heating apparatus, such that the surface of roller 12 may be maintained at a temperature that is above the temperature of the surrounding room generally.
  • rollers 12 and 14 may be heated to relatively high temperatures.
  • the temperature may be in the range of about 150 - 300 F, or more narrowly, 230 to 300 F.
  • roll 12 may be heated with steam or oil for extended periods of operation at greater than 250 F.
  • the temperature may be in the range of 125 - 150 F.
  • Machine 10 may also have one or more workpiece fault or breakage sensors 15 mounted to it. Sensor 15 may be an electric eye having a transmitter and a receiver or reflected cantilevered out to bracket the web path.
  • a roll cleaning apparatus, or assembly is indicated generally as 22.
  • Assembly 22 may tend to extend longitudinally, generally parallel to the long axis of rolls 12, 14.
  • assembly 22 may be mounted to support frames 18, or to a base that is fixed in position relative to frames 18, and hence relative to the centerline axis of roll 12 of papermaking machine calendar stack 10, such that the radial position of assembly 22 may be known.
  • Assembly 22 may span the full width, or substantially the full width, of machine 10.
  • Assembly 22 may be a mechanical contact cleaning apparatus, and may be a roll scrubber.
  • Assembly 22 may include stationary base members, such as may be in the nature of a pair of first and second, or left and right hand mounting fittings identified as brackets 24, 26, whose position is rigidly fixed with respect to support frames 18 (to which they may be mounted, as for example by bolted fittings).
  • a support member in the nature of a longitudinally extending carrier 28 may be mounted to extend between brackets 24, 26.
  • Brackets 24, 26 are similar to each other in design.
  • Each may include a stationary member, such as may be identified as a base plate 30.
  • a movable member such as may be a plate 32, may be movably secured to the stationary member, namely plate 30, to permit objects mounted thereto to have a displacement that includes a component of motion in the radial direction relative to the long axis of roll 12.
  • this securement may be in the nature of a pin 34, such that when installed the relationship is that of a hinge or pivot whose axis is parallel to the long axis of roll 12, so that plate 32 has an angular degree of freedom relative to plate 30.
  • An actuator, or biasing member may be mounted to urge or cause motion between the movable member and the stationary member.
  • the actuator may be an hydraulic or pneumatic actuator, such as may be exemplified by a pneumatic bellows 36 located between the stationary and movable plates 30, 32 and may be operable to govern pivotal movement about the pin 34.
  • a second, or opposing actuator, or biasing member, or counterbalancing member 35 may be mounted, such as to plate 30 or an extending arm 31 thereof, in opposition to the first actuator, exemplified by bellows 36.
  • Counterbalancing member 35 may also be a pneumatic cylinder.
  • the pressure in bellows 36 when activated, may be maintained at a certain differential over the pressure in counterbalancing member 35, such that the net resultant force acting to rotate carrier 28 may tend to be relatively small.
  • the pressure in bellows 36 may be 50 to 60 psia
  • the pressure in the cylinder of counterbalancing member 35 may be 40 or 50 psia, giving a constant pressure differential of 10 psi. (+/-).
  • Assembly 22 may be in relatively close balance relative to pin 34, with the static condition being such that the weight of assembly 22 is distributed to cause assembly 22 to move away from roll 12 in the default, or shut down, condition when no pressure is available in bellows 36 or counterbalance cylinder 35.
  • bellows 36 When bellows 36 is activated, the resultant imbalance may be sufficient to urge the scrubbing member (described more fully below) against roll 12. This may occur when the machine automatic control senses a web speed greater than a suitable threshold value, be it 600 fpm, 1000 fpm, or some other value which may be in a range such as 500 - 1500 fpm, that may be below the customary full operating speed of machine 10 more generally.
  • the engagement pressure on the footprint of assembly 22 against roll 12 may be comparatively soft, such as less than 0.1 psi, or, alternatively, may be less than 1" water gauge.
  • the torque applied may tend to move assembly 22 in a forward, or engagement, direction into engagement with roll 12 relatively slowly.
  • the automatic electronic control may cause pressure to be dumped from bellows 36 quickly, resulting in a strong force (and consequently moment, or torque) imbalance tending to move assembly 22 in a rearward, or disengagement direction to a position away from roll 12 more quickly, if not much more quickly
  • Apparatus 22 may include a motion limiting, or range of motion defining member, such as an abutment or stop 38. Stop 38 may be adjusted to inhibit movement of the movable member, namely plate 32 beyond a predetermined motion end position in the forward or engagement direction (clockwise in Figures 2c, 3a and 4a). Apparatus 22 may also include a standoff, or rest, 39, that limits motion in the direction (counter-clockwise in Figures 2c, 3a and 4a) away from roll 12 that may provide a support upon which to rest plate 32 (and the attached parts of assembly 22) when bellows 36 is not energized.
  • a motion limiting, or range of motion defining member such as an abutment or stop 38. Stop 38 may be adjusted to inhibit movement of the movable member, namely plate 32 beyond a predetermined motion end position in the forward or engagement direction (clockwise in Figures 2c, 3a and 4a).
  • Apparatus 22 may also include a standoff, or rest, 39, that limits motion
  • Contact of plate 32 against stop 38 may generate a signal to the automatic control of assembly 22, or of machine 10 more generally, as may be, to cause a maintenance annunciator signal to be provided to the operator. It may also cause assembly 22 to be moved away from roll 12. That is, the contact of plate 32 against stop 38 may be inferred as being due either to the absence of a roll interface engagement member of assembly 22, or it may be due to a need to replace a worn out roll interface engagement member. In either case, it may be appropriate to notify an attendant.
  • Carrier 28 may include a beam member 40.
  • Beam member 40 may be of hollow section.
  • the beam of hollow section may have the form of a cylindrical shaft 42, which may be of circular section.
  • Beam member 40 may have mounting fittings that permit motion between beam member 40 and movable plates 32. In particular, those fittings may permit a degree of freedom in linear translation, such as linear axial motion of beam member 40 relative to roll 12.
  • beam member 40 may have longitudinally slidable guides, or ways, mounted at either end thereof. Those ways may be in the form of circular cylindrical stub shafts 44, or journals, machined and mounted at either end of the hollow shafting, to define trunnions. Those trunnions may be carried in bearings 50 and mounted in trunnion blocks 46, that are rigidly mounted to plates 32.
  • beam member 40 may also tend to have an angular degree of freedom, namely the ability to move angularly about its own longitudinal axis. Rotation of the shaft 42, and hence the rotational degree of freedom, may be inhibited by a key 48 acting between the shaft 42 and trunnion block 46.
  • the stub shafts 42 are supported in slide bearings 50 that support the tubular housing defined by the hollow section of beam member 40. Shafts 42 can slide axially relative to blocks 46 and bearings 50.
  • Block 46 may have an upper portion 45 and a lower portion 47. Those portions may be held in place by mounting fittings, which may be in the nature of bolts. The bolts may be secured by quick release fasteners, such as nuts or wingnuts.
  • Block 46 may have a first keyway position 41, which, in the example, may be at about the 12 o'clock or top position, and a second keyway position, 43, which may be located at some other angular location, be it, for example, about 90 degrees away such as the 3 o'clock position in Figure Ic. (or, looking from the other direction, 9 o'clock in Figure 5a).
  • assembly 22 When maintenance of assembly 22 is required, such as, for example, to change a roll engagement interface member, identified as contact member 92, discussed below, the operator may find, or place, carrier 28 in the "away" position.
  • the upper portion 45 of block 46 may be removed by releasing the quick release fasteners 49.
  • This permits the operator to rotate assembly 22 on shafts 42 of carrier 28 from a first position, corresponding to the 12 o'clock position of key 48, for example, to a second position, which may correspond to the 3 o'clock position of key 48.
  • Assembly 22 may include a handle 51, such as may be attached to carrier 28, to facilitate this movement.
  • the second position may be termed an inoperative, or maintenance position.
  • the interface engagement assembly (such as item 60, discussed below) may present the pad in an upwardly facing, relatively convenient orientation, such that the operator may pull off the old pad, and install a new pad. Once the new pad has been installed, the assembly may be returned to the 12 o'clock position, the upper portion 45 of block 46 replaced and re-secured in position, and operation of apparatus 22 may re-commence.
  • a longitudinal motion drive such as may tend to urge, cause and govern longitudinal displacement of carrier 28 relative to bearings 50, and hence to the axis of roll 12, may be indicated generally as 52.
  • Longitudinal motion drive 52 may be a reciprocating drive, and may be identified as an oscillator 54.
  • Drive 52 is rigidly mounted to movable plate 30 and acts on a bracket mounted to beam member 40, to cause it to reciprocate along the shaft in a uniform periodic motion.
  • Oscillator 54 may be air driven.
  • Carrier 28 may support an array of brackets 56.
  • the members of this array of brackets may be spaced on relatively even pitches along the length of the carrier 28.
  • Brackets 56 extended toward roll 12 and support at their distal end a cleaning member such as may be identified as cleaning head assembly 60.
  • Brackets 56 may each include a hinge fitting 58, aligned along a common axis of rotation parallel to the axis of rotation of roll 12.
  • Cleaning head assembly 60 may include a backing member 64, backing member support fittings 66, and a work surface contacting member, or assembly 68.
  • the backing member 64 may have the form or a longitudinally extending beam, such as a channel member 70.
  • Channel member 70 may have a web portion 72 and flanges 74, 76 oriented to extend from either side of web portion 72 and substantially radially away from roll 12. It may be that web portion 72 has a surface 78 facing predominantly toward roll 12.
  • Web portion 72 may be formed on an arcuate contour such as may tend to yield a concavity having a radius of curvature generally conforming to the curvature of roll 12.
  • Mounting members, or support fittings 66 may include brackets 80 and, may be mounted to the radially outwardly facing side of channel member 70 at spacings corresponding to the pitch spacing of brackets 56.
  • Backing member 64 may be termed a shoe, mounted for co-operation with roll 12.
  • a workpiece contact member 92 such as may be used for engagement of the surface of the roll 12 may be secured to overlie surface 78, and thus to form a lining of the shoe defined by backing member 64.
  • Contact member 92 may have a thickness, t, and a relative softness, that may tend to provide a cushion against the outside of roll 12.
  • a biasing member such as pneumatic bellows 36
  • member 92 When biased against roll 12 by the action of a biasing member, such as pneumatic bellows 36, member 92 may tend to provide a contact interface continuously along the length of the outer circumferential surface of roll 12. The rotation of roll 12 may then tend to bring every part of its outer surface into contact with member 92 at some point during operation. Thickness t may be in the range of Vi to 1 inches.
  • 92 may subtend a modest portion of the circumference of roll 12. That portion may be in the range of 5 - 45 degrees of axe, and may, in one embodiment, subtend about 15 - 35 degrees of arc.
  • the width of member 92, measured as a chord of the subtended arc may be in the range of about 2 to about 12 inches, an in one embodiment may be about 4 - 8 inches, and may be about 6 inches.
  • Member 92 may tend to be flexible, or compressible, in the radial direction, and may tend to have a two-dimensional contact area (that is, contact defined be a patch having both an axial and a circumferential extent) over a significant area, as opposed to a rigid, (i.e., by comparison, substantially unyielding) doctor blade such as may tend to have unidimensional engagement (i.e., line contact).
  • the limit of motion under this biasing may be established by the setting of stop 38.
  • member 92 may be formed from an abrasive scouring material such as a nylon mesh, having an abrasive high strength aluminium oxide or silicon carbide impregnation. Alternatively, it may be a cloth having a fine abrasive surface.
  • an abrasive scouring material such as a nylon mesh, having an abrasive high strength aluminium oxide or silicon carbide impregnation. Alternatively, it may be a cloth having a fine abrasive surface.
  • Two commercially available products are Scotch Brite (t.m.) manufactured by 3M, and Beartex (t.m.) manufactured by Norton. Other similar products may also be used. In these instances, member
  • contact member 92 may have the form of a pad of woven or non-woven material.
  • the pad may be substantially porous.
  • contact member 92 may be a bristle medium, or brush.
  • the suitability of one type of contact member 92 rather than another, be it a mesh , a cloth, a porous pad, or a brush (whichever terminology may be used) may depend on the particular application.
  • Member 92 may be secured to the surface of the shoe, that is, backing member 64, by securement fittings, or fastenings. In one embodiment, those securements may be in the form of co-operating male and female hook and loop fasteners, indicated as 94, such as those sold under the trademark Velcro, mounted to the front, or radially inward, face of backing member 64.
  • the components of hook and loop fastener 94 are formed from a stainless steel and capable of operation at elevated temperatures, which is to say temperatures in excess of 180 F, over an extended period of time.
  • the hook and loop system (Velcro) facilitates replacement of worn cleaning elements, and also facilitates changes of the cleaning element to suit the particular application. For example, a change may be made between nonwoven abrasives and abrasive bristles, or such other contacting member may be appropriate under the circumstances.
  • assembly 60 may be replaced by alternate assembly 100.
  • Alternate assembly 100 may include a longitudinally running backing member 102 that is supported at spaced intervals by brackets 104 mounted on corresponding pitches, and for co-operation with, brackets 56 in the same, or substantially the same, manner as brackets 56.
  • Assembly 100 may have a roll engagement interface member.
  • roll engagement interface member may have the form of a two dimensional array, or pad, such as may be identified as scrubbing element 106. Scrubbing element 106 may have a roughness the same, or comparable to, that of the other embodiments herein described, and may employ Scotch Brite or Beartex or such other materials as noted above.
  • Scrubbing element 106 may be in the form of an abrasive grid or mesh of metal, or metal treated nylon, and may be such as to permit removal and washing, or removal and reconditioning, or removal and replacement as may be appropriate.
  • Scubbing member 106 may include a sheet or abrasive cloth.
  • the biasing of bellows 36 may tend to maintain scrubbing member 106 in contact with roll 12 over a circumferential arc and under a substantially two dimensional (longitudinal and circumferential) pressure field in which the pressure field acts substantially radially inward with respect to roll 12, as the manner noted above.
  • the longitudinal pad carrier, or scrubbing element carrier, namely backing member 102 may be in the form of a hollow section member, as indicated by the somewhat D-shaped section illustrated in Figure 5b.
  • This section may have a longitudinally running web or back 108 for releasable connection to brackets 104, and legs 110, 112 extending from back 108 toward roll 12 (as deployed in use).
  • Member 102 may also have a front, or roll engagement side or face, or portion 114 extending between legs 110, 112.
  • Portion 114 may have a form, or concavity, generally conforming to the outside radius of roll 12.
  • Portion 114 may include relief or indexing features 116 such as may engage or retain scrubbing element 106.
  • Portion 114 may have a flexing capacity to conform to roll 12.
  • Backing member 102 may be formed as an extrusion, and may be formed of Aluminum.
  • T-shaped slots 120 may be formed in back 108, such as to admit corresponding securement fittings 122 by which member 102 may be connected to brackets 104.
  • a backing member 130 (otherwise similar to backing member 102), may be a plenum. That is, member 130 may have a roll engagement wall 132 having an array of lengthwise running grooves 134.
  • Array 134 may include a first pair of grooves 135, 136 toward one edge, a second pair of groves 137, 138 generally centrally located along the arcuate face, and a third pair of grooves 139, 140 located near the other edge of the arcuate engagement face.
  • Hook and loop attachment strips 142, 144 may be mounted between the first and second, and second and third pairs of grooves and may be used to provide a releasable securement of the roll engagement member, that member being a pad 146, generally similar to member 92.
  • the grooves of array 134 may be provided with a pattern of apertures, or vents, or slots, inlets, or openings 150, such as to permit air to be drawn from the region of pad 146 into the internal plenum of backing member 130 indicated generally as 148.
  • backing member 130 may be capped at one end, and a vacuum line attached to the other end.
  • a plenum outlet fitting which may be in the nature of a header fitting 152, may be attached to both ends of backing member 130 to permit air extraction at both ends, which may occur in a generally symmetrical manner.
  • a suction hose 154 may be connected between header fitting 152 and a vacuum pump, or blower or extracter indicated as 156.
  • a filtering, or settling apparatus 158 may also be employed.
  • backing member 130 may define an exhaust manifold through which air may be extracted through pad 146. This air may tend to carry away dust and lint particles, and may provide ventilation to pad 146 more generally.
  • the use of a vacuum extraction system may also tend to encourage cooling of the roller contacting medium, in this instance porous pad 146. This may, in turn, permit scrubbing of rolls that operate at higher temperatures than otherwise.
  • Openings 150 may be unequally distributed. That is to say, in a region 160 far from the header fitting 152, which region may be a region near the center of backing member 130, the number of openings may be relatively large, or the size of the openings may be relatively large, such as to permit a generally low resistance to air flow. In an intermediate region 162, the size or number, or both, of openings 150 may be somewhat smaller, and may present somewhat greater impedance to airflow. In an end region 164 close (i.e., proximate) to header fitting 152 openings 150 may be somewhat smaller and fewer again, and may be more widely spaced. The transition from a high density of openings to a low density of openings may be continuous, or may involve discrete changes of regime.
  • Openings 150 may be staggered from row to row, such that a slot in groove 135 may be offset from a slot in groove 136, and so on.
  • the slots in groove 135 may be partially occluded and partially exposed relative to the edge of pad 146.
  • the slots in groove 140 may be partially occluded and partially exposed by the other edge of pad 146.
  • the size, aspect ratio (length v. width), number, and spacing of openings 150 may vary according to the operating parameters of the assembly.
  • the roll cleaning apparatus, or scrubbing device may initially be in a rest position away from the surface of the roll 12. That is to say, in that 'away' position, member 92 may rest clear of roll 12, and there may be a clearance gap 'G' therebetween. In this 'away' position member 92 may be installed, or replaced from time to time, as may be required should the working surface of member 92 become worn or clogged. Member 92 may also be moved to the 'away' position in the event that the paper web running through nip 16 should break.
  • member 92 may be moved from the first, away, position to a second, engagement position, in which member 92 bears against the outer circumferential surface of roll 12.
  • This motion from the first position to the second position may be driven by a biasing member, or drive member, such as through the application of greater pressure to bellows 36. This may tend to cause displacement of plate 32, as by pivoting movement about pin 34, with a radial component of displacement (relative to roll 12) being imparted through carrier 28 and backing member 64 to member 92, causing it to move radially closer, and thereby into contact, with roll 12.
  • member 92 may pivot about the pivot pin 86 to find an equilibrium position. That is to say, the rotational degree of freedom afforded by the hinge fitting at pin 86 may tend to permit member 92 to be self centering. In the event that the workpiece web, such as a web of paper, should tear or break during operation, member 92 can be retracted relatively quickly, as noted above.
  • carrier 28, and hence member 92 may be caused to move axially (that is in the longitudinal direction parallel to the axis of rotation of roll 12) under the urging of a longitudinally operable drive 52, such as oscillator 54.
  • the drive member may be used to yield a linearly reciprocating motion, and that linearly reciprocating motion may be a periodic oscillation.
  • oscillator 54 acts on the beam member 40
  • the shaft 42 is displaced axially within the trunnion 46 but supported by the bearing block 50.
  • the key 48 in the shaft 42 inhibits rotation of the shaft relative to the mounting plates and thus permits the transmission of a moment to hinge fittings 58.
  • This moment may tend to yield a force at the pivot pin, that force having a component tending to compress member 92, and tending to maintain the shoe in contact with the roll. This may tend to result in a sinusoidal path being traced out on the surface of roll 12 as roll 12 revolves.
  • the rate of linear oscillation of beam member 40 may be a function of the rate of revolution of roll 12. It may be that the period of oscillation is chosen to be a non- harmonic of the angular velocity of roll 12.
  • the rate of oscillation may be a non- integer fraction of the angular velocity, and may be in the range of 1 - 10 cycles per minutes. In one embodiment it may be about 3 cycles per minute.
  • the amplitude of oscillation may be proportional to either the arc subtended by member 92 or to the radius of roll 12.
  • the amplitude of oscillation may be in the range of 1/20 to 1 A of the arc length subtended by member 92.
  • the oscillation may be in the range of 1/10 to 1/3 or the radius of roll
  • the amplitude may be about 1 inch from a central, at rest position, giving a total range of axial motion of about 2 inches from one extreme to the other.
  • the relatively large contact area between the abrasive surface of member 92 and the roll 12 may provide cleaning of the entire roll surface (or of such width or roll 12 as may engage the web workpiece).
  • the oscillation of member 92 in the axial direction may tend to deter streaking on the surface of the roll.
  • a roll cleaning apparatus 220 may be mounted adjacent to a roller 212 whose surface is to be cleaned.
  • Roller 212 may be mounted on support frames
  • Roller 212 may be used in conjunction with other rollers to produce a web work piece, such as sheet steel, of a desired thickness.
  • Roller 212 may, for example, be a roller in a steel rolling mill, and may be used for making steel sheet such as may, for example, be formed into steel coils.
  • Roller 212 may operate at modest temperatures, e.g., up to about 125 or 150 F, such as may be suitable for working the material of a sheet of metal, be it steel or some other rollable metal sheet material.
  • Roll cleaning apparatus 220 may include a spanning or bridge assembly, 222, that is mounted between end supporting members, or end supporting assemblies 224, 226.
  • End supporting assemblies 224, 226 may be bases, or mounts, or mounting frames that are fixed to a stationary datum relative to the support frames of roller 212.
  • bridge assembly 222 may include a longitudinal or axially extending spine or beam member 230 having rotatable or pivotable fittings 232 at either end. Those fittings may be in the nature of stub shafts 234 such as may matingly engage bearings 235 of end supporting assemblies 224, 226. It may be that the longitudinal axis of beam member 230 is substantially parallel to the axis or rotation of roller 212.
  • Beam member 230 may have the form of a hollow steel pipe or tube such as a seamless square or rectangular tube. End supporting assemblies 224, 226 may also house, or serve as a mounting location for motive apparatus 236 operable to engage bridge assembly 222.
  • Motive apparatus 236 may include pneumatically or hydraulically operated cylinders, or bellows, or rams 238, 240, that, on differential pressurization may tend to cause axial displacement of bridge assembly, i.e., displacement generally parallel to the axis of rotation of roller 212.
  • pressure lines 242, 244 may be connected to rams 238, 240 and the pressure in those lines may be varied over time to cause axial oscillation or reciprocation of bridge assembly 222.
  • a cleaning head assembly 250 extends parallel to, and is supported by, bridge assembly
  • Head assembly 250 is mounted to, or connected to, bridge assembly 222 by an array of members 248.
  • Members 248 may be extensible members, or members of variable length, and may be in the nature of hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders. Expressed alternately, members 248 may be force transmission apparatus.
  • Members 248 may have a first end, or base 252, mounted to bridge assembly 222. That mounting may be a rigid mounting, as of, for example, a rigid base plate 254 bolted to beam member 230.
  • Members 248 may also have a second end, or head, 256, to which a mounting fitting 258 of head assembly 250 may in turn be attached.
  • head assembly 250 may include a longitudinally extending member or scrubbing element carrier identified as beam 260.
  • Fittings 258 may be rigidly connected (e.g., as by welding or bolting) to beam 260 at spaced intervals corresponding to the longitudinally (or axially) spaced intervals of members 248.
  • Each mounting fitting 258 may be an eye or lug, or clevis rigidly welded or bolted or otherwise affixed to the back (or radially outward) side of beam 260.
  • Mounting fitting 258 may be substantially similar to mounting brackets 104 when seen in side view.
  • Beam 260 may be the same, or substantially similar to carrier 102, whose detailed description is provided above.
  • Each head 254 may then be a mating clevis, or eye or lug, and the respective heads 254 and fittings may be interconnected by pins such as to permit a rotational degree of freedom. This rotational degree of freedom may be sufficient, in operation, to permit head assembly 250 to find an equilibrium position against roller 212.
  • a workpiece contact member or element 264 may be mounted to the front face 266 of the carrier (i.e., beam 260) and may extend over a substantial portion of circumferential arc of roller 212 (or 214, as may be), and along substantially the full length of beam 260, amounting to a significant surface contact area for scrubbing.
  • Contact element 264 may have the form of an array of tightly spaced members such as bristles, or hairs, or filaments 268 that may be embedded in a backing or scrim and collectively identified as a bristle medium, or brush 270 in contrast to a woven or non- woven cloth or pad.
  • Brush 270 may be may of the materials noted above.
  • brush 270 may by made of Nylon (t.m.) bristles, or polyester bristles. Those bristles may have an abrasive coating, or may be impregnated with an abrasive material.
  • the coating may be aluminium oxide or silicon carbide.
  • brush 270 may be formed with Brushlon (t.m.) fibers mounted to a scrim, or backing, such as manufactured by 3M (t.m.).
  • each force transmission apparatus 248 may be a pressure actuated cylinder. To that end, each apparatus 248 may have first and second pressure fittings, or lines 272, 274, which connect with respective supply pressure manifolds, represented by multi-port pressure lines 276, 278 with which they are in consequent fluid communication. Pressure lines
  • Pressure line 276 and 278 are connected with respective pressure sources or reservoirs (not shown).
  • Fi the force applied by the air bellows
  • Fj the sum of the counterbalance force, which may be designated Fj
  • F 3 the reaction force from the roll
  • Pressure line 276 may be maintained at a fixed datum pressure, P ref . In one embodiment, this reference pressure may be about 85 psig. This pressure is supplied to the front face of the cylinder piston, and may tend to urge head assembly 250 to move away from roller 212 (it being assumed that a similar head assembly 250 may be mounted to cooperate with roller 214).
  • Pressure line 278 may be a variable pressure line, and may provide pressure to work against the pressure supplied by line 276. That is, pressure must is applied in line 278 to overcome the reference pressure in line 276 and then to urge head 250 against roller
  • the maximum pressure in line 278 need only be modestly greater than the reference pressure, perhaps 10 psig greater, or thereabout. Pressure may be gradually increased in line 276. However, should a fault be detected, pressure can be dumped quickly from line 276, and the reference pressure in line 278 may then act quickly to disengage head 250. In other embodiments the reference pressure could be maintained in the other line, and a variable pressure applied to the counterbalance, or both pressures could be variable and controlled. The pressure differential in these lines may be controlled with proportional valves on the actuator and counterbalance lines, each of which may be controlled by a feedback loop. The employment of a pressure operated device, in effect a constant force transmission device, may tend (a) to encourage relatively even imposition of distributed engagement force along member 264; and
  • rollers 212, 214 may be brought up to speed.
  • Rollers 212, 214 may be rollers of a sheet metal rolling mill, such as a rolling mill for cold rolling steel sheet to a desired thickness, or roll forming sheet to a desired shape.
  • Head assembly 250 may be brought into engagement with roller 212 (or, correspondingly, with roller 214, or both rollers 212, 214 as may be).
  • a workpiece may be introduced between rollers 212, 214, and head assembly 250 may be maintained in place during the period before, during or after the workpiece is engaged between rollers 212, 214, or at any or all of those times.
  • rollers 212, 214 wears or deflects, the common pressure differential across the various force transmission apparatus may tend to cause pressure to be maintained, and the contact member to be advanced locally toward the roller (212, or 214 as may be). When worn sufficiently far, contact member 264 may be removed and replaced, as may be suitable. As may be appreciated, while the rollers 212, 214 are turning, head assembly 250 may also be driven axially in a reciprocating or oscillating manner. The brushing of rollers 212, 214 with head assembly 250 does not require, and may be performed without, the use of water or other fluids.
  • a brush system such as machine 220 may tend to enhance the ability to operate the rollers for different successive materials.
  • the use of a roller cleaning apparatus such as machine 220, using a scrubber having finely abrasive brushes may permit the working rolls to remain in place longer (or, more to the point, to process a greater amount of material (i.e., running feet of coiled work product) before a changing out of the rolls is needed.
  • the rolls were changed out after 24 hours, and after more than one product.
  • Apparatus 300 may include a bridging member in the nature of a beam 302, which may be a hollow cylindrical shaft.
  • beam 302 is has stub shafts 304 that are carried in mounts 306 that rest upon a base plate 308.
  • a bellows 310 is mounted to a foundation plate 315 whose position is fixed relative to the roller end frames. Bellows 310 is operable to cause beam 302 (and everything carried with it) to pivot about a hinge 312.
  • the reaction pressure may be fixed.
  • apparatus 300 In operation the applied pressure is just enough to overcome the reaction pressure and cause the scrubbing head 320 to ride against the roller 212, 214 (by which the difference in force is reacted).
  • apparatus 300 may also have rollers, or cam followers, 318, mounted to beam 302, and that ride along a fixed rail, or reference beam 319 fixed in position to plate 308 when apparatus 300 is caused to move axially as described above in the context of the apparatus of Figures Ia and 6a.
  • carrier 322 of head 320 has a central keyway into which a set of T-shaped fittings, which may be lugs, or clevises (as may be), identified as 324, may be engaged. These fittings 324 pivot about pins 326, by which fittings 324 are mounted to a bracket 328 of beam 302 more generally.
  • the hollow profile of carrier 322 is such as to have a pair of rearwardly facing (i.e., generally radially outwardly away from the roll to be cleaned) lands, or sockets, or feet, 330, 332 as they may variously be termed.
  • Feet 330, 332 sit in opposition to a facing pair of feet 334, 336 of bracket 328.
  • Expansion elements 338, 340 are captured between the respective opposed pairs (330, 334 and 332, 336) of feet of the carrier 322 and bracket 328.
  • Expansion elements 338 and 340 are connected to apressurization system and a controller.
  • the controller is operable to vary the pivot angle of carrier 322 relative to bracket 328 in a manner that may tend to permit a desired seating orientation of the roll contact member 342 with the roller, as suggested by angle alpha.
  • alpha may be within a range of about 6 or 8 degrees to either side of center, in some embodiments, contact member 342 may be the same as or substantially similar to pad 146. In other embodiments, contact member 342 may be a bristle medium, or brush, such as brush 270.
  • Figure 8c is axially offset from Figure 8b.
  • feet 330, 332, and 334, 336 may extend longitudinally, and may have the form of channels, which may be extruded.
  • Expansion elements 338, 340 may be pneumatic of hydraulic tubes e.g., of rubber, that run axially in those channels.
  • a ventilation conduit 344 may be connected to porting in carrier 322.
  • That porting may be in the nature of an exhaust port 346 located in the rearwardly facing wall 348 of carrier 322 between feet 330, 332.
  • the conduit fittings have sufficient flexibility to accommodate the range of pivotal motion of carrier 322.
  • Ventilation conduit 344 is in fluid communication (i.e., is connected to) the hollow flow passage 350 defined within the wall of beam 302. Pressure difference between passage 350 and the plenum 352 inside the hollow profile of carrier 322 external ambient will result in flow through conduit 344.
  • Both passage 350 and plenum 352 may in some embodiments constitute multi-port exhaust (i.e., debris extraction) manifolds. They may also function as cooling or ventilation manifolds to some extent.
  • plenum 352 may be one continuous chamber, plenum 352 may also be representative of a series of plenum chambers segregated by internal longitudinally spaced partitions mounted within carrier 322, each chamber having at least one exhaust outlet through which air may be drawn by an air moving apparatus 360, such as a blower. These exhaust outlets may be mated to a common header or manifold, which may be the passage 350 defined inside the main beam, such as beam 302. Where carrier 322 is an extrusion, internal partitions may not be employed.
  • roller contact member 342 is a porous pad, be it woven or non woven, and the front wall 354 of carrier 322 is provided with an array of ports or apertures
  • front wall 354 may be provided with between 50 and 100 apertures per square foot, (which, in one embodiment is also roughly 45 - 90 apertures per lineal foot of contact area), in one embodiment the apertures density being about 80 apertures per square foot.
  • the apertures may have diameters (or hydraulic diameters, if non- round) that are in the range of about 5/32" or 3/16" (roughly 4 to 4 1 A mm) to about 1 A or 5/16" (roughly 6 to 8 mm) in diameter, and may be about 1/5", (+/- 10%).
  • Each aperture may have a catchment, or collection zone or region of the pad area that has an hydraulic diameter, or effective mean diameter of 3 A" to about 1 1 A" (about 20 to 40 mm).
  • the ratio of total aperture area to pad area may be of the order of 1 % to 5 %, and may be about 2 % - 3 %, and in one embodiment may be about 2 Vi %.
  • a flow of air may be provided not merely for debris extraction, but also for cooling.
  • the airflow may be provided by an air moving apparatus, such as a blower, notionally indicated as 360, and, in particular, a centrifugal blower.
  • the airflow may be quite substantial, and may exceed 100 cfm (cubic feet per minute) per square foot of pad surface (roughly 500 L/s per square meter). In one embodiment the cooling flow may be roughly
  • cfm (cubic feet per minute) per lineal foot of scrubber along the roller. Alternatively expressed, this may be about 150 - 250 cfm per square foot of pad surface. In some embodiments, which may be papermaking embodiments, this may permit operation where the temperature of the roller exceeds 250 F, and, in one embodiment may permit operation where the roller surface temperature is up to 500 F. In one embodiment a pad provided with roughly
  • the pressure drop in the airflow system may exceed 8 inches of water (roughly 2 kPa). In other embodiments the pressure drop seen at the blower may be in excess of 10 inches of water. In other embodiments it may be about 12 to 14 inches of water gauge (+/- 20 %) (roughly 3 to 3 V 2 kPa, +/- 20 %).
  • the volume of airflow may be provided to maintain the contact element at a temperature of less than about 275 or 280 F, and in some embodiments rather less than 250 F.
  • roller contact member 342 has a scrim, or other backing, such as may tend to impede extraction by vacuum through porting in front wall 354 of carrier 302. This may occur where roller contact member 342 has a bristle medium or brush such as the abrasive brushes noted above.
  • carrier 322 may have a debris collector 360, sometimes referred to as a "crumb catcher" or tray, mounted adjacent to roller contact member 342.
  • Debris collector 360 may have a generally hollow form, and may have a first port 362 that, in operation, is positioned closely adjacent to the roller 212 (or 214 as may be), and a second port (or array of ports) 364 that are in fluid communication (as by connecting apertures 366) with plenum 352 (or, in another embodiment, with passage 350 directly). Port 362 may have a lip, or tongue such as may catch debris that falls away from the roller. A vacuum may be applied in passage 350 to extract loosened dust, dirt, slivers, and so on that collect (or would otherwise then collect) in debris collector 360. If desired, in an alternate embodiment a debris collector may also be used where a pad is employed, rather than a brush.
  • the process starts in a condition in which the roll (or roller) is not turning and the roller scrubbing apparatus (i.e., the roll scrubber) is disengaged.
  • the air oscillator solenoid is OFF;
  • the air stroke actuator proportional valves are OFF;
  • the counter balance Safety Stop Proportional Valves are OFF; and
  • the expansion hose i.e., the pressure line of the advance cylinder or bellows proportional valves are OFF.
  • the roll is started, and begins to run up to speed.
  • a threshold or set speed (which may be a fixed proportion e.g., 75 %, or the steady state running speed) has been reached, (a) the roll scrubber will be engaged; (b) the air oscillator solenoid is energized (i.e., turned 'ON'); (c) the air stroke actuator proportional valves remains OFF (d) the expansion hose proportional valves remain OFF; (e) the counter balance safety stop proportional valves are set to their individual roll scrubber "Engage" set points (each counter balance safety stop will have a individual set point with a feedback loop, such as a loop for maintaining a certain differential pressure); (f) the air stroke actuator proportional valves are set at their roll scrubber engagement set points (each air stroke actuator will have a individual set point with a feedback control loop); and (g) the expansion hose proportional valves are set at the roll scrubber engagement set points (each expansion hose will have a individual set point with
  • the roll scrubber is disengaged and returned to its initial 'Off condition.
  • the Air oscillator solenoid may be 'on', even when the scrubber is being disengaged (i.e., moved radially away from the roll), but is then turned off when the roll scrubber has been moved to its disengaged position away from the roll.
  • the counter balance safety stop proportional valves are turned off.
  • the roller scrubber is disengaged in the same manner.

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L'appareil de nettoyage de rouleau selon l'invention comprend un élément de nettoyage monté sur un élément de support s'étendant dans le sens de la longueur par rapport à un premier rouleau de la machine. L'élément de nettoyage comprend une brosse ayant une surface substantielle pour être placée contre la surface du rouleau. L'élément de nettoyage peut être mobile entre une position d'accouplement contre le rouleau pendant le fonctionnement, et une position de désaccouplement espacée du rouleau dans un état non opérationnel, comme lorsque le remplacement de l'élément de nettoyage est désiré. L'appareil de nettoyage de rouleau peut comprendre un entraînement raccordé pour entraîner le va-et-vient linéaire de l'élément de nettoyage. L'appareil de nettoyage de rouleau peut comporter un entraînement ou un actionneur monté pour déplacer l'élément de nettoyage entre les positions d'accouplement et de désaccouplement, et peut être utilisable pour pousser l'élément de nettoyage contre le rouleau pendant l'utilisation. L'élément de nettoyage de rouleau peut comprendre une tête de contact comportant un ensemble de soies abrasives.
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