WO2014159378A1 - Industrial fabrics comprising infinity shape coils - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to industrial fabrics. More specifically, the present invention relates to industrial fabrics/belts assembled from spiral elements or infinity shaped coil elements and formed into a continuous or endless loop.
- industrial fabrics means endless structures in the form of a continuous loop, and used generally in the manner of conveyor belts.
- industrial fabrics refers to fabrics configured for modern papermaking machines, and engineered fabrics, which may be used in the production of nonwovens.
- Modem papermaking machines employ endless fabrics belts configured for use in the forming, pressing, and drying sections, as well as process belts such as shoe press or transier belts, which may also be used in sections of the modem papermaking processes, such as in the pressing section.
- Engineered fabrics specifically refers to fabrics/belts used outside of papermaking, including use on preparation machinery for paper mills (i.e., pulp), or in the production of nonwovens, or fabrics used in the corrugated box board industries, food production facilities, tanneries, and in the building products and textile industries. (See, for example, Albany International 2010 Annual Report and 1 Q-K, Albany International, 216 Airport Drive, Rochester, NH 03867, dated May 27, 2010.)
- the base structure or a component thereof may take a number of different forms.
- the fabric may be woven endless or flat woven, and subsequently rendered into an endless form with a seam
- industrial fabrics, as endless loops have a specific length, measured circumferentially iherearound, and a specific width, measured transversely thereacross.
- industrial, fabrics must maintain a uniform thickness, or caliper, to prevent, for example, premature wear in areas where a localized thickness is greater than in the immediate surrounding area, or objectionable marking of a manufactured good carried thereon or contacted thereby.
- Industrial fabrics used in modern papermaking machines and in the production of nonwovens may have a width from about 5 feet to over 33 feet, a length from about 40 .feet to over 400 feet, and weigh from, approximately 100 pounds to over 3,000 pounds, for example.
- Seams have presented problems in the function and use of on-machine- seamable fabrics in that they may have a thickness, or caliper, that is different from that of the industrial fabric edges the seam is joining. Variations in thickness between the seam, and the fabric edges can lead to marking of the product carried, on the fabric. Seam failure may also result if the seam area has a greater thickness than the fabric edges as the seam is exposed, to machine components and resulting abrasion or friction.
- seaming Ioops formed on two opposite edges of the fabric to be joined.
- seaming loops themselves may be formed from the warp yams of a flat woven fabric.
- Seaming Ioops can be formed by removing weft yarns at the ends of the fabric to free end portions of warp yams.
- Loops are formed by reintroducing (re-weaving) the tree end portions of the warp yarns into the fabric
- a seam is formed by bringing the two ends of the fabric together, by
- a seaming spiral may be attached to the seaming loops at each of the two ends of an industrial fabric.
- An example of this method is shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,896,702 to Crook in which a multilayer industrial fabric is formed, As shown, a tubular base fabric is formed, flattened to form edges at the lengthwise extremities of the fabric, and cross machine direction ("CD") yarns in the area of the edges are removed.
- a spiral coil is attached to the seaming loops of the industrial fabric.
- the seaming spirals may be connected to the seaming loops by at least one connecting yarn. The coils of the spirals at the two ends of the industrial fabric may again then be interdigitated and joined to one another on the machine with a. pintle to form a seam usually referred to as a spiral seam.
- the construction of the seam differs from that of the rest of the fabric. Uniformity in characteristics such as permeability to air or water, thickness or caliper, and density, among others, is desirable in industrial belts. In known on-machine-seamable fabrics, construc tion of the seam area is different than the construction of the rest of the fabric. Because uniform physical characteristics across the length and width of the indus trial fabric are usually preferred, and may be required, a seam is a critical part of a seamed fabric. If the seam itself is not structurally and functionally nearly identical to the rest of the industrial fabric, modification of the seam area may be necessary to obtain characteristics sufficiently similar to the main portion of the industrial fabric for the intended application.
- the spiral link belt disclosed in U.S. Patent No, 4,839,213 to Gauthier, for example.
- the £ 213 patent discloses a conveyor belt made of spirals assembled together by inserting rods into channels formed by inter igitating adjacent spirals.
- the belt includes a flat or other shaped member (known as "stuffer "* ) which is inserted inside the spirals so as to completely or partially fill the spaces inside the spirals.
- the belt has a relatively stiff body due to the use of staffers within the spirals to achieve the desired lower air permeability.
- spiral link coils when made full width, can sometimes fail at one locationo and "unzip" across the CD when the belt is running on the machine, which can result in belt failure and significant damage to the paper machine components.
- U.S. Patent No. (5,91 ,998 to Hansen, which relates to a fabric manufactured from preformed rings.
- the rings in the '998 patent are connected with MD or CD yams, pintles or wires to form a flat fabric, whose ends are joined to one another to form a continuous loop.
- the rings disclosed in this patent are preferably manufactured from rigid materials, which make them relatively stiff and incompressible.
- one embodiment of the present invention is an on-machine seamabl fabric/belt made from a plurality of spiral elements joined together to provide uniform characteristics across the length and width of the belt-
- One embodiment of the present invention provides spiral elements which may be attached to each other to form, an industrial fabric/belt.
- the spiral elements for use in forming the industrial fabric/belt are shaped as an "infinity coil;' so named because an axial view of the coil resembles an infinity symbol, commonly, a figure-eight shaped curve, or mathematically a lemniscate.
- each element has two loops, and the first l oop of one element intei'digiiates with the second loop of the adjacent element to accept a pintle, or pin through a passage formed by the interdigttated loops.
- a plurality of these spiral elements are interdigitated and joined together until the required fabric length is formed.
- an infinity coil is a shaped coil of material which can, for example, be a monofilament, twisted multifilament, coated or uncoated, or coated or uncoated metal wire, comprising two loops formed by the material passing alternately over and under a pair of parallel linear coplanar support members and crossing in the space between the support members.
- the support members may be, for example, a double mandrel or a spiral link-type forming apparatus.
- the loops may be substantially the same size and shape, although differing sizes and shapes are anticipated for certain applications.
- a double mandrel comprising two adjacent support members, generally parallel and coplanar to each other, and spaced apart from each other with a center-to-center spacing proportional to the desired, center-to- center distance of the loops of the infinity coil,
- a material for example, a polyester monofilament, passes over a first mandrel, passes through the space between the two mandrels, passing below and then around and over the top of the second mandrel, back through the space between the mandrels and tinder the first mandrel.
- the material used to form an infinity coil traces the basic curved shape of a lemniscate, or figure-eight, or infinity symbol.
- One embodiment of the present invention is an industrial fabric including a plurality of infinity coils having a CD length equivalent to the fabric width, the coils -arranged such that one of first, and second loops of a first infinity coil interdigitates with one of first and second loops of an adjacent infinity coil so as to form a single passage, a pintle extending through the passage, and one or more infinity coils added to the .first infinity coil or adjacent infinity coil until the required MD length of the fabric is achieved.
- Another embodiment of the present invention is an industrial fabric/bel including a plurality of infinity coil elements, each of the infinity coil elements having a first loop and a second loop, wherein second loop of a first infinity coil element, having an open interior portion, and first loop of the second infinity coil element, having an open interior portion, are interdigitated such thai the open interior portions of the second loop of the first infinity coil element at least partially aligns with first loop of the second infinity coil element to form a passage therethrough, and a pintle disposed in the passage formed by the aligned loops to join the first infinity coil element to the second infinity coil element.
- Yet another embodiment of the present invention Is an industrial fabric including a plurality of coil materials formed as three or more closed curves forming three or more adjacent coil loops, the three or more coil loops enclosing respective open interior portions, and intersection regions between adjacent coil loops in which the coil material forming a coil loop intersects with material forming an adjacent coil loop.
- Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a coil including at least one infinity coll. element comprising a plurality of loops, each of the loops having an axis parallel to and coUinear with the axis of each of the other loops of the plurality of loops, wherein, when viewed paral lel to an axis of one of the plurality of loops, each of the plurality of loops forms a closed curve with a respective open interior portion.
- Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a coil including a coil axis, an axial length parallel to the coil axis, a width perpendicular to the axial length, a continuous strand of material formed into a. continuous helical plurality of infinity coil elements, each of the plurality of infinity coil elements comprising at least a fu st loop and a second loop, each of the loops having an axis parallel to and coUinear with the axis of the coil, wherein, the axes of the at least first loops are coUinear with one another and the axes of ihe second loops are coUinear with one another such tliat, when viewed parallel to the coil axis, each of the plurality of loops appears to form a closed curve with an open i terior portion.
- Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a coil element including a coil material formed as a femniscate having two closed curves forming first coil loops and second coil loops, the first and second coil loops enclosing respective first and second open interior portions, and an intersection region between the closed curves in which the coil material forming the first coil loop intersects with material, forming the second coil loop.
- Yet another embodiment of the present invention is a coil element including a coil material formed as three or more closed curves forming three or more adjacent coil loops. the three or more coii loops enclosing respective open interior portions, and intersection regions between adjacent coil loops in which the coii material forming a coii loop intersects with material forming an adjacent coil loop.
- Fig. I is an axial view of a conventional spiral link coil
- Fig. 1 A is a perspective view of the conventional spiral link coil of Fig, 1 ;
- Fig. 2 is an. axial view of the spiral link coii of Fig. 1 formed on a single mandrel;
- Fig. 3 is an axial view of conventional coils joined together by a pin
- Fig. 4 is an axial view of an infinity coii according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 4 A is a perspective view of the infinity coii of Fig. 4;
- Fig. 4B is a perspective view of a. separate infinity loop according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 4C is a perspective view of a separate infinity loop according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig, 5 is an axial view of the infinity coii of Fig. 4 formed on a. double mandrel;
- Fig. 6 is an axial view of two infinity coi ls joined by a pin according to one embodiment of the present invention
- Fig. 7 is an axial view of the infinity coils of Fig. 6 under an increased tensile load transverse to the axis of the fabric/belt;
- Fig. 8 is a plan view of an industrial fabric belt with pintles inserted, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 9 is an. axial view of the coil link fabric/belt shown in. Fig. 8, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the present invention relates to industrial fabrics/belts, and includes engineered fabrics and fabrics used in papermaking.
- the present invention also relates to a process for producing such industrial fabrics/bells.
- the fabric/belt may be a fabric comprised of a plurality of the inventive coils or spiral elements pinned together to form a fabric .
- the coils or spiral elements may be formed from a monofilament or twisted multifilament, coated or uncoated, made from a polymer or polymers, such as polyester, a coated or uncoated metal wire, or from other materials known in the art.
- the coils may be formed as a continuous piece having an appropriate length for the width of the fabric/belt to be formed, as measured as the cross machine direction (CD) width of the fabric/belt, in some instances, a coil formed as a continuous piece may have the same length as, or nearly the same as, the width of the fabric/belt to be formed. Other coil lengths may be useful, such as lengths less then the width of the fabric/belt, or greater than the width of the fabric/belt and trimmed to an appropriate length. In other embodiments, the coils may be individual pieces formed into separate loops, with a number of individual loops arranged across the width of the fabric/belt
- Coi ls in this application are illustrated as having two enclosed interior portions or nodes, when viewed along the axis of the coil, for ease of illustration. This corresponds with the common infinity symbol or the mathematical lemniscate.
- coils of more than two enclosed interior portions or nodes are anticipated, and are also referred to as infinity coils because they comprise coil turns forming at least one infinity symbol or lemniscate.
- Such coils lend themselves to similar manufacturing techniques using a forming apparatus with a number of support members corresponding to the number of desired nodes.
- Infinity coils with more than two nodes have industrial uses, for example, uses similar to those disclosed for the two-node coils,
- a loop 1 for a conventional, prior art spiral coil spiral seam as shown in an axial view in Fig. 1 and in a perspective view in Fig, 1 A, has a curved shape, approximating a circular or ovular shape, Successive coils are similarly shaped and approximately coaxial, extending into the paper as illustrated.
- Such coils ate formed by placing successive coaxial coils of material , for example a polyester monofilament, on a single mandrel 3 as shown in Fig. 2,
- the open interior portion 2 is similarly shaped and proportional in size to the mandrel 3 upon which it is formed.
- an ovular shaped mandrel is shown, other shapes may be used for the mandrel.
- the materials used may be a monofilament formed from one or more polymers such as polyester.
- the spiral coils may be round, rectangular, oval, flattened, or other noncireuiar shapes.
- a spiral element is provided in the form of the infinity coil 8 in Figs. 4 and 4 A, formed as a figure-eight shaped curve, or a. lemniscate, resembling a symbol commonly used to represent infinity, oo.
- a continuous helical infinity coil as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 4A is an infinity coil formed from a continuous strand of material .
- the continuous helical infinity coil will appear to have two closed curves forming first and second infinity coil loops 10a and 10b, respectively, with first and second open interior portions 2a and 2b,
- Coils according to embodiments of the invention may also have more than two open interior portions, yet are still referred to as infinity coils throughout the disclosure.
- they can have three or more closed curves forming three or more adjacent, coil loops, the three or more coil loops enclosing respective open interior . portions, and intersection regions between adjacent coil loops in which the coil material forming a coil loop intersects with material forming an adjacent coil loop.
- the material used to form infinity coils may be any of the materials known in. the art as suitable for industrial fabrics, for example a polyester monofilament, and may have any suitable cross section.
- Circular cross sectional shapes of the material may be used, Additionally, in non-limiting examples, other cross section shapes may be used, such as oval, rectangular, square, triangular, flattened, star-shaped, grooved or other non- circular shapes may be used depending upon particular requirements.
- Figure 4 A illustrates an infinity coil 8 according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- the coil 8 comprises first and second loops 10a and iOb. As shown, a plurality of loops 10a, 10b can extend along coil axis X-X in the direction of coil length L. Coil 8 may have any combination of number of loops 10a, 10b, and coil length L as determined by the particular application.
- Width W of the coil is taken perpendicular to, or generally perpendicular to. the axis X-X and is the maximum dimension between the outermost portion of loop 10a. and the outermost portion of adjacent loop I Ob,
- the width W may be the same, or substantially the same, for ail adjacent loop pairs 10a, 10b,
- each of the coil loops 10a and 10b are open interior portions 2a and 2b, respectively.
- the open interior portions 2a and 2b have axes Xa and Xb, which are parallel, or generally parallel, to coil axis X,
- the axis of all, or substantially all, first open interior portions 2a of first loops 10a are co ⁇ linear.
- the axis of all, or substantially ail- second open interior portions 2b of second loops 10b are coilinear.
- axes X, Xa and Xb may be coplanar
- embodiments of the invention include individual infinity coil elements 8a comprising at least one complete loo 10a and one complete loop 10b as illustrated in Fig, B.
- individual coil elements 8a may be formed by cutting the coil element of Fig.. 4 in an appropriate location to form two complete loops and joining the free end portions 2c to form the individual coil element.
- Porti ons of the coi l 8a which cross, with one portion of the coil crossing over the other, or intersect, between the open interior portions 2a and 2b may be affixed to each other by adhesive, welding, bonding, or other known methods after formation of the coil 8a.
- one loop 1.0a and one loop 10b are formed, each loop forming a completely closed interior portion 2a or 2b, respectively, of individual coil element 8a.
- other techniques may be employed in forming individual coil elements 8a, as shown, in Figs. 4B and 4C.
- Individual coils cars be formed from molten or softened polymers or resins by known plastic fabrication methods, Such methods include, as non-limiting examples, injection molding, extrusion molding, compression molding, transfer molding, or casting.
- the portion of seam material 2d may intersect on the same, or substantialiy the same, plane betwee the open interior portions 2a, 2b of the coil 8a as illustrated in Fig.
- the portion of coil 8a between the open interior portions 2a, 2b may be integrally formed with loops 10a and 10b.
- the individual coil elements 8a thus formed are comprised of one loop 1 Oa and one loop 10b, joined at 2d, each loop forming a completely closed interior portion 2a or 2b, respectively.
- the term "infinity coil” includes both continuous helical infinity coils and individual infinity coil elements unless a distinction is made for clarity.
- Continuous helical infinity coils 8 can be formed on a double mandrel coil former comprising generally parallel copJanar mandrels 3a and 3b as shown in Fig. 5.
- infinity coils 8 can be formed, for example, by passing material, for example, polyester monofilament, over the top of a first mandrel 3a, through the space between the two mandrels, below and then around and over the top of the second mandrel 3b, back through the space between the mandrels and under the first mandrel 3a.
- the coil forming material traces the path of a figure-eight as the infinity coils 8 are formed around mandrels 3a and 3b.
- This pattern can continue with each coil turn offset axially from the previous, until the desired number of coils, or the desired axial length of the infinity coil 8, which may be proportional to the number of coils, is formed, in this manner a spiral element, comprising a plurality of infinity coils 8 can be formed with loops 10a and 10b, with each loop 10a formed coaxially with previous loops 10a and each loop 10b formed coaxially with previous loops 10b,
- the two individual mandrels 3a and 3b comprising the double mandrel are illustrated as having a round cross section for ease of illustration only.
- the mandrels may be of any suitable shape to yield the desired shape of the infinity coil loops 10a and 10b,
- the mandrels are also shown as substantially the same size for ease of illustration, However, the mandrels 10a and 10b may be the same, or substantially the same size, or one mandrel may be larger than the other, or differently shaped, as desired.
- the infinity coil could be molded from a molten or softened polymer or resin as one piece using known molding methods, such as, for example, injection molding, extrusio molding, compression molding, transfer molding, or casting.
- the material used for the coil could also be extruded in a linear o near linear form and -mechanically deformed into the lemniscate or infinity shape, with or without the application of heat.
- the material could also be extruded In a manner such that the extruded material forms the lemniscate or infinity shape either by moving the extruding head or by moving the bed or receptacle upon which, the material is extruded.
- the industrial fabric/belt 12 can be formed by mterdigitating two infinity shaped coils formed according to the above embodiments.
- a first infinity coil 8a is joined with a second, infinity coil 8b via respective loops iOb of the infinity coils 8a and 8b using a known method of joining, such as a pintle, as illustrated in Fig. 6, for example.
- loops 10b from first infinity coil 8a are interdigitated with loops 10b from second infinity coil 8b such, that the open interior portions 2b of the loops 10b at least partially align and form a single passage 4 in the seam 12.
- the passage 4 may be sized to allow a pintle or pin 6 io pass through the aligned open interior portions 2b of loops 10b, joining the coil elements 8a and 8b.
- a third infinity coil 8c (not. shown) is joined to the second infinity coil 8b in the same manner in which 8b is joined to 8a
- a fourth infinity coil 8d (not shown) is joined to the third infinity coil 8c in the same manner in which 8c is joined to 8b, and so on and so forth until the desired l ength of the fabric/belt is produced.
- the loops 10b from the first and second infinity coil loops 8a and 8b may interdigitated and alternate, i.e., aiternatingiy interdigitate, one loop from a first coil, the next loop from a second coil, followed by a loop from the first coil in a repeated pattern along the length of the fabric.
- aiternatingiy interdigitate one loop from a first coil
- the next loop from a second coil followed by a loop from the first coil in a repeated pattern along the length of the fabric.
- other patterns of interdigitation may be used as required.
- an industrial fabric 12 may be formed using several of the disclosed infinity coils interdigitated with one another and joined using pintles or pins 6, as shown in Fig. 8, for example.
- infinity coils 8a, 8b, etc. may be joined to form fabric/belt 12 together. More specifically, infinity coils 8a and 8b may be drawn toward each other such thai infinity loops 10b of infinity coil 8a may interdigitate with loops 10b of infinity coil 8b and open interior space 2b of infinity loops 10b at least partial ly align with each other to form a single passage (reference 4 in Fig. 6) as illustrated in Fig. 9, for example.
- a pintle or pin 6 may be passed through the formed passage and through all, or substantially all, of the infinity coil loops 10b joining infinity coil 8a with infinity coil 8b.
- the industrial fabric/belt 12 as shown in Fig. 9 behaves in a manner similar to the coils 12 in Figs, 6 and 7. That, is, when the industrial fabric 12 is under tension perpendicular to, or substantially perpendicular to, the fabric 12 in the length direction of the industrial fabric, that is, a longitudinal tension, will be under tension and experience some thinning.
- the flexible (compared to stiff prior art conventional spiral link coils) infinity coils 8a and 8b will decrease in thickness measured perpendicular to the longitudinal tension.
- the AC of Fig. 7 will be positive and the infinity coi! loops will move away from the surface planes of the fabric, towards the interior of the fabric, resulting in thinning of the entire fabric.
- the length of the fabric, LI in Fig. 6 will increase to L2 of Fig. 7.
- a thinner fabric carries less entrained air which can cause objectionable sheet blowing in the dryer section.
- An additional advantage, of the present technique is that during installation on an industrial machine, the last two coils on the two parallel fabric edges which will be joined together to make the fabric into an endless loop, the insertion of the pintle can be easier as the interior opening is larger during installation on the machine before running tension is applied than after tension is applied.
- an industrial fabric may be formed from a plurality of infinity coils 8 joined, to each other to form- an infinity coil link fabric.
- Spiral link fabrics such as those disclosed in U.S. Patents Nos. 7.575.659 to Billings and 7,360,642 to Perrin, assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated by reference herein, disclose a spiral link fabric comprised of conventional spiral coils.
- Billings discloses a spiral link fabric for a papermaking machine
- Perrin discloses a spiral link belt for use as a conveyor belt.
- the presently disclosed infinity coils can be joined with each other, with, a pintle or the like, as in forming the fabric/belt 12 of Fig:. 6,
- an infinity coil link fabric 18 could be produced, a portion of which is illustrated in Fig. 9 in a view taken parallel to the axis of the pintles 6.
- a plurality of infinity coils may be joined in the longitudinal direction until an infinity coil Jink structure or seam of suitable length is obtained.
- the width of the structure may be determined by the length of the infinity coils, in a fabric thus formed, opposite fabric edges may be joined with a pintle to form an industrial fabric (not shown) in the form of a continuous loop.
- an infinity coil link industrial fabric 18 includes a thinner caliper and uniform mechanical characteristics throughout the width and length without the need- to modify portions of the structure. Important in some applications is the uniform surface characteristics resulting from the lack of seams with a construction different than the remaining fabric, which may cause discontinuities in the surface characteristics.
- industrial fabric/belt 12 can be formed using a plurality of infinity coil elements 8a, as shown in Fig. 4B, for example.
- plurality of infinity coil elements 8a are aligned next to each other in a single row such that the desired width of the final fabric is achieved, infinity loops 10a and 10b from adjacent rows of such infinity coil elements 8a are interdigitated and joined using pintles or pins 6, as described in the above embodiments to form a fabric/belt 1 of the required length.
- steps may be can-led out manually or may be carried out using a machine that is configured to align the individual elements in rows and then
- industrial fabric/belt 12 can be formed using a plurality of infinity coil elements 8a, as shown in Fig. 4C, for example.
- plurality of infinity coil elements 8a are aligned next to each other in a single row such that the desired width of the final fabric is achieved.
- Infinity loops 10a and 1 Ob from adjacent rows of such infinity coil elements 8a are interdigitated and joined using pintles or pins 6, as described in the above embodiments to form a fabric/bel 12 of the required length.
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