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Method and apparatus for leveling the cross-direction profile of stock slurry on a papermachine

US3989085A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1975
Grant dateNov 2, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 2, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S162/11
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Undesirable high concentrations of fiber and moisture in the cross-direction profile of a paper stock slurry laid upon a papermachine fourdrinier screen may be selectively dispersed to level the cross-direction profile by impacting the screen carried pond of slurry at 1.5 to 4 feet down from the headbox slice opening with a fluid spray issued under a pressure drive of from 20 to 100 psi. If a cross-direction high concentration of fiber is to be corrected, the appropriate spray fluid to be used is water. If a cross-direction high concentration of water unaccompanied by a cross-directionally aligned high concentration of fiber is to be corrected, the appropriate spray fluid to be used is air.

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