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Method and device in an adjustable-crown roll

US4856155A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 23, 1987
Grant dateAug 15, 1989
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Expiry dateNov 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21G1/022
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Method in an adjustable-crown roll, in which a series of hydraulic loading elements is used. A central axle of the roll is supported by axle journals, by means of deflection bearings. A cross-section of the central axle is shaped such that the axle has sufficiently high rigidity in a nip plane. In the method, the central axle is rotated about its deflection bearings over an angle, which may be within the range of about 30.degree. to 180.degree.. A free space that is created or enlarged between the central axle and a roll mantle thereby, and provided between the central axle and an inner surface of the roll mantle, is utilized as an opening gap for the nip formed by the variable-crown roll, by allowing the roll mantle to be shifted, e.g. by the effect of gravity, or by affirmatively shifting the mantle relative to the rotated central axle.

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