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Method and apparatus for determining the contact position in a refiner

US4973000A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1990
Grant dateNov 27, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21D1/30
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Methods for determining the contact position between a pair of relatively rotating refining surfaces are disclosed including detecting the heat radiating from the initial contact between the pair of refining surfaces during relative rotation therebetween in order to generate an output signal and utilizing the output signal to determine the contact position. Apparatus for determining the contact position is also disclosed.

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