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Screen system for a continuous digester

US5827401A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 16, 1997
Grant dateOct 27, 1998
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Expiry dateJan 16, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21C7/14
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A screen system for a digester for continuous cooking under raised pressure and temperature of fiber material in a vertical vessel, where input of fiber material and cooking liquid takes place at the top of the digester, withdrawal of spent cooking liquor is carried out from at least one digester screening arrangement (1D) between the top and the bottom of the digester, and fiber material is fed out from the bottom (1C) of the digester, wherein at least one of said screening arrangements (1, 2) has at least one screen element (2A) of which the main configuration is circular and which is assembled by means of welding, and which is fitted into the digester shell by means of welding.

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