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Regulation system and method in a paper machine

US6322666A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1999
Grant dateNov 27, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

A feedback-connected on-line regulation system for a headbox of a paper or board machine. The headbox includes a flow duct for stock suspension or separate flow ducts placed one above the other, each flow duct extending from an inlet header of the headbox into its slice channel. A stock suspension jet is discharged from the slice opening of the slice channel onto the forming wire or into the forming gap formed between forming wires. The regulation system includes a regulator unit and a set value unit. Measurement values are passed from the headbox system to the regulator unit and from the regulator unit, control values are obtained for controlling the actuators of the headbox system. The regulation system also includes an on-line If arrangement for measurement of the dried paper web or the paper web to be dried, and includes measurement of the distribution of fibers in the plane of the paper web. By means of the measurement signal obtained from this measurement arrangement, the actuators of the headbox are controlled by feedback so as to achieve a distribution of fiber orientation and a corresponding MD/CD ratio of strength in accordance with the set value in the paper web to be pr…

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