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Process and device to control quality parameters in paper, tissue and pulp dewatering plants

US6821390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 2002
Grant dateNov 23, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21F1/06
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus and process for controlling the basis weight cross-profile, the formation, the fiber direction and other quality parameters of a pulp sheet after the headbox in a dewatering plant. The apparatus including at least one suspension feed, at least one distribution device and at least one drainage device for excess suspension from the distribution device, where the distribution device has a distribution chamber and a turbulence-generating chamber made up of a number of pipes adjacent to one another. It is mainly characterized by the two peripheral zones of the headbox, comprising distribution chamber and turbulence-generating chamber, each having a discharge device in the sheet running direction for a partial suspension stream.

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