Intergral pulp mill and method of constructing an integral mill
First Claim
1. A mill for the processing and production of wood pulp, comprising:
- a single, integral structure defining a unitarily-covered space substantially bounding and enclosing the mill;
a main control station for overall monitoring and control of pulp processing operations in the mill, said control station being disposed substantially centrally within said covered space; and
a plurality of processing stations at which various respective pulp processing operations substantially sequentially take place, said plural processing stations being disposed within said covered space and radially outwardly from said main control station, individual ones of said processing stations being arranged and located in said space relative to others of said processing stations so that as the pulp undergoes said sequential processing operations at said plural processing stations the pulp proceeds substantially circumferentially about said main control station between and among said individual processing stations in said unitarily-covered space.
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Abstract
A mill for the processing and production of wood pulp is contained substantially entirely within a single, integral structure that defines a unitarily-covered space substantially bounding and enclosing the mill. The mill includes a main control room or station for overall monitoring and control of pulp processing operations in the mill, the main control station being disposed substantially centrally within the covered space, and a plurality of processing stations at which various pulp processing operations take place in a generally sequential manner or order. The plural processing stations are disposed within the covered space and radially outwardly from the main control station, with individual ones of the processing stations being arranged and located in the covered space relative to others of the processing stations so that as the pulp undergoes the sequential processing operations at the plural processing stations the pulp proceeds substantially circumferentially about the main control station between and among the individual processing stations.
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17 Claims
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1. A mill for the processing and production of wood pulp, comprising:
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a single, integral structure defining a unitarily-covered space substantially bounding and enclosing the mill; a main control station for overall monitoring and control of pulp processing operations in the mill, said control station being disposed substantially centrally within said covered space; and a plurality of processing stations at which various respective pulp processing operations substantially sequentially take place, said plural processing stations being disposed within said covered space and radially outwardly from said main control station, individual ones of said processing stations being arranged and located in said space relative to others of said processing stations so that as the pulp undergoes said sequential processing operations at said plural processing stations the pulp proceeds substantially circumferentially about said main control station between and among said individual processing stations in said unitarily-covered space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of constructing a pulp mill, comprising the steps of:
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constructing a single, integral structure defining a unitarily-covered space substantially bounding and enclosing the mill; locating a main control station, for overall monitoring and control of pulp processing operations in the mill, substantially centrally within said covered space; and locating a plurality of processing stations, at which various respective pulp processing operations substantially sequentially take place, within said covered space and radially outwardly from the main control station, said step of locating the plurality of processing stations further comprising locating individual ones of the plural processing stations relative to others of the processing stations such that as the pulp undergoes said sequential processing operations at the plural processing stations the pulp proceeds substantially circumferentially about the main control station between and among the individual processing stations in the unitarily-covered space.
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