Impingement drying unit and a dryer section

• US 7,036,242 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2001
• Issued: 05/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Valmet Technologies OY (Valmet Oyj)
• Original Assignee: Metso Paper Incorporated (Neles Oyj)
• Inventors: Juppi, Kari, Komulainen, Antti, Kurki, Matti, Salminen, Martti, Kaihovirta, Juha, Kuhasalo, Antti
• Primary Examiner(s): GRAVINI, STEPHEN MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US10/415,863
• Publication Number:
  US 20040049940A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,638 Days
• Field of Search: 341/14, 341/15, 341/17, 341/19, 341/20, 162/358.1, 162/359.1
• US Class Current: 34/117
• CPC Class Codes: D21F 5/00 Dryer section of machines for making continuous webs of paper
• CPC Class Codes: D21F 5/04 on two or more drying cylinders
• CPC Class Codes: D21F 5/18 Drying webs by hot air

Abstract

An apparatus for a dryer section of a paper or board machine has a drying group (R) and an impingement drying unit (10) which is placed above and/or below a row (DSR) of drying cylinders (3). A drying fabric (1) supported paper or board web (2) is conducted past the impingement drying unit (10) having at least one impingement surface (IP1, IP2) the side profile of which is straight, changeably curved in its radius of curvature, in the shape of a broken line or a selectable combination of these, and that the impingement surface or a tangent line to the impingement surface or a line passing via the beginning and the end of the impingement surface or an extension of the line forms on the impingement side an angle with a horizontal plane parallel to the machine level, which angle is ≦120°, advantageously 120°–60°, most advantageously about 90°.

Claims

1. An impingement drying unit for a dryer section of a machine making a fibrous web, which dryer section comprises at least one drying group and at least one impingement drying unit which extends above and/or below a row of drying cylinders and in which impingement drying unit the web is conducted past the impingement drying unit while supported by a drying fabric, the drying fabric extending between at least two vertically spaced support rolls as it is conducted past the impingement drying unit, and which impingement drying unit comprises at least one impingement surface, the side profile of which is straight, changeably curved in its radius of curvature, in the shape of a broken line or a selectable combination of these, wherein the impingement surface or a tangent to the impingement surface or a line passing via a beginning and an end of the impingement surface or an extension of said line or the centre line or the symmetry line of the impingement drying unit forms, on the impingement side, an angle with a horizontal plane parallel to the machine level, which angle is in a range of 120°

–

60°

, in which connection the impingement surface or the impingement drying unit is in a substantially upright position, that at least one impingement drying device acts on at least one impingement surface, which is defined by the outer surface of the drying fabric running in the impingement drying unit, in which connection impingement acts directly on the web, and that the impingement drying unit is disposed to form part of the drying group or between two drying groups or after the drying groups.

2. The impingement drying unit of claim 1 wherein the impingement drying unit includes a first impingement surface and a second impingement surface, wherein the first impingement surface has a first run section which runs in a direction away from the drying group and in which the web is supported by the drying fabric from a side opposite to impingement, and wherein the second impingement surface has a second run section in which the web runs towards the drying group and in which the web is supported by the drying fabric from a side opposite to impingement.

3. The impingement drying unit of claim 2 wherein the side profile of the first and the second impingement surface is substantially:

straight;

curved;

in the shape of a broken line formed of successive parts which are at an angle to one another;

or a selectable combination of said side profile shapes.

4. The impingement drying unit of claim 1, wherein the line passing along or the tangent line to or the line passing via the beginning and the end of both the first and the second impingement surfaces is on the side of impingement at a first angle to the horizontal plane parallel to the machine level, which angle is in a range of 120°

–

60°

.

5. The impingment drying unit of claim 4, wherein the first angle is about 90°

.

6. The impingement drying unit of claim 2 wherein the first impingement surface and the second impingement surface are substantially parallel.

7. The impingement drying unit of claim 2, wherein the centre-line of the impingement drying unit coincides with a symmetry line of the impingement surfaces of the impingement drying unit.

8. The impingement drying unit of claim 1, wherein the impingement drying device is outside a loop of the drying fabric, and that means for supporting and guiding the run of the wire and the web, including support rolls, rolls and/or vacuum devices and/or suction rolls and/or blow/suction boxes attaching the web to the wire by the suction effect, are inside the wire loop on the side of the wire substantially opposite to the impingement drying device.

9. The impingement drying unit of claim 1 wherein the impingement drying device and the at least one drying group have a common wire loop, and the impingement drying unit constitutes a part of the at least one drying group.

10. The impingement drying unit of claim 1 wherein the impingement drying unit has a drying fabric of its own, which forms a wire loop, and wherein the impingement drying unit is a separate impingement drying unit which is disposed between two drying groups or in front of a drying group or after a drying group.

11. A dryer section of a machine making a fibrous web, which comprises at least one drying group applying single-wire draw or twin-wire draw and comprising at least one impingement drying unit extending above and/or below a row of drying cylinders for drying the web, and a drying fabric on whose support the web is conducted past the impingement drying unit, the drying fabric extending between at least two vertically spaced support rolls as it is conducted past the impingement drying unit, the impingement drying unit comprising at least one impingement surface, the side profile of which is straight, changeably curved in its radius of curvature, in the shape of a broken line or a selectable combination of these, wherein the impingement surface or a tangent line to the impingement surface or a line passing via a beginning and an end of the impingement surface or an extension of said line or the centre line or a symmetry line of the impingement dying unit forms, on the side of impingement, an angle with a horizontal plane parallel to a machine level, which angle is in a range of 120°

–

60°

,

in which connection the impingement surface or the impingement drying unit is in a substantially upright position, wherein at least one impingement drying device acts on at least one impingement surface, which is defined by an outer surface of the drying fabric running in the impingement drying unit, in which connection impingement acts directly on the web, and that the impingement drying unit is disposed to form part of the drying group or between two drying groups or after the dryer section.

12. The dryer section of claim 11, wherein the impingement drying unit includes a first impingement surface and a second impingement surface, that the first impingement surface includes a first run section in which the web runs in a direction away from the drying group and in which the web is supported by the drying fabric from the side opposite to impingement, and that the second impingement surface includes a second run section in which the web runs towards the drying group and in which the web is supported by the wire from the side opposite to impingement.

13. The dryer section of claim 12, wherein the side profile of the first and/or the second impingement surface is substantially:

straight;

curved;

in the shape of a broken line formed of successive parts which are at an angle to one another;

or a selectable combination of said side profile shapes.

14. The dryer section of claim 12 wherein the first and second impingement surfaces are, on the side of impingement, at least partly at a first angle with a horizontal plane parallel to the machine level, which angle is in a range of 120°

–

60°

.

15. The dryer section of claim 14 wherein the first angle is about 90°

.

16. The dryer section of claim 12, wherein the first impingement surface and the second impingement surface are substantially parallel.

17. The dryer section of claim 11, wherein the centre-line of the impingement drying unit coincides with a symmetry line of the impingement surfaces of the impingement drying unit.

18. The dryer section of claim 11 wherein the impingement drying device is outside a drying fabric loop, and that means for supporting and guiding the run of the drying fabric and the web, including support rolls and/or rolls or vacuum devices and/or suction rolls and/or blow/suction boxes attaching the web to the drying fabric by the suction effect, are inside the loop on the side of the drying fabric substantially opposite to the impingement drying device.

19. The dryer section of claim 11 wherein the impingement drying unit and the drying group have a common drying fabric to form a drying fabric loop, in which connection the impingement drying unit constitutes a part of at least one drying group of the dryer section.

20. The dryer section of claim 11, wherein the impingement drying unit is provided with a drying fabric of its own, which forms the drying fabric loop, and that the impingement drying unit is a separate impingement drying unit which is disposed between two drying groups or in front of a drying group or after a drying group.

21. The dryer section of claim 11 wherein there are several impingement drying units in the drying group or in connection with the drying group.

22. The dryer section of claim 11 wherein the impingement drying units are disposed alternately above and below a row of drying cylinders or some of the impingement drying units are disposed below a row of drying cylinders and the other impingement drying units are disposed above a row of drying cylinders, in which connection the web can be dried from both sides thereof.

23. The dryer section of claim 11 wherein there is at least one impingement drying unit in at least one drying group or in connection with at least one drying group.

24. A dryer section in a paper or board machine for making a paper or board web, the dryer section comprising:

at least a first drying group having a row of drying cylinders for drying the web, the dryer section having a horizontal plane which is parallel to a machine level;

at least one impingement drying unit extending above or below the row of drying cylinders, the impingement drying unit having at least one impingement drying device which has at least one impingement surface extending between at least two vertically spaced support rolls, wherein the impingement surface defines a first angle with a horizontal plane parallel to the machine level, which angle is in a range of 120°

–

60°

; and

a drying fabric on whose support the web is conducted past the at least one impingement drying device impingement surface, such that impingement acts directly on the web.

25. The dryer section of claim 24, wherein the side profile of the impingement surface is straight, changeably curved in its radius of curvature, in the shape of a broken line or a selectable combination of these.

26. The dryer section of claim 24 further comprising a second drying group, and wherein the impingement drying unit is disposed between the first drying group and the second drying group.

27. The dryer section of claim 24 wherein the drying unit forms a part of the first drying group.

28. The dryer section of claim 24 wherein the drying unit is positioned after the first dryer group.

29. The dryer section of claim 24 wherein the first angle is about 90°

.

30. The dryer section of claim 24 wherein the impingement drying unit includes a first impingement surface and a second impingement surface, and wherein the drying fabric runs first past the first impingement surface in a direction away from the drying group, and then past the second impingement surface in a direction towards the drying group, the web being supported on the drying fabric from a side opposite to impingement.