Abstract:
A process for thickening a fibrous pulp suspension by guiding the suspension between a rigid first face and a flexible second face that move in relation to each other and form a converging draining gap, where the first face and/or the second face is/are water permeable, and where the process includes providing the suspension to be drained, forming from the suspension a fibrous pulp layer with a solid matter content of at least about 4% on at least one of the first face and the second face, guiding the fibrous pulp layer into the draining gap, applying a pressure differential in the draining gap via the second face to thicken the fibrous pulp layer, the pressure differential being formed by stretching the second face and pressing the first face and the second face toward each other to drain water from the fibrous pulp layer, and transporting the thickened fibrous pulp from the draining gap.
Abstract:
A system for dewatering/washing wood pulp and also for bleaching the same. Pulp from a digester is directed into a dewatering/washing apparatus which comprises a high pressure vessel in which there is a table assembly having a perforate support surface for receiving the pulp thereon. A pressure differential is applied across the table assembly so that liquid is removed from the pulp. Also, a processing chemical and/or compound for bleaching is directed into the pulp at a final stage in the washer so as to be retained in the pulp. The pulp is then directed to a pressurized processing vessel where the compound and/or chemical reacts with the pulp. The pulp so treated in the processing vessel is then directed through a second washing station where the pulp is dewatered and has a compound and/or chemical introduced thereon, after which the pulp is transmitted to a second pressure vessel. This process is continued until the bleaching process is completed.
Abstract:
Improved apparatus for dewatering or washing a suspension of paper pulp in which first and second rolls are rotatably mounted with an endless loop of wire tensioned around the rolls, and in which a headbox delivers a pulp suspension to be thickened or washed and positioned with an outlet to discharge the pulp suspension into or onto the wire as it approaches the first roll, and in which the washed or dewatered pulp is collected after it has passed between the wire and a second roll, in which the first roll has a central shaft, and screw flighting on the shaft formed in left and right-hand sections are terminated at cylindrical discs mounted at opposite ends of the shaft, and in which the screw flighting has a depth which is substantially greater than the maximum thickness of the pulp layer and in which the aggregate open area between the screw flights is substantially greater than the cross-sectional area of the headbox outlet to assure that the spaces between the flights can be no more than partially filled with a pulp suspension during operation.
Abstract:
A web-forming section and method in a paper machine. The web-forming section includes a lower wire loop having an initial lower wire run constituting an initial single-wire dewatering zone of the web-forming section in which the web is dewatered through the lower wire, and an upper wire loop having a joint run with a subsequent run of the lower wire to form a two-wire dewatering zone of the web-forming section within which dewatering takes place substantially through the upper wire. A first open faced forming roll is situated within the upper wire loop so that the two-wire dewatering zone begins and curves upwardly in the region of the first forming roll. A forming shoe within the lower wire loop has a curved deck whose center of curvature is situated on the side of the lower wire loop and further guides the joint run of the upper and lower wires in the two-wire dewatering zone. A second forming roll situated within the lower wire loop after the forming shoe guides the joint run of the upper and lower wires over a downwardly curved sector thereof. According to the method, initial dewatering occurs in the single-wire dewatering zone through the lower wire. In the two-wire dewatering zone, within the range of the first and second forming rolls and the forming shoe situated therebetween, dewatering occurs first within the sector of the first open forming roll in two directions through both the upper and lower wires and primarily through the upper wire. The web is thus substantially dewatered whereupon within the region of the forming shoe, further dewatering takes place primarily upwardly through the upper wire and thereupon the dewatering pressure is further increased within the range of the second forming roll while dewatering continues to take place substantially through the upper wire.
Abstract:
A dewatering apparatus is disclosed containing a pre-dewatering funnel possessing pervious walls over which there are guided two wires. Arranged after the pre-dewatering funnel are two dewatering cylinders over which both of the wires are guided along a substantially S-shaped path of travel. A press roll is arranged after the last dewatering cylinder, this press roll coacting with further press rolls.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an improvement in a press for dehydrating material in which the material is passed between two endless sieve belts adapted to move in the same direction and to pass over and around pairs of rollers and/or offset upper and lower rollers, the rollers in various sets forming a pre-dehydration zone and a wedging or compression zone,The improvement comprising a compression zone in the form of a frame-like structure, said structure containing individual compression roller means mounted on bearing blocks of varying heights,And means for displacing and/or exchanging said bearing blocks, whereby a path for said material has an ascending slope with line compression, or is wavelike or S-shaped with surface compression.
Abstract:
In a process for the manufacture of paper or a similar fibre sheet product the initial fibre-stock suspension, which contains BOD substances, is divided into two fibre suspension flows. One of these fibre suspension flows is conveyed to a first sheet forming stage wherein a first fibre layer is formed and dewatered. The second fibre suspension flow is first subjected to a washing process in which the original suspension water containing BOD substances is exchanged for new suspension water which is substantially free from BOD substances, and is after this washing process conveyed to one or more additional sheet forming stages wherein one or more additional fibre layers are formed and dewatered. These additional fibre layers are joined with the first fibre layer from the first sheet forming stage into a multi-layer fibre web, which is passed through a press section for further dewatering. The backwater from the first sheet forming stage and the exchanged suspension water containing BOD containing substances from the washing process is recirculated to the initial fibre-stock suspension. The backwater from the additional sheet forming stages and from the press section is preferably recirculated to the washing process and used therein for the substitution of the original suspension water containing BOD containing substances in the second fibre suspension flow.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an improvement in a pressing device for the removal of water from solid materials, particularly cellulose or similar fibrous material, comprising a preliminary pressing station and a main pressing station including pairs of upper and lower horizontal rollers between which a sheet or web of material to be dehydrated is passed, on a sieve or between two sieves. The improvement comprises a lower roller mounted ahead of the paired upper rollers in a staggered manner in the traveling direction of the sieve, in at least one of said preliminary and main pressing stations.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a web or film comprising highly refined cellulose fibers in a paper machine, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming a wet web by applying an aqueous pulp suspension comprising highly refined cellulose fibers on a wire; and b) dewatering the wet web on the wire to obtain a dewatered web comprising highly refined cellulose fibers, wherein the dewatering comprises membrane assisted dewatering using a gas permeable membrane temporarily applied to the wet web, wherein the gas permeable membrane has a lower air permeability than the wire.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system of producing MFC (micro fibrillated cellulose) having a process device (30) of a pulper, a refiner or a screen configured to process MFC suspension to consistency of 0.5-5%. The system has a continuous pressing means (15; 25, 26) configured to dry the MFC suspension to a consistency of 6-60%. A method of producing MFC has at least one process stage (30) which processes a MFC suspension to a consistency of 0.5-5% by a process device (30). In the process stage the MFC suspension is pulped in a pulping stage in a pulper and/or refined in a refining stage by a refiner and/or screened in a screening stage by a screen. The MFC suspension having the consistency of 0.5-5% is dried in a drying stage of continuous pressing (15, 25, 26) by continuous a pressing device (15, 25, 26) to a consistency of 6-60%.