The invention relates to a device for continuous drying of a pulp web, particularly a tissue web, with a drying drum and an air circulating system, where the drying drum has a cylindrical shell designed as a honeycombed body.
In conventional tissue plants, the drying process begins at an ingoing dryness of some 40 to 45%. In order to achieve higher paper volume, papermakers now dispense with preliminary mechanical dewatering, and the ingoing dryness of this newer type of device is around 20 to 25%. These plants operate with through-air drying. During the heating process, one or more consecutive through-air drying drums at ambient temperature are exposed abruptly to the supply air temperature of approximately 300° C. The drying drums currently in use have a thin-walled shell, for example a perforated or honeycombed body, that is joined to thick-walled end flanges. Due to the substantial differences in mass between drum shell and end flange, there is excessive stress at the transition points that leads to deformation and even structural damage. The same damage occurs if the drums are cooled down abruptly from operating to ambient temperature during an emergency shutdown, when they are sprayed with cold water in order to prevent the plastic wires enclosing the drums from being damaged.
The invention now aims to eliminate this disadvantage and is characterized by the honeycombed cylinder shell of the drying drum having an annular, flexible transition profile at the edges. Thus, any changes occurring in diameter and any resulting thermal stress can be reduced.
An advantageous further development of the invention is characterized by the transition profile being designed as a U-profile and preferably being butt-welded onto the honeycombed cylinder shell. With this design of transition piece, continuous heat transition is guaranteed during both the heating and the cooling process of the machine. The special type of joint leads to a reduction of the stresses in the welds to such extent that the welds suffer no deformation or structural damage at all.
A favorable embodiment of the invention is characterized by the cross-section of the transition profile, preferably a U-profile, narrowing towards its center. As a result, the heat flow can be influenced particularly well. In addition, this design creates a flexible connection, which also guarantees that the cylinder shell is centered and thus, runs exactly true.
It is an advantage if the honeycombed cylinder shell is wider than the paper web to be dried, thus allowing a defined variation of the paper web width.
A favorable further development of the invention is characterized by an endless ring being shrunk on at each end and which extends beyond the transition profile and into the honeycombed cylinder shell. This prevents dust or fibers from entering the cavity of the U-profile.
It has proved favorable to make the cylinder shell out of longitudinal ribs that are connected to upright, edged profiles. This achieves good stability in the cylinder shell.
A favorable embodiment of the invention is characterized by the longitudinal ribs of the honeycombed cylinder shell being spaced at a distance of between 20 and 80 mm from one another, preferably between 30 and 40 mm. If the spacing is narrower, there is also less specific load and thus, reduced risk of marks on the paper web.
An advantageous embodiment of the invention is characterized by the edged connecting profiles mounted in a honeycombed pattern protruding beyond the longitudinal ribs and supporting the paper web and the conveying wire. This results in a large supporting surface and a further reduction in the risk of marks on the paper web.
It is particularly favorable it the honeycombed cylinder shell has an open area of at least 85%. The through-air drying process can thus be implemented particularly well.
A particularly favorable further development of the invention is characterized by covers being provided on the face ends to stabilize the cylinder shell and by these covers being bolted to the cylinder shell, particularly to the transition pieces. This design guarantees improved stability of the drum shell; in particular, it prevents any sliding movement by the end cover and the drum shell if there is radial expansion caused by the temperature.
An advantageous embodiment of the invention is characterized by the drying drum having a fully welded drum body. This design virtually excludes the risk of any areas where cracks could occur.
The invention will now be described in examples and referring to the drawings, where
Beneath the drum there is a two-part hood 5 and 6 (see
The external flanges of these flexible rings 13 are bolted to the drum covers 14 and 15, which have journals to hold the two bearing assemblies 2 and 3 that are designed to take account of the changing length of the drying drum 1 in cross-machine direction, caused by the differences in temperature during heating up and cooling down. The temperature of the exhaust air is normally around 120° C., while the supply air entering the drying drum has a temperature of approximately 300° C. The two ends of the drum including flexible ring 13 are covered by an endless imperforate protective ring 16 from the outer edge of the outer flange portion inwardly beyond the inner flange portion to the edges P of the paper web. This arrangement prevents any dust or fibers from entering the cavity in the U-profile. This endless ring 16 is shrunk on in such a way that it cannot detach itself from the drum surface during the heating and cooling process, nor during drying operation.
A view of the peripheral sector of the drum 1 is illustrated in
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