摘要:
A caliper gauge for relatively thin moving sheet material (10) is provided by the use of a pair of outer ring air bearings (21a, 21b) flexibly supported which tend to flatten the sheet. An inner central portion of each ring respectively carries active and passive magnetic circuit means (26-28) with the passive means (29) being supported by an elongated strap of Kevlar R (31) which is elongated in the machine direction of the sheet material. This provides for very low unsprung weight.
摘要:
A power control system for the heat lamps (11) for typically drying a continuous web of paper in order to provide a linear moisture profile locates the actuating thyristor type switch (12) at each zone where the heater lamps (11) themselves are located. Thus, computer control can be centralised and wiring minimised. The parameters of minimum flicker for unity power factor and high resolution power control are achieved bu utilising the timing signals provided by the zero crossings of the three-phase AC line voltage input (15) and controlling either half cycles or partial half cycles for each zone. Computing time is reduced by providing for scratch pad memory tables (24a, 25b, 24c) which can rapidly be scanned or sequenced through by a zone pointer (26).
摘要:
A caliper gauge for relatively thin moving sheet material (10) is provided by the use of an outer ring type air bearing (17a,17b), flexibly supported, which is flexibly connected again to an inner air bearing (23a,23b) carrying the magnetic measuring components. The outer air bearing (17a,17b) (with its juxtaposed mate) tends to flatten the sheet (10) so that minimum movement is required of the independently actuated inner air bearing (23a,23b). Thus, great accuracy is achieved and tearing or marking of the sheet material (10), such as super calendered or coated grades of paper, is avoided.
摘要:
A combination caliper/moisture sensor in the form of a scanner in the cross-direction of sheet material being manufactured by a papermaking machine includes a pair of capacitive plates on opposite sides of the moving sheet material and in substantial contact with it which are utilized for measuring capacitance between the juxtaposed plates which are spaced in accordance with the caliper of the paper. Then a magnetic circuit which provides a flux path through the paper is utilized for measuring caliper which is the independent variable of the capacitance equation which, when solved, yields the dielectric constant. Since there is a known relationship between percent moisture and the dielectric constant, the percent moisture of the sheet material can be determined.
摘要:
A contacting thickness gauge for measuring the caliper of paper includes a U-shaped pole piece (21) on one side of the paper (10) with a return path being provided by a simple ferrite slab (24) on the other side where the magnetic reluctance of the gaps provides a measure of the caliper. The pole piece (21) has one leg (22) of relatively small diameter contacting the paper (10); the other larger leg (23) of the U-shaped pole piece (21) being spaced from the paper (10) by either jewel or air bearings to minimize the contact with the sensitive surface of the moving sheet material. The area ratio provides for an insensitivity of the gap of the large leg. In addition, the stray self inductance of the windings is eliminated due to the use only of a mutual inductance measurement to determine the final resonant frequency which is a measurement of the caliper.
摘要:
A moisture measurement and control system controlling the amount of moisture in paper being manufactured by papermaking machinery, for example, linerboard, utilizes a standard scanning moisture sensor to calibrate a nonscanning moisture sensor to thus provide very fast and accurate moisture measurements for each zone of the moving paper. The measurement is communicated to a fast response time moisture profiler, for example, of the quartz heater type. In addition, the nonscanning moisture measurement unit, which utilizes capacitive electrodes, has improved accuracy due to its electrode arrangement and signal processing technique.
摘要:
A power control system for the heat lamps (11) for typically drying a continuous web of paper in order to provide a linear moisture profile locates the actuating thyristor type switch (12) at each zone where the heater lamps (11) themselves are located. Thus, computer control can be centralised and wiring minimised. The parameters of minimum flicker for unity power factor and high resolution power control are achieved bu utilising the timing signals provided by the zero crossings of the three-phase AC line voltage input (15) and controlling either half cycles or partial half cycles for each zone. Computing time is reduced by providing for scratch pad memory tables (24a, 25b, 24c) which can rapidly be scanned or sequenced through by a zone pointer (26).
摘要:
Measuring basis weight of a moving web in the cross direction scanner of a paper-making machine, an encapsulated nuclear source (33) of Promethium 147 is used because of its wide area of emission. To conserve space it is mounted on a vertical axis and moves in a horizontal plane parallel to the moving web from a stowed position where the source is shielded to an active position where the source emits through an aperture, through the moving web, and to a detector. The x-y array planar type detector uses four detector segments (1,2,3,4) symmetrically arranged around a center and compensates for belt direction misalignment, the belt driving the cross direction scanners, by mathematically manipulating the electrical signals from each detector to eliminate the error term. Also a standardization flag (36) is used.