Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen Gmbh

Voith Patent Gmbh

Frank Fey

Wolfgang Ruf

Thomas Dietz

Ulrich Begemann

Helmut Heinzmann

Konstantin Fenkl

Klaus Pimiskern

Gerhard Wernlein

Marco Thomisch

Karl Bunz

A multi-layer headbox for the production of a multi-layer web of paper has, for instance, three flow planes (I, II, III), each having a pulp feed device (1.1, 1.2, 1.3). In each flow plane a turbulence generator (3) is provided which opens into a nozzle (4). In it there are two plates (5.1, 5.2) which keep two neighboring streams of slurry separate from each other up to the region of the exit slot (8). Each plate is developed as a flexurally soft plate of plastic, the downstream end of which is metal and has a thickness S of at most 0.3 mm. The plastic and metal have a different in coefficients of thermal expansion of &lt;10.sup.-7 1/K.

Multi-layer headbox with plastic and metal divider plate

A multilayer headbox for the introduction of at least two fiber suspension streams to the forming section of a paper manufacturing machine includes a nozzle chamber further defined by two stream guide walls which end at an outlet gap and by two side walls. At least one lamella is provided in the nozzle chamber, this lamella keeping at least two fiber suspension streams separated from each other through the region of the outlet gap. The lamella includes a body, preferably made of plastic, and a tip made of a hard material. The tip is either a strip or a coating having a sharp tip-edge integrated into the body of the lamella.

Multilayer headbox

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Frank Fey