Metso Paper Inc.

Valmet Corporation

Ismo Hourula

Jouko Hautala

Timo Vuorinen

Veli-Matti Rajala

Jukka Heimonen

An apparatus for separating fibers from reject material produced in the manufacture of recycled pulp. The apparatus comprises a rotating reject cylinder provided with openings, to one end of which the reject material is fed and from the other end of which it is discharged, water nozzles for feeding water to the reject material in the cylinder to separate fibers from it, a collecting basin for recovering water and the fibers separated with it, and discharge channels connected with the collecting basin, and means for discharging fibrous water and light and heavy particles from the collecting basin. The collecting basin is formed of two basin structures at least partly within each other and connected with each other.

Apparatus for separating fibers from reject material

An apparatus for cleaning a fiber mass suspension, the apparatus comprising a receptacle and an inlet channel and an outlet channel for feeding the suspension into and for discharging it from the receptacle. In addition, the apparatus comprises air feed means for feeding air into the lower portion of the receptacle. The apparatus comprises at least one partition wall dividing the receptacle into spaces in such a way that the suspension may flow between the spaces at the lower portion and the upper portion of the partition wall, respectively. The air feeding means are positioned to feed air into one aeration space, whereby the air separates impurities from the suspension and makes the suspension flow on different sides of the partition wall upwards and downwards, respectively, so that a spiral flow is created around the partition wall from the inlet channel into the outlet channel.

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Ismo Hourula