Sulzer-Escher Wyss Limited

Peter Ficklscherer

Rudolf Munch

For uniform and regular adjustment of a diaphragm blade within the elastic deformability thereof, the diaphragm blade provided at the slice opening of a headbox of a papermaking machine is movable by means of adjusting elements driveable by adjustment motors. The adjusting elements are arranged in an appropriate spaced relationship substantially parallel to the diaphragm blade and coupled therewith in order to apply a force upon the diaphragm blade at connecting locations thereof. At each of the adjustment motors there can be individually set or adjusted during an adjusting operation prior to starting the adjustment motors the momentarily desired thrust speed and the momentarily desired thrust distance or travel for the respective adjusting element. All adjustment motors are simultaneously started and simultaneously stopped subsequent to reaching the desired position or location of the diaphragm blade. Electric step motors operating in a fixed cycle are particularly suitable for simultaneously starting and simultaneously stopping the adjusting operation. The apparatus and the therewith performable adjusting operation are controllable and programmable by known electronic means.

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Munich, Georgia

Peter Ficklscherer