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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Headbox and process for the metered addition of a fluid medium into a suspension stream of a headbox
Voith Sulzer Papiertechnik Patent GmbH, Heidenheim, DE;
Abstract
Process for a metered addition of a fluid medium into a material suspension stream of a headbox, including feeding the material suspension in a main flow direction through at least one turbulence-producing conduit to a headbox nozzle, the at least one turbulence-producing conduit having an entrance, a graduated pressure loss area, and an exit. A total pressure loss &Dgr;P is caused in the at least one turbulence-producing conduit such that the total pressure loss &Dgr;P includes at least one intake pressure loss &Dgr;P formed at the entrance and a graduated pressure loss &Dgr;P formed at the graduated pressure loss area. A metered addition of a fluid medium is also provided in a region between the entrance and the exit. The headbox for one of a paper and cardboard machine includes at least one material suspension supply running a width of the machine, at least one turbulence producer having at least one conduit through which a material suspension flows, at least one metered suspension supply running a width of the machine, at least one turbulence producer having at least one conduit through which a material suspension flows, at least one metered addition point located in the conduit for introducing a fluid medium, and a headbox nozzle located downstream from the at least one turbulence producer for delivering the material suspension. A portion of a flow resistance located downstream of the metered addition point is at least approximately 50% of a total flow resistance of the at least one conduit.