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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Ingmar Vesterlund, Pyhäjoki, FI;
Georg Kugler, Heidenheim, DE;
Markus Oechsle, Bartholomä, DE;
Peter Kahl, Gerstetten, DE;
Other;
Abstract
Process and apparatus for drilling holes in a shell of a paper machine cylinder, which is in its operating position. The process includes fixing a drilling apparatus to a cylinder adjacent to the cylinder to be drilled, and substantially eliminating influences of mechanical play due to structures of the adjacent cylinder prior to drilling, which includes coupling a support member to the adjacent cylinder to exert tangential forces on the adjacent cylinder, whereby the mechanical play is substantially eliminated. The apparatus includes a stationary framework supportable on the paper machine, a feed frame that is radially movable along said stationary framework relative to the shell, a drive unit, a plurality of drilling modules coupled to said feed frame, which are rotatable via the drive unit, a fixing device couplable to and adjacent cylinder, a device for eliminating influence of mechanical play due to structures of said adjacent cylinder, and support members adapted to exert tangential forces on said adjacent cylinder.