EP0774342B1 - Heating device for a machine for making corrugated cardboard - Google Patents

Heating device for a machine for making corrugated cardboard Download PDF

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EP0774342B1
EP0774342B1 EP96118181A EP96118181A EP0774342B1 EP 0774342 B1 EP0774342 B1 EP 0774342B1 EP 96118181 A EP96118181 A EP 96118181A EP 96118181 A EP96118181 A EP 96118181A EP 0774342 B1 EP0774342 B1 EP 0774342B1
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
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    • B31F1/24Making webs in which the channel of each corrugation is transverse to the web feed
    • B31F1/26Making webs in which the channel of each corrugation is transverse to the web feed by interengaging toothed cylinders cylinder constructions
    • B31F1/28Making webs in which the channel of each corrugation is transverse to the web feed by interengaging toothed cylinders cylinder constructions combined with uniting the corrugated webs to flat webs ; Making double-faced corrugated cardboard
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  • the present invention relates to a heating device for a machine for manufacturing corrugated cardboard, in particular a device by convection heating using a heating fluid circulating in a convector.
  • the heating devices used to date in the corrugated cardboard manufacturing area are generally composed a convector comprising a cast iron enclosure in which flows, in spiral channels, saturated steam.
  • This cast iron enclosure has a heat exchange surface with the cardboard to be heated which is smooth and flat.
  • This kind of device has a certain advantage of makes the heat exchange surface, being smooth and flat, not retain not dust and impurities left by the passage of the cardboard. His maintenance is therefore simplified and the heat exchange between the carton and the exchange surface is very acceptable.
  • the temperature of the upper surface thereof is lower than the temperature of its bottom part and this causes a distortion of the speaker surface causing it to lose its flatness, which greatly disturbs the good operation of the device.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks and to provide a cardboard heater corrugated which is simple to carry out while presenting certain advantages with regard to its weight, its cost price and its functioning.
  • the heating chamber 1 shown in Figure 1 includes a hot plate 17 composed of an open box 2 of rectangular shape with side walls 3, 4 and walls front 5 and rear 6 secured to a closure plane 7 (see FIG. 3).
  • This open box 2 can be made, by folding and welding, from a sheet of steel sheet with a thickness of the order of 4 millimeters.
  • Another thin steel sheet 8, of the order of 1.5 millimeters, the front 9 and rear 10 edges were bent forty five degrees down so as to form a front chamber 12 and a rear chamber 13, is welded around its periphery inside the open box 2.
  • This sheet steel thin 8 is then connected to the lower part 11 of the plane of closure 7 by spot welding in a staggered configuration in such a way that the welding points 19 are spaced from each other a sufficient distance, of the order of twenty eight to thirty millimeters, in diagonal.
  • the front chamber 12 is equipped, by welding, with a connector 14 and the rear chamber 13 is, for its part, also equipped by welding, of a fitting 15.
  • the fitting 15 is then closed and a fluid under high pressure, for example hydraulic oil, is introduced into the front chamber 12 through the connector 14.
  • the injection of this fluid under high pressure in the front chamber 12 will deform the sheet of thin steel 8 so that it is arched in the areas not linked to the closure plane 7 so as to form cells 18 communicating with each other.
  • the high pressure fluid will then removed from the heating chamber 1 and it can therefore receive a heat fluid such as, for example, saturated water vapor.
  • the heating enclosure 1 is further provided with a plurality of fixing points 16, constituted by threaded rods, welded to the location of some of the welding points 19 connecting the steel sheet of thin 8 at the closing plane 7.
  • These fixing points 16 are intended to serve as anchors to ensure a perfect connection with a rigid chassis, described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, of so as to allow the flatness of the heating chamber 1 to be adjusted as well as giving the whole an acceptable overall rigidity.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the flow steam in the heating plate 17 of the heating enclosure 1.
  • the saturated steam is injected into front chamber 12 of the plate heating 17 through connection 14.
  • Saturated steam is first distributed in the front chamber and will cross, regularly, the plate heating 17 through the alveoli 18 to finally lead in the rear chamber 13 and exit the heating chamber 1 through the fitting 15.
  • the vapor flow is therefore divided by the connection points (welding points 19) between the thin steel sheet 8 and the plane closing 7. This will result in a turbulent flow of the flow of steam due to the small passage sections of the cells 18 and This will also increase the transmission of heat to the closing plane 7 which will be in contact with the cardboard corrugated.
  • the condensate is pushed at high speed through the hot plate 17 before being collected by condensate collectors, not shown, which can be located in the lower part of the room rear 13.
  • the condensate can also be evacuated via the connector 15 which is connected to the steam return circuit.
  • FIG 3 is a sectional view along III-III of Figure 1 on which we can see the arrangement of the different components of the enclosure heating 1.
  • This figure also shows the cells 18 created by the deformation of thin steel sheet 8 where it is not connected to the lower part 11 of the closure plan 7 by the welding points 19.
  • a connector 14 for the steam inlet and only one connection 15 for the steam outlet were represented. It is understood that one could imagine that several connections 14 for the entry of steam and that several connections 15 for the steam outlet are connected to their front chamber 12 and rear 13 respectively to improve and regularize the flow of the flow of steam.
  • Figure 4 is a side view, in partial section, of Figure 1 representing the configuration of the front 12 and rear 13 chambers obtained by folding the front part 9 and the rear part 10 of the thin steel sheet 8.
  • the signs of additional references used in Figures 3 and 4 are the same than those already used in connection with the description of Figure 1 to which we can also refer to.
  • FIG. 5 is a view in partial section, in length, a heating device representing the heating enclosure 1 equipped a device 20 for adjusting the flatness of the heat exchange surface the heating enclosure 1, this assembly being mounted on a fixed frame 21 between the two side frames 22, 23 (see Figure 6) of the machine manufacture of corrugated cardboard.
  • the heating enclosure 1 includes bars 24, 25 for floatingly connecting it to the frame 21. This connection floating is necessary due to the thermal expansion of the enclosure heating 1.
  • the frame 21 is formed by two U-shaped irons 26, 27 rendered integral with the side members 32, 33 of the side frames 22, 23 by screws 28 (see figure 6). The height of the frame 21 is adjusted by means of the screws 29 passing through fixing lugs 30 welded against the faces interior of the side frames 22, 23.
  • the locking in position of this frame 21 is obtained by means of the locknuts 31 placed on the screws 29.
  • the device 20 for adjusting the flatness of the enclosure exchange surface heater 1 consists of a rigid frame 34 made in construction welded. This rigid frame is obtained by assembling U-shaped irons 35, 36, 37 of which only three have been represented here for reasons of simplification of the description. It is understood that one could use a lot more depending on the number of set points chosen to ensure the flatness of the exchange surface. These different U-shaped irons 35, 36, 37 are interconnected by U-shaped irons or possibly flat bars 38, 39.
  • the heating enclosure 1 is attached to the rigid frame 34 by tie rods 40 which can be directly screwed to one of their ends on the threaded parts of the fixing points 16 (see figure 3).
  • the other end of the tie rods 40 has a threaded portion 41 and is fixed, by means of washers 42, nuts 43 and lock nuts 44, in the wing bottom of the U-shaped iron 35, 36, 37 of the rigid frame 34.
  • the flatness of the exchange surface is adjusted by acting on the means of fixing the tie rods 40 to the rigid frame 34. So as to obtain a less punctual adjustment, we imagined placing, on the points of attachment 16, or bars 45 extending over the entire width of the exchange surface, i.e. plates 46 (see Figures 7 and 8) 45, respectively the plates 46, are provided with a wing 47 which engages in the slot 48 of a connecting piece 49 screwed to the end upper of each of the tie rods 40.
  • connection between the upper end tie rods 40 and the wing 47 is produced using a pin passing through the connecting piece 49 for engaging in a bore drilled in the piece of connection 49, this bore being of a diameter larger than the diameter of the pin.
  • the heating enclosure 1 can also be fixed laterally, so as to take into account thermal expansion phenomena, to frames of the machine by means of the plates 24 and 25 appearing in the figure 7. This method of attachment therefore makes it possible to take account of the constraints thermal expansion so that these do not influence the flatness of the heat exchange surface.
  • the heating chamber 1 will thus be laterally floating relative to the rigid frame 34 while being firmly connected to it by the tie rods 40.
  • the flatness adjustment will be carried out in the same way as mentioned previously by means of the tie rod fixing members 40 to the frame rigid 34.
  • Figure 7 is a view showing the arrangement of organs correction 20 of the flatness of the heating chamber 1. This figure is actually a view from below of the heating enclosure 1 which shows the use of plates 46 in place of the bars 45 shown in FIG. 8. The plates 46 are fixed to the heating enclosure 1 by the fixing points 16.
  • Figure 8 is a view showing a method of fixing the heating enclosure 1 on a frame 53 connected to the side frames of the corrugated cardboard making machine.
  • connection between the heating enclosure 1 and the rigid frame 34 by means of members such as tie rods present between others the advantage of avoiding heat transmission from the enclosure to frame due to the small connection sections and even allows, if need was, the use of insulating bonds so as to further reduce the heat transmissions thus canceling any deformation of the rigid frame 34 which will therefore fully fulfill its solid basic function to regulate the flatness of the exchange surface of the heating enclosure 1.
  • the heating enclosure 1 constitutes a very flexible membrane allowing the mechanical adjustment of its exchange surface through a rigid frame which is not dependent on the thermal conditions of the enclosure, in the establishment better heat transmission on the plane of the exchange surface, in improving temperature regulation due to the low thermal inertia of the device, in the use of a small volume of the flux saturated steam, thus eliminating any accumulator or pressure tank and in reducing manufacturing costs in because of the possibility of carrying out a light construction of the device.

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La présente invention a pour objet un dispositif de chauffage pour une machine de fabrication de carton ondulé, notamment un dispositif de chauffage par convection utilisant un fluide de chauffage circulant dans un convecteur.The present invention relates to a heating device for a machine for manufacturing corrugated cardboard, in particular a device by convection heating using a heating fluid circulating in a convector.

Les dispositifs de chauffage utilisés jusqu'à ce jour dans le domaine de la fabrication du carton ondulé sont généralement composes d'un convecteur comprenant une enceinte en fonte dans laquelle circule, dans des canaux en spirale, de la vapeur saturée. Cette enceinte en fonte présente une surface d'échange de chaleur avec le carton à chauffer qui est lisse et plane. Ce genre de dispositif présente un avantage certain du fait que la surface d'échange de chaleur, en étant lisse et plane, ne retient pas les poussières et les impuretés laissées par le passage du carton. Son entretien est donc simplifié et l'échange de chaleur entre le carton et la surface d'échange est très acceptable. Cependant, en raison du passage du cartonet de l'épaisseur de l'enceinte en fonte, la température de la surface supérieure de celle-ci est plus basse que la température de sa partie inférieure et cela provoque une distorsion de la surface de l'enceinte lui faisant perdre sa planéité, ce qui perturbe grandement le bon fonctionnement du dispositif. D'autre part, du fait de la grande rigidité de l'enceinte, les forces à mettre en jeu pour redresser la surface supérieure de l'enceinte sont tellement importantes qu'il est difficile voir impossible de corriger la planéité de cette surface par des moyens mécaniques. De plus, une telle construction présente l'inconvénient de nécessiter une construction lourde qui conduit à de grandes pertes calorifiques. Ce genre de dispositifs sont également tributaires d'une grande inertie thermique qui est incompatible avec une bonne régulation de la température de la surface d'échange. En outre, ces dispositifs, de par le volume important de vapeur qui circule dans leurs canaux, nécessite l'utilisation d'un réservoir de pression généralement homologué avec certificat.The heating devices used to date in the corrugated cardboard manufacturing area are generally composed a convector comprising a cast iron enclosure in which flows, in spiral channels, saturated steam. This cast iron enclosure has a heat exchange surface with the cardboard to be heated which is smooth and flat. This kind of device has a certain advantage of makes the heat exchange surface, being smooth and flat, not retain not dust and impurities left by the passage of the cardboard. His maintenance is therefore simplified and the heat exchange between the carton and the exchange surface is very acceptable. However, due to the passage the thickness of the cast iron enclosure, the temperature of the upper surface thereof is lower than the temperature of its bottom part and this causes a distortion of the speaker surface causing it to lose its flatness, which greatly disturbs the good operation of the device. On the other hand, due to the great rigidity of the enclosure, the forces to be brought into play to straighten the upper surface are so important that it is difficult if not impossible to correct the flatness of this surface by mechanical means. Moreover, such a construction has the disadvantage of requiring a heavy construction which leads to large calorific losses. This genre of devices are also dependent on a large thermal inertia which is incompatible with good temperature regulation of the exchange surface. In addition, these devices, due to the large volume of steam flowing in their channels, requires the use of a tank pressure valve generally approved with certificate.

On connaít également un autre dispositif de chauffage de carton ondulé dont la construction visait l'amélioration du dispositif décrit ci-avant. Dans ce dispositif de chauffage, la construction en fonte a été remplacée par une construction soudée, plus légére comportant une plaque chauffante réalisée par assemblage d'une série de tubes en acier plaçés côte à côte. Ces tubes en acier sont reliés entre eux, à la manière d'un serpentin, de façon à autoriser le passage de la vapeur dans la plaque chauffante. Une tôle de couverture est ensuite soudée sur la face supérieure de la série de tubes de manière à présenter une surface d'échange de chaleur avec le carton qui soit lise et plane. Un tel dispositif est décrit plus en détail dans le brevet DE-2 213 745. Dans cette construction, le temps d'usinage est relativement élevé et la tôle de couverture constitue un barrage thermique qui empêche un contrôle approprié de la répartition des températures sur la surface d'échange. Pour améliorer cette situation, on a tenté de supprimer cette tôle de couverture mais en faisant cela, on s'est trouvé en présence d'un autre problème qui est celui de l'accumulation d'impuretés entre les différents tubes de la plaque chauffante ce qui provoque des salissures et même l'endommagement de la feuille de couverture du carton ondulé. Pour éviter cela, on a prévu d'usiner les tubes de façon à ce que les angles de ceux-ci, dans le plan de la surface d'échange, présentent des arrondis les plus petits possibles ce qui nécessite des procédés de fabrication spéciaux et coûteux. Par contre, il est possible dans ce dispositif de corriger mécaniquement la déformation du plan de la surface d'échange, mais toutefois de manière imparfaite en raison de la transmission de chaleur inévitable entre l'enceinte de chauffage et les moyens mécaniques utilisés pour la correction de la planéité de la surface d'échange.We also know another heating device corrugated cardboard, the construction of which aimed at improving the device described above. In this heater, the cast iron construction has been replaced by a lighter welded construction with a hot plate produced by assembling a series of steel tubes placed side by side. These steel tubes are connected together, in the way of a coil, so as to allow the passage of steam in the hotplate. A cover sheet is then welded to the face upper of the series of tubes so as to present a surface heat exchange with the cardboard which is read and flat. Such a device is described in more detail in patent DE-2 213 745. In this construction, the machining time is relatively long and the sheet metal cover constitutes a thermal barrier which prevents a control appropriate temperature distribution on the exchange surface. To improve this situation, we tried to remove this sheet of cover but by doing that, we found ourselves in the presence of another problem which is that of the accumulation of impurities between the different heating plate tubes which cause soiling and even damage to the cover sheet of the corrugated cardboard. To avoid this, we planned to machine the tubes so that the angles thereof, in the plane of the exchange surface, have the most rounded small possible which requires special manufacturing processes and expensive. On the other hand, it is possible in this device to correct mechanically the deformation of the plane of the exchange surface, but however imperfectly due to heat transmission inevitable between the heating enclosure and the mechanical means used for the correction of the flatness of the exchange surface.

La présente invention a pour but de supprimer les inconvénients précités et de fournir un dispositif de chauffage du carton ondulé qui soit simple à réaliser tout en présentant des avantages certains en ce qui concerne son poids, son prix de revient et son fonctionnement.The object of the present invention is to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks and to provide a cardboard heater corrugated which is simple to carry out while presenting certain advantages with regard to its weight, its cost price and its functioning.

Ce but est atteint grâce à l'utilisation d'un dispositif de chauffage conforme à ce qu'énonce la revendication 1.This goal is achieved through the use of a heating in accordance with claim 1.

L'invention sera mieux comprise à la lecture de la description qui va suivre d'une forme de réalisation, donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif et illustrée schématiquement à l'aide des dessins annexés dans lesquels,

  • la figure 1 est une vue en plan, du dessous d'une enceinte de chauffage,
  • la figure 2 est une vue schématique représentant l'écoulement de la vapeur dans l'enceinte de chauffage,
  • la figure 3 est une vue en coupe selon III-III de la figure 1,
  • la figure 4 est une vue de côté, en coupe partielle, de la figure 1,
  • la figure 5 est une vue en coupe partielle, dans la longueur, d'un dispositif de chauffage,
  • la figure 6 est une vue en coupe transversale d'un dispositif de chauffage,
  • la figure 7 est une vue représentant la disposition des organes de correction de la planéité de l'enceinte de chauffage,
  • la figure 8 est une vue représentant un mode de fixation de l'enceinte de chauffage et
  • la figure 9 est une vue en coupe selon IX-IX de la figure 8.
The invention will be better understood on reading the following description of an embodiment, given by way of nonlimiting example and illustrated diagrammatically with the aid of the appended drawings in which,
  • FIG. 1 is a plan view, from below of a heating enclosure,
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the flow of steam in the heating enclosure,
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view along III-III of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 4 is a side view, in partial section, of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 5 is a view in partial section, in length, of a heating device,
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a heating device,
  • FIG. 7 is a view showing the arrangement of the bodies for correcting the flatness of the heating enclosure,
  • FIG. 8 is a view showing a method of fixing the heating enclosure and
  • FIG. 9 is a sectional view along IX-IX of FIG. 8.

L'enceinte de chauffage 1 représentée sur la figure 1 comprend une plaque chauffante 17 composée d'un boítier ouvert 2 de forme rectangulaire présentant des parois latérales 3, 4 et des parois frontale 5 et arrière 6 solidaires d'un plan de fermeture 7 (voir figure 3). Ce boítier ouvert 2 peut être réalisé, par pliage et soudage, à partir d'une feuille de tôle d'acier d'une épaisseur de l'ordre de 4 millimètres. Une autre tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8, de l'ordre de 1,5 millimètre, dont les bords avant 9 et arrière 10 ont été pliés à quarante cinq degrés vers le bas de manière à former une chambre avant 12 et une chambre arrière 13, est soudée sur son pourtour à l'intérieur du boítier ouvert 2. Cette tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8 est ensuite reliée à la partie inférieure 11 du plan de fermeture 7 par soudage par points suivant une configuration en quinconce de telle façon que les points de soudage 19 soient éloignés l'un de l'autre d'une distance suffisante, de l'ordre de vingt huit à trente millimètre, en diagonale. La chambre avant 12 est équipée, par soudage, d'un raccord 14 et la chambre arrière 13 est, quant à elle, équipée, également par soudage, d'un raccord 15. Le raccord 15 est ensuite obturé et un fluide sous haute pression, par exemple de l'huile hydraulique, est introduit dans la chambre avant 12 par le raccord 14. L'injection de ce fluide sous haute pression dans la chambre avant 12 aura pour effet de déformer la tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8 de telle façon à ce qu'elle se voûte dans les zones non liées au plan de fermeture 7 de sorte à former des alvéoles 18 communiquant entre-elles. Le fluide sous haute pression sera ensuite retiré de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 et celle-ci pourra dès lors recevoir un fluide calorifique tel que, par exemple, de la vapeur d'eau saturée.The heating chamber 1 shown in Figure 1 includes a hot plate 17 composed of an open box 2 of rectangular shape with side walls 3, 4 and walls front 5 and rear 6 secured to a closure plane 7 (see FIG. 3). This open box 2 can be made, by folding and welding, from a sheet of steel sheet with a thickness of the order of 4 millimeters. Another thin steel sheet 8, of the order of 1.5 millimeters, the front 9 and rear 10 edges were bent forty five degrees down so as to form a front chamber 12 and a rear chamber 13, is welded around its periphery inside the open box 2. This sheet steel thin 8 is then connected to the lower part 11 of the plane of closure 7 by spot welding in a staggered configuration in such a way that the welding points 19 are spaced from each other a sufficient distance, of the order of twenty eight to thirty millimeters, in diagonal. The front chamber 12 is equipped, by welding, with a connector 14 and the rear chamber 13 is, for its part, also equipped by welding, of a fitting 15. The fitting 15 is then closed and a fluid under high pressure, for example hydraulic oil, is introduced into the front chamber 12 through the connector 14. The injection of this fluid under high pressure in the front chamber 12 will deform the sheet of thin steel 8 so that it is arched in the areas not linked to the closure plane 7 so as to form cells 18 communicating with each other. The high pressure fluid will then removed from the heating chamber 1 and it can therefore receive a heat fluid such as, for example, saturated water vapor.

L'enceinte de chauffage 1 est en outre munie d'une pluralité de points de fixation 16, constitués par des tiges taraudées, soudées à l'endroit de certains des points de soudage 19 reliant la tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8 au plan de fermeture 7. Ces points de fixation 16 sont destinés à servir d'ancrages pour assurer une liaison parfaite avec un chassis rigide, décrit plus en détail en relation avec les figures 5 et 6, de façon à permettre le réglage de la planéité de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 ainsi qu'à conférer à l'ensemble une rigidité globale acceptable.The heating enclosure 1 is further provided with a plurality of fixing points 16, constituted by threaded rods, welded to the location of some of the welding points 19 connecting the steel sheet of thin 8 at the closing plane 7. These fixing points 16 are intended to serve as anchors to ensure a perfect connection with a rigid chassis, described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, of so as to allow the flatness of the heating chamber 1 to be adjusted as well as giving the whole an acceptable overall rigidity.

La figure 2 est une vue schématique représentant l'écoulement de la vapeur dans la plaque chauffante 17 de l'enceinte de chauffage 1. La vapeur saturée est injectée dans chambre avant 12 de la plaque chauffante 17 par le raccord 14. La vapeur saturée se réparti d'abord dans la chambre avant et va traverser, de manière réguliaire, la plaque chauffante 17 en passant par les alvéoles 18 pour finalement déboucher dans la chambre arrière 13 et ressortir de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 par le raccord 15. Le flux de vapeur est de ce fait divisé par les points de liaison (points de soudage 19) entre la tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8 et le plan de fermeture 7. On obtiendra de ce fait un écoulement turbulent du flux de vapeur en raison des faibles sections de passage des alvéoles 18 et on obtiendra également de ce fait une augmentation de la transmission de chaleur au plan de fermeture 7 qui sera lui en contact avec le carton ondulé. De plus, en raison de la vitesse élevée du flux de vapeur, le condensat est poussé à grande vitesse au travers de la plaque chauffante 17 avant d'être récupéré par des collecteurs de condensat, non représentés, pouvant être situés dans la partie inférieure de la chambre arrière 13. Le condensat peut aussi être évacué par le raccord 15 qui est relié au circuit de retour de vapeur. Le choix d'une construction présentant des alvéoles 18 permet de travailler avec un faible volume de vapeur saturée circulant dans la plaque chauffante 17 ce qui autorise la suppression du réservoir de pression indispensable dans les constructions existantes connues à ce jour.Figure 2 is a schematic view showing the flow steam in the heating plate 17 of the heating enclosure 1. The saturated steam is injected into front chamber 12 of the plate heating 17 through connection 14. Saturated steam is first distributed in the front chamber and will cross, regularly, the plate heating 17 through the alveoli 18 to finally lead in the rear chamber 13 and exit the heating chamber 1 through the fitting 15. The vapor flow is therefore divided by the connection points (welding points 19) between the thin steel sheet 8 and the plane closing 7. This will result in a turbulent flow of the flow of steam due to the small passage sections of the cells 18 and This will also increase the transmission of heat to the closing plane 7 which will be in contact with the cardboard corrugated. In addition, due to the high speed of the vapor flow, the condensate is pushed at high speed through the hot plate 17 before being collected by condensate collectors, not shown, which can be located in the lower part of the room rear 13. The condensate can also be evacuated via the connector 15 which is connected to the steam return circuit. The choice of a construction presenting alveoli 18 allows working with a low volume of vapor saturated circulating in the hot plate 17 which allows the elimination of the pressure tank essential in constructions existing to date.

La figure 3 est une vue en coupe selon III-III de la figure 1 sur laquelle on peut voir la disposition des différents composants de l'enceinte de chauffage 1. Cette figure montre en outre les alvéoles 18 crées par la déformation de la tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8 aux endroits où celle-ci n'est pas reliée à la partie inférieure 11 du du plan de fermeture 7 par les points de soudage 19. sur cette figure, seulement un raccord 14 pour l'entrée de la vapeur et seulement un raccord 15 pour la sortie de la vapeur ont été représentés. Il est bien entendu que l'on pourrait imaginer que plusieurs raccords 14 pour l'entrée de la vapeur et que plusieurs raccords 15 pour la sortie de la vapeur soient connectés à leur chambre avant 12 et arrière 13 respectives pour améliorer et régulariser l'écoulement du flux de vapeur. Figure 3 is a sectional view along III-III of Figure 1 on which we can see the arrangement of the different components of the enclosure heating 1. This figure also shows the cells 18 created by the deformation of thin steel sheet 8 where it is not connected to the lower part 11 of the closure plan 7 by the welding points 19. in this figure, only a connector 14 for the steam inlet and only one connection 15 for the steam outlet were represented. It is understood that one could imagine that several connections 14 for the entry of steam and that several connections 15 for the steam outlet are connected to their front chamber 12 and rear 13 respectively to improve and regularize the flow of the flow of steam.

La figure 4 est une vue de côté, en coupe partielle, de la figure 1 représentant la configuration des chambres avant 12 et arrière 13 obtenues par le pliage à quarante cinq degrés de la partie avant 9 et de la partie arrière 10 de la tôle d'acier de faible épaisseur 8. Les signes de référence supplémentaires utilisés sur les figures 3 et 4 sont les mêmes que ceux déjà utilisés en relation avec la description de la figure 1 à laquelle on pourra également se référer.Figure 4 is a side view, in partial section, of Figure 1 representing the configuration of the front 12 and rear 13 chambers obtained by folding the front part 9 and the rear part 10 of the thin steel sheet 8. The signs of additional references used in Figures 3 and 4 are the same than those already used in connection with the description of Figure 1 to which we can also refer to.

La figure 5 est une vue en coupe partielle, dans la longueur, d'un dispositif de chauffage représentant l'enceinte de chauffage 1 équipée d'un dispositif de réglage 20 de la planéité de la surface d'échange de l'enceinte de chauffage 1, cet ensemble étant monté sur un cadre 21 fixé entre les deux bâtis latéraux 22, 23 (voir figure 6) de la machine de fabrication de carton ondulé. L'enceinte de chauffage 1 comporte des barrettes 24, 25 pour la relier, de façon flottante, au cadre 21. Cette liaison flottante est nécessaire en raison de la dilatation thermique de l'enceinte de chauffage 1. Le cadre 21 est formé de deux fers en U 26, 27 rendus solidaires des longerons 32, 33 des bâtis latéraux 22, 23 par des vis 28 (voir figure 6). Le réglage en hauteur du cadre 21 est réalisé au moyen des vis 29 traversant des pattes de fixation 30 soudées contre les faces intérieures des bâtis latéraux 22, 23. Le blocage en position de ce cadre 21 est obtenu au moyen des contre-écrous 31 plaçés sur les vis 29. Le dispositif de réglage 20 de la planéité de la surface d'échange de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 est constitué par un cadre rigide 34 réalisé en construction soudée. Ce cadre rigide est obtenu par l'assemblage de fers en U 35, 36, 37 dont seulement trois ont été représentés ici pour des raisons de simplification de la description. Il est bien entendu que l'on pourrait en utiliser beaucoup plus en fonction du nombre de points de réglage choisis pour assurer la planéité de la surface d'échange. Ces différents fers en U 35, 36, 37 sont reliés entre-eux par des fers en U ou éventuellement des fers plats 38, 39. L'enceinte de chauffage 1 est attachée au cadre rigide 34 par des tirants 40 qui peuvent être directement vissés à l'une de leurs extrémités sur les parties filetées des points de fixation 16 (voir figure 3). L'autre extrémité des tirants 40, présente une partie filetée 41, et est fixée, au moyen de rondelles 42, d'écrous 43 et de contre écrous 44, dans l'aile inférieure des fer en U 35, 36, 37 du cadre rigide 34. Dans cette version, le réglage de la planéité de la surface d'échange s'effectue en agissant sur les moyens de fixation des tirants 40 au cadre rigide 34. De façon à obtenir un réglage moins ponctuel, on a imaginé de placer, sur les points de fixation 16, soit des barrettes 45 s'étendant sur toute la largeur de la surface d'échange, soit des plaquettes 46 (voir figures 7 et 8) Les barrettes 45, respectivement les plaquettes 46, sont munies d'une aile 47 qui s'engage dans la fente 48 d'une pièce de liaison 49 vissée à l'extrémité supérieure de chacun des tirants 40. Pour assurer la fixation de la pièce de liaison 49 à l'aile 47, on utilisera une vis ou une goupille, non représentée, qui traversera la pièce de liaison et s'engagera dans un trou allongé de l'aile 47. Pour assurer la position longitudinale, dans le sens du passage du carton, indiqué par la flèche 50, les ailes 47 des barettes 45 situées en amont, c'est à dire sur la gauche de la figure 5, ne possèderont non pas un trou allongé mais un simple alésage. En raison de l'utilisation des tirants 40, il serait également plausible d'imaginer pour ceux-ci, une fixation rigide à l'enceinte de chauffage 1. Dans ce cas, les déformations thermiques de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 seraient compensées par la flexion des tirants 40. On pourrait aussi imaginer que la liaison entre l'extrémité supérieure des tirants 40 et l'aile 47 soit réalisée à l'aide d'une goupille traversant la pièce de liaison 49 pour s'engager dans un alésage percé dans la pièce de liaison 49, cet alésage étant d'un diamètre plus grand que le diamètre de la goupile. L'enceinte de chauffage 1 peut aussi être fixée latéralement, de façon à tenir compte des phénomènes de dilatation thermique, aux bâtis de la machine au moyen des plaquettes 24 et 25 apparaissant sur la figure 7. Ce mode de fixation permet de ce fait de tenir compte des contraintes de dilatation thermique de telle sorte que celles-ci n'influencent pas la planéité de la surface d'échange de chaleur. L'enceinte de chauffage 1 sera ainsi latéralement flottante par rapport au cadre rigide 34 tout en étant reliée fermement à celui-ci par les tirants 40. Dans cette forme d'exécution, le réglage de la planéité s'effectuera de la même manière que mentionné précédemment au moyen des organes de fixation des tirants 40 au cadre rigide 34.FIG. 5 is a view in partial section, in length, a heating device representing the heating enclosure 1 equipped a device 20 for adjusting the flatness of the heat exchange surface the heating enclosure 1, this assembly being mounted on a fixed frame 21 between the two side frames 22, 23 (see Figure 6) of the machine manufacture of corrugated cardboard. The heating enclosure 1 includes bars 24, 25 for floatingly connecting it to the frame 21. This connection floating is necessary due to the thermal expansion of the enclosure heating 1. The frame 21 is formed by two U-shaped irons 26, 27 rendered integral with the side members 32, 33 of the side frames 22, 23 by screws 28 (see figure 6). The height of the frame 21 is adjusted by means of the screws 29 passing through fixing lugs 30 welded against the faces interior of the side frames 22, 23. The locking in position of this frame 21 is obtained by means of the locknuts 31 placed on the screws 29. The device 20 for adjusting the flatness of the enclosure exchange surface heater 1 consists of a rigid frame 34 made in construction welded. This rigid frame is obtained by assembling U-shaped irons 35, 36, 37 of which only three have been represented here for reasons of simplification of the description. It is understood that one could use a lot more depending on the number of set points chosen to ensure the flatness of the exchange surface. These different U-shaped irons 35, 36, 37 are interconnected by U-shaped irons or possibly flat bars 38, 39. The heating enclosure 1 is attached to the rigid frame 34 by tie rods 40 which can be directly screwed to one of their ends on the threaded parts of the fixing points 16 (see figure 3). The other end of the tie rods 40 has a threaded portion 41 and is fixed, by means of washers 42, nuts 43 and lock nuts 44, in the wing bottom of the U-shaped iron 35, 36, 37 of the rigid frame 34. In this version, the the flatness of the exchange surface is adjusted by acting on the means of fixing the tie rods 40 to the rigid frame 34. So as to obtain a less punctual adjustment, we imagined placing, on the points of attachment 16, or bars 45 extending over the entire width of the exchange surface, i.e. plates 46 (see Figures 7 and 8) 45, respectively the plates 46, are provided with a wing 47 which engages in the slot 48 of a connecting piece 49 screwed to the end upper of each of the tie rods 40. To ensure the fixing of the piece of connection 49 to wing 47, use a screw or a pin, not shown, which will cross the connecting piece and engage in an elongated hole of wing 47. To ensure the longitudinal position, in the direction of passage of the carton, indicated by arrow 50, the wings 47 of the bars 45 located in upstream, i.e. on the left of Figure 5, will not have a elongated hole but a simple bore. Due to the use of tie rods 40, it would also be plausible to imagine for these, a rigid fixing to the heating enclosure 1. In this case, the thermal deformations of the heating chamber 1 would be compensated by the bending of the tie rods 40. One could also imagine that the connection between the upper end tie rods 40 and the wing 47 is produced using a pin passing through the connecting piece 49 for engaging in a bore drilled in the piece of connection 49, this bore being of a diameter larger than the diameter of the pin. The heating enclosure 1 can also be fixed laterally, so as to take into account thermal expansion phenomena, to frames of the machine by means of the plates 24 and 25 appearing in the figure 7. This method of attachment therefore makes it possible to take account of the constraints thermal expansion so that these do not influence the flatness of the heat exchange surface. The heating chamber 1 will thus be laterally floating relative to the rigid frame 34 while being firmly connected to it by the tie rods 40. In this embodiment, the flatness adjustment will be carried out in the same way as mentioned previously by means of the tie rod fixing members 40 to the frame rigid 34.

La figure 7 est une vue représentant la disposition des organes de correction 20 de la planéité de l'enceinte de chauffage 1. Cette figure est en fait une vue du dessous de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 qui montre l'utilisation de plaquettes 46 en lieu et place des barrettes 45 représentées sur la figure 8. Les plaquettes 46 sont fixées à l'enceinte de chauffage 1 par les points de fixation 16.Figure 7 is a view showing the arrangement of organs correction 20 of the flatness of the heating chamber 1. This figure is actually a view from below of the heating enclosure 1 which shows the use of plates 46 in place of the bars 45 shown in FIG. 8. The plates 46 are fixed to the heating enclosure 1 by the fixing points 16.

La figure 8 est une vue représentant un mode de fixation de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 sur un cadre 53 relié aux bâtis latéraux de la machine de fabrication de carton ondulé. Dans cette exécution, on utilise les parois frontale 5 et arrière 6 de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 pour relier celle-ci aux bâtis de la machine de fabrication du carton ondulé. Pour ce faire, on prévoit l'utilisation de plusieurs plots 54 fixés sur le cadre 53 (voir également figure 9). Ces plots possèdent chacun une fraisure 55 dans laquelle vient s'engager, de façon libre, la paroi frontale 5 alors que la paroi arrière 6 de l'enceinte de chauffage 1 repose quant à elle sur des plots lisses, non représentés, de sorte à tenir compte des contraintes thermiques.Figure 8 is a view showing a method of fixing the heating enclosure 1 on a frame 53 connected to the side frames of the corrugated cardboard making machine. In this execution, we use the front 5 and rear 6 walls of the heating enclosure 1 for connecting this to the frames of the corrugated cardboard making machine. For this do, we plan to use several studs 54 fixed on the frame 53 (see also figure 9). These studs each have a countersink 55 in which engages, freely, the front wall 5 while the wall rear 6 of the heating enclosure 1 rests on pads smooth, not shown, so as to take account of the constraints thermal.

Le choix du genre de liaison entre l'enceinte de chauffage 1 et le cadre rigide 34 au moyen d'organes tels que des tirants présente entre autres l'avantage d'éviter une transmission de chaleur de l'enceinte au cadre en raison des faibles sections de connection et permet même, si besoin était, l'utilisation de liaisons isolantes de façon à réduire encore les transmissions de chaleur annulant ainsi toute déformation du cadre rigide 34 qui dès lors remplira pleinement sa fonction de base solide pour régler la planéité de la surface d'échange de l'enceinte de chauffage 1. The choice of the type of connection between the heating enclosure 1 and the rigid frame 34 by means of members such as tie rods present between others the advantage of avoiding heat transmission from the enclosure to frame due to the small connection sections and even allows, if need was, the use of insulating bonds so as to further reduce the heat transmissions thus canceling any deformation of the rigid frame 34 which will therefore fully fulfill its solid basic function to regulate the flatness of the exchange surface of the heating enclosure 1.

Les autres avantages procurés par le dispositif selon l'invention résident essentiellement dans le fait que l'enceinte de chauffage 1 constitue une membrane très souple permettant le réglage mécanique de sa surface d'échange par le truchement d'un cadre rigide n'étant pas tributaire des conditions thermiques de l'enceinte, dans l'établissement d'une meilleure transmission de chaleur au plan de la surface d'échange, dans l'amélioration de la régulation de la température en raison de la faible inertie thermique du dispositif, dans l'utilisation d'un faible volume du flux de vapeur saturée permettant ainsi de supprimer tout accumulateur ou réservoir de pression et dans la diminution des coûts de fabrication en raison de la possibilité de réaliser une construction légère du dispositif.The other advantages provided by the device according to the invention essentially resides in the fact that the heating enclosure 1 constitutes a very flexible membrane allowing the mechanical adjustment of its exchange surface through a rigid frame which is not dependent on the thermal conditions of the enclosure, in the establishment better heat transmission on the plane of the exchange surface, in improving temperature regulation due to the low thermal inertia of the device, in the use of a small volume of the flux saturated steam, thus eliminating any accumulator or pressure tank and in reducing manufacturing costs in because of the possibility of carrying out a light construction of the device.

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  1. Heating device for a machine producing corrugated cardboard, in particular a heating device utilizing convection from a heating fluid circulating in a convector comprising a heating member (1) in which saturated steam is circulated, characterized by the fact that the heating member (1), which is formed by a heating table (17) consisting of an open box (2) having a rectangular form with side walls (3, 4), and front (5) and back walls (6) which are integral with a closing plane (7), the lower surface (11) of which is connected to a sheet (8) of steel having a small thickness presenting cells (18) obtained by deformation, the sheet (8) of steel having a small thickness having its front (9) and back borders (10) folded at 45° upwards so as to form a front chamber (12) and a back chamber (13), is associated with a rigid frame (34), to which it is connected, in a manner to take into consideration thermal constraints, by adjustment elements fitted so as to avoid a heat transmission between the heating member (1) and the rigid frame (34) and that the unit of the heating member (1) and the rigid frame (34) is fastened in a floating manner within the machine for manufacturing corrugated cardboard in a way to take into consideration thermal expansion resulting from the heating of the heating member (1).
  2. Device according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the sheet (8) of steel having a small thickness, in a range of 0,5 mm and 1,5 mm, is welded on its peripheral edges inside the open box (2), that the sheet (8) of steel having a small thickness is also connected, before deformation under the effect of a fluid under high pressure, to the lower part (11) of the closing plane (7) by weld points (19) according to a staggered configuration in such a way that the weld points (19) are spaced from one another, that the sheet (8) of steel having a small thickness is deformed in such a way that it arches in the areas which are not connected to the closing plane (7) so as to form interconnecting cells (18) and that the front chamber (12) is equipped by welding with a connector (14), while the back chamber (13) is equipped by welding with a connector (15).
  3. Device according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the open box (2) is formed by folding and welding a sheet of steel having a thickness of about 4 mm.
  4. Device according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that the weld points (19) are spaced diagonally at a distance in a range of 28 mm to 30 mm.
  5. Device according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the heating table (17) is provided with a plurality of fixing points (16) formed by threaded rods welded at the place of certain weld points (19) connecting the sheet (8) of steel having a small thickness to the closing plane (7), and that these fixing points (16) are destined to serve as anchor points in order to ensure a perfect connection with the rigid frame (34).
  6. Device according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the connecting elements between the heating member (1) and the rigid frame (34) are formed by rods (40) fastened in an adjustable manner in the rigid frame (34) and in a floating manner to the heating member (1).
  7. Device according to claim 5, characterized by the fact that the fixing points (16) serve as anchor points for small bars (45) extending the whole width of the lower part of the heating member (1).
  8. Device according to claim 7, characterized by the fact that the fixing points (16) serve as anchor points for small plates (46) arranged in space manner on the width of the lower part of the heating member (1).
  9. Device according to claim 1 characterized by the fact that the connection of the unit of the heating member (1) and the rigid frame (34) with the machine producing corrugated cardboard is obtained by the side walls (3, 4) of the open box (2) freely received in the slots (55) of blocks (54).
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