EP2847380B2 - Technisches gewebe mit spiralförmig gewickelten materialbahnen mit verstärkung - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to the papermaking arts. More specifically, the present invention relates to papermaker's fabrics, namely the forming, press, dryer fabrics, and through air dryer (TAD) fabrics, also known as paper machine clothing, on which paper is manufactured on a paper machine. Also, the invention may be used as a substrate for a shoe press or transfer or calender belt, any of which can also be used on a paper machine. In addition, the present invention may be applied in other industrial settings where industrial belts arc used to dewater a material. Furthermore, the present invention may be used as a belt and/or sleeve used in the production of nonwovens by processes such as airlaid, melt blowing, spunbonding, and hydroentangling.
- TAD through air dryer
- a cellulosic fibrous web is formed by depositing a fibrous slurry, that is, an aqueous dispersion of cellulose fibers, on a moving forming fabric in the forming section a paper machine. A large amount of water is drained from the slurry through the forming fabric, leaving the cellulosic fibrous web on the surface of the forming fabric.
- a fibrous slurry that is, an aqueous dispersion of cellulose fibers
- the newly formed cellulosic fibrous web proceeds from the forming section to a press section, which includes a series of press nips.
- the cellulosic fibrous web passes through the press nips supported by a press fabric, or, as is often the case, between two such press fabrics.
- the press nips the cellulosic fibrous web is subjected to compressive forces which squeeze water therefrom, and which adhere the cellulose fibers in the web to one another to turn the cellulosic fibrous web into a paper sheet.
- the water is accepted by the press fabric or fabrics and, ideally, does not return to the paper sheet.
- the paper sheet finally proceeds to a dryer section, which includes at least one series of rotatable dryer drums or cylinders, which are internally heated by steam.
- the newly formed paper sheet is directed in a serpentine path sequentially around each in the series of drums by a dryer fabric, which holds the paper sheet closely against the surfaces of the drums.
- the heated drums reduce the water content of the paper sheet to a desirable level through evaporation.
- the forming, press and dryer fabrics all take the form of endless loops on the paper machine and function in the manner of conveyors. It should further be appreciated that paper manufacture is a continuous process which proceeds at considerable speed. That is to say, the fibrous slurry is continuously deposited onto the forming fabric in the forming section, while a newly manufactured paper sheet is continuously wound onto rolls after it exits from the dryer section.
- forming, press and dryer fabrics are, or at least include as a component, a woven fabric in the form of an endless loop having a specific length, measured longitudinally therearound, and a specific width, measured transversely thereacross.
- paper machine clothing manufacturers are required to produce forming, press and dryer fabrics to the dimensions required to fit particular positions in the forming, press and dryer sections of the paper machines of their customers. Needless to say, this requirement makes it difficult to streamline the manufacturing process, as each fabric must typically be made to order.
- U.S. Pat. No. 3,323,226 to Beaumont et al. relates to a synthetic dryer belt comprising one or more plies of polyester film. Perforations through the belt are formed by mechanical punching.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,495,680 to Beck shows a method and apparatus for forming a base fabric composed solely of warp yarns to be used in making a papermaker's belt. Essentially, the warp yarns are helically wound about two parallel rolls. Subsequently, fibrous batting or other nonwoven material is applied and adhered to the helical array of warp yarns to provide a fillingless papermaker's belt, which is to say that it has no cross-machine direction yarns.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,537,658 to Albert shows a papermaker's fabric made from a plurality of elongated, linked, slotted elements.
- the elongated elements are linked one to the next either by an integral tongue or through the use of a pintle connecting means which extends from one elongated element to the adjacent element.
- the elongated elements extend in the cross-machine direction of the disclosed papermaker's fabric, and have flat, parallel top and bottom surfaces.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,541,895 to Albert describes a papermaker's fabric made up of a plurality of nonwoven sheets laminated together to define a fabric or belt.
- the nonwoven sheets are perforated by laser drilling.
- Such sheets are composed of unoriented polymer material, and if produced in the fineness needed for papermaking applications, would lack sufficient dimensional stability to operate as endless belts on paper machines.
- U.S. Pat. No. 4,842,905 to Stech shows a tessellated papermaker's fabric and elements for making the fabric.
- the elements are formed so as to have male or projection members which interlock with female or recess members.
- the papermaker's fabric comprises a plurality of the tessellated elements which have been interconnected to produce a tessellation of a desired length and width.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,290,818 to Romanski shows a shoe press belt wherein the base fabric is made from an endless tube of expanded film which can be perforated.
- WO 2010/068765 discloses an industrial fabric such as an endless belt or sleeve for use in the production of nonwovens, and a method of making thereof.
- the industrial fabric is produced by spirally winding strips of polymeric material, such as an industrial strapping or ribbon material, and joining the adjoining sides of the strips of material using ultrasonic welding or laser welding techniques.
- the fabric may then be perforated using a suitable technique to make it permeable to air and/or water.
- WO 2010/030570 discloses a support member such as a belt or sleeve which includes a topographical pattern on its sheet contact side.
- a plurality of land areas, corresponding depressions, through voids, and/or groove areas are formed on the top surface of the support member to produce the topographical pattern.
- the land areas, corresponding depressions, through voids, and/or groove areas may be formed by graving, cutting, etching, embossing, mechanical perforation or a combination thereof.
- the improved belt or sleeve imparts desired physical characteristics, such as bulk, appearance, texture, absorbency, strength, and hand to a nonwoven product produced thereon.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,630,223 to Hansen shows an industrial belt made from a plurality of spirally wound shaped (non-circular cross-section) monofilaments which are abutted to each other, side to side of adjacent turns and secured to one another by a suitable means.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,989,080 to Hansen shows a nonwoven papermaker's fabric made from a spirally wound MD base layer of raw stock, overlaid with a CD layer of similar or dissimilar raw stock and mated by suitable means.
- U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0134467 A1 to Sayers provides a method comprising the steps of laminating a series of layers of film material and cutting perforations in the laminate to provide a foraminous fabric.
- Fabrics in modern papermaking machines may have a width of from 1.524m to over 10.0584m, a length of from 12.192m to over 121.92m and weigh from approximately 45.359kg to over 1360.777kg. These fabrics wear out and require replacement. Replacement of fabrics often involves taking the machine out of service, removing the worn fabric, setting up to install a fabric and installing the new fabric. While many fabrics are endless, many of those used today are on-machine-seamable. Installation of the fabric includes pulling the fabric body onto a machine and joining the fabric ends to form an endless belt.
- the '656 patent shows a fabric comprising a base fabric having one or more layers of staple fiber material needled thereinto.
- the base fabric comprises at least one layer composed of a spirally wound strip of woven fabric having a width which is smaller than the width of the base fabric.
- the base fabric is endless in the longitudinal, or machine, direction. Lengthwise threads of the spirally wound strip make an angle with the longitudinal direction of the fabric.
- the strip of woven fabric may be flat-woven on a loom which is narrower than those typically used in the production of paper machine clothing.
- the present invention provides an alternative solution to the problems addressed by these prior-art patents/patent applications.
- one embodiment of the present invention is an industrial fabric or belt for the forming, press and dryer sections, including a through air dryer (TAD), of a paper machine.
- the fabric or belt of the present invention may also be used as a sheet-transfer, long nip press (LNP) or calender belt, or as other industrial process belts, such as corrugator belts.
- the fabric may also be used as part of a textile finishing belt, such as a sanforizing belt or tannery belt, for example.
- the fabric of the invention may be used in other industrial settings where industrial belts are used to dewater a material.
- the fabric may be used in a pulp-forming or pulp-pressing belt, in a belt used to dewater recycled paper during the deinking process, such as a dewatering belt on a double-nip-thickener (DNT) deinking machine; or in a sludge dewatering belt.
- the inventive fabric may also be used in a belt and/or sleeve used in the production of nonwovens by processes such as airlaid, spunbonding, melt blowing or hydroentangling.
- the belt and/or sleeve is in the form of an endless loop, and has an inner surface and an outer surface.
- the endless belt is formed from strips of material that are spiral wound around two rolls in a side to side abutting manner.
- the strips are firmly attached to each other by a suitable method to form an endless loop at the required length and width for the particular use.
- the strips may be wound around the surface of a single roll or mandrel which is approximately the size of the diameter and CD length of the drum on which the sleeve will be used.
- the strips of material used are commonly produced as industrial strapping material. Strapping, especially plastic strapping material, is usually defined as a relatively thin plastic band used for fastening or clamping objects together. Surprisingly, it was discovered that this type of plastic material has the appropriate characteristics to be the material strips to form the inventive belt.
- (plastic) strapping and monofilament are related to size, shape and application. Both strapping and monofilament are made by extrusion processes that have the same basic steps of extrusion, uniaxial orientation and winding. Monofilament is generally smaller in size than strapping and usually round in shape. Monofilament is used in a wide variety of applications such as fishing lines and industrial fabrics, including papermachine clothing. Strapping is generally much larger in size than monofilament and always basically wider along a major axis, and as such, being rectangular in shape for its intended purpose.
- plastic strapping is made by an extrusion process. It is also well known that this process includes uniaxial orientation of the extruded material. It is also well known that there are two basic extrusion processes using uniaxial orientation. One process is the extrusion and orientation of a wide sheet that is slit into individual straps. The other process is the extrusion of individual strapping that is oriented. This second process is very much like the process of making monofilament as evidenced by the similarity in equipment for both processes.
- An advantage of using strapping material versus monofilament is the number of spiral windings needed to produce a fabric.
- Monofilaments are usually considered to be yarns that are no larger than 5 mm in their largest axis. Uniaxial monofilament sizes used for paper machine clothing and the other uses aforementioned seldom exceed 1.0 mm in their largest axis.
- the strapping material used is usually at least 10 mm in width and sometimes exceeds 100 mm in width. It is envisioned that strapping up to 1000 mm in width could be also used. Suppliers of strapping material which may be used include companies such as Signode.
- the instant invention provides an improved fabric, belt or sleeve that functions in place of a traditional belt or sleeve, and imparts desired physical characteristics, such as bulk, appearance, texture, absorbency, strength, and hand to the paper or nonwoven product produced thereon.
- Polyester (PET) films in the prior art have a tensile modulus in the long axis (or machine direction - MD) of about 3.5 GPa.
- PET strapping (or ribbon) material has a tensile modulus ranging from 10 GPa to 12.5 GPa. To achieve the same modulus with a film, a structure would have to be 3 to 3.6 times thicker.
- the invention therefore, according to one exemplary embodiment, is a fabric, belt or sleeve formed as a single or multi layer structure from these spiral wound ribbons.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve may have planar, smooth top and bottom surfaces.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve may also be textured in some manner using any of the means known in the art, such as for example, sanding, graving, embossing or etching.
- the belt can be impermeable to air and/or water.
- the belt can also be perforated by some mechanical or thermal (laser) means so it may be permeable to air and/or water.
- the ribbon is formed such that is has an interlocking profile.
- the belt is formed by spirally winding these interlocking strips and would have greater integrity than just abutting parallel and/or perpendicular sides of adjacent ribbon strips.
- This belt can also be impermeable to air and/or water or perforated to be made permeable.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve of the present invention may optionally include a functional coating on one or both of its surfaces.
- the functional coating may have a top surface that is planar or smooth, or may alternatively be textured in some manner using any of the means known in the art, such as for example, sanding, graving, embossing or etching.
- the functional coating can be any of the materials known to one of ordinary skill in the art, such as for example, polyurethane, polyester, polyamide, or any other polymeric resin material or even rubber, and the functional coating may optionally include particles such as nano fillers, which can improve resistance to flex fatigue, crack propagation or wear characteristics of the inventive fabric, belt or sleeve.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve of the present invention may also be used as a reinforcing base or substrate in a forming fabric, press fabric, dryer fabric, through air dryer (TAD) fabric, shoe press or transfer or calender belt, a process belt used in airlaid, melt blowing, spunbonding, or hydroentangling processes, sheet-transfer belt, long nip press (LNP) or calender belt, corrugator belt, sanforizing belt, tannery belt, pulp-forming or pulp-pressing belt, dewatering belt on a double-nip-thickener (DNT) deinking machine, or sludge dewatering belt.
- TAD through air dryer
- the belt may have two or more layers where the strips may be formed such that the two or more layers mechanically interlock or are attached together by other means known to those skilled in the art.
- the structure can be either impermeable or perforated to be permeable to either air and/or water.
- Another exemplary embodiment is a multilayer structure formed using the concept of a "welding strip" used to further improve the belt integrity.
- the structure can be impermeable or perforated to be permeable to either air and/or water.
- fabric and fabric structure While the term fabric and fabric structure is used, fabric, belt, conveyor, sleeve, support member, and fabric structure are used interchangeably to describe the structures of the present invention. Similarly, the terms strapping, ribbon, strip of material, and material strips are used interchangeably throughout the description.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the industrial fabric, belt or sleeve 10 of the present invention.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve 10 has an inner surface 12 and an outer surface 14, and is fashioned by spirally winding a strip of polymeric material 16, for example an industrial strapping material, in a plurality of abutting and mutually adjoined turns.
- the strip of material 16 spirals in a substantially longitudinal direction around the length of the fabric 10 by virtue of the helical fashion in which the fabric, belt or sleeve 10 is constructed.
- Apparatus 20 includes a first process roll 22 and a second process roll 24, each of which is rotatable around its longitudinal axis.
- the first process roll 22 and the second process roll 24 are parallel to one another, and are separated by a distance which determines the overall length of the fabric, belt or sleeve 10 to be manufactured thereon, as measured longitudinally therearound.
- a supply reel (not shown in the figures) rotatably mounted about an axis and displaceable parallel to process rolls 22 and 24.
- the supply reel accommodates a reeled supply of the strip of material 16 having a width of 10 mm or more, for example.
- the supply reel is initially positioned at the lefthand end of the first process roll 22, for example, before being continuously displaced to the right or other side at a predetermined speed.
- the beginning of the strip of polymeric strapping material 16 is extended in taut condition from the first process roll 22 toward the second process roll 24, around the second process roll 24, and back to the first process roll 22 forming a first coil of a closed helix 26.
- the beginning of the strip of material 16 is joined to the end of the first coil thereof at point 28.
- adjacent turns of the spirally wound strip of material 16 are joined to one another by mechanical and/or adhesive means.
- subsequent coils of closed helix 26 are produced by rotating first process roll 22 and second process roll 24 in a common direction as indicated by the arrows in FIG. 2 , while feeding the strip of material 16 onto the first process roll 22.
- the strip of material 16 being freshly wound onto the first process roll 22 is continuously joined to that already on the first process roll 22 and the second process roll 24 by, for example, mechanical and/or adhesive or any other suitable means to produce additional coils of closed helix 26.
- the closed helix 26 has a desired width, as measured axially along the first process roll 22 or the second process roll 24. At that point, the strip of material 16 not yet wound onto the first process roll 22 and the second process roll 24 is cut, and the closed helix 26 produced therefrom is removed from the first process roll 22 and the second process roll 24 to provide the fabric, belt or sleeve 10 of the present invention.
- the strips may be wound around the surface of a single roll or mandrel to form the instant fabric, belt or sleeve.
- a roll or mandrel of appropriate size may be selected based on the desired dimension of the fabric, belt or sleeve to be produced.
- the present method for producing fabric, belt or sleeve 10 is quite versatile and adaptable to the production of papermaker's and/or industrial fabrics or belts of a variety of longitudinal and transverse dimensions. That is to say, the manufacturer, by practicing the present invention, need no longer produce a woven fabric of appropriate length and width for a given paper machine. Rather, the manufacturer need only separate the first process roll 22 and the second process roll 24 by the appropriate distance, to determine the approximate length of the fabric, belt or sleeve 10, and wind the strip of material 16 onto the first process roll 22 and the second process roll 24 until the closed helix 26 has reached the approximate desired width.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve 10 is produced by spirally winding a strip of polymeric strapping material 16, and is not a woven fabric, the outer surface 12 of the fabric, belt or sleeve 10 is smooth and continuous, and lacks the knuckles which prevent the surfaces of a woven fabric from being perfectly smooth.
- the fabrics, belts, or sleeves of the present invention may, however, have geometrical characteristics that provide enhanced topography and bulk to the paper or nonwoven product produced thereon.
- Other advantages of the instant support members include easier sheet or web release, improved contamination resistance, and reduced fiber picking.
- Yet another advantage is that it avoids the constraints of and need for a conventional weaving loom since the through voids can be placed in any desired location or pattern.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve may also have a texture on one or both surfaces, produced using any of the means known in the art, such as for example, sanding, graving, embossing or etching. Alternatively, the fabric, belt or sleeve may be smooth on one or both surfaces.
- FIGS. 3(a) through 3(i) are cross-sectional views, taken in a widthwise direction, of several embodiments of the strip of material used to produce the present fabric, belt or sleeve. Each embodiment includes upper and lower surfaces which may be flat (planar) and parallel to one another, or may have a certain profile intended to suit a particular application. Turning to FIG.
- material strip 16 has an upper surface 15, a lower surface 17, a first planar side 18 and a second planar side 19, according to one embodiment of the invention.
- the upper surface 15 and the lower surface 17 may be flat (planar) and parallel to one another, and the first planar side 18 and the second planar side 19 may be slanted in parallel directions, so that the first planar side 18 of each spirally wound strip of material 16 abuts closely against the second planar side 19 of the immediately preceding turn thereof.
- Each turn of the strip of material 16 is joined to its adjacent turns by joining their respective first and second planar sides 18, 19 to one another by an adhesive, for example, which may be a heat-activated, room-temperature-cured (RTC) or hot-melt adhesive, for example, or any other suitable means.
- an adhesive for example, which may be a heat-activated, room-temperature-cured (RTC) or hot-melt adhesive, for example, or any other suitable means.
- material strip 16 may have a cross-sectional structure that enables a mechanical interlock for joining adjacent strips of material 16 in the spirally formed fabric, belt or sleeve. Adjacent strips of material 16 can be the same or different in size and/or profile, but each has a locking position, as shown in FIG. 3(b) .
- Other examples of mechanical interlock structures are shown in FIGS. 3(c) through 3(g) where the cross section of individual strips of material 16 is illustrated. In each case, one side of the strip of material 16 may be designed to mechanically interlock or connect with the other side of the adjacent strip of material 16. For example, referring to the embodiment shown in FIG.
- the strip of material 16 may have an upper surface 42, a lower surface 44, a tongue 46 on one side and a corresponding groove 48 on the other side.
- the tongue 46 may have dimensions corresponding to those of the groove 48, so that the tongue 46 on each spirally wound turn of strip 16 fits into the groove 48 of the immediately preceding turn thereof.
- Each turn of the strip of material 16 is joined to its adjacent turns by securing tongues 46 in the grooves 48.
- the upper surface 42 and the lower surface 44 may be flat (planar) and parallel to one another, or non-planar and non-parallel depending on the application, or even may be convexly or concavely rounded in the widthwise direction thereof, as shown in FIG. 3(f) .
- either side of the strip may be cylindrically convex or concave shaped with the same radius of curvature.
- FIG. 3(h) shows another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3(i) One such structure, according to one exemplary embodiment of the invention is shown in FIG. 3(i) .
- the material strip may not require a right and left side that mate or join together.
- the cross section of strip of material 16 may have interlocking grooves on its upper surface or top side, or material strip 16 may have interlocking grooves on its lower surface or bottom side, as shown in FIG. 4(b) .
- FIG. 4(c) shows the material strips of FIGS. 4(a) and 4(b) positioned for interlocking.
- the arrows in FIG. 4(c) indicate, for example, the direction that each of the material strips 16 would have to be moved in order to engage the grooves and interlock the two strips.
- FIG. 4(d) shows the two material strips 16 after they have been interlocked or joined together. Although only two of the mating material strips are shown in the exemplary embodiments, it should be noted that the final fabric, belt or sleeve is formed of several of the material strips interlocked together. Clearly, if one interlocks the material strips in a spiral winding process, one can form a sheet of material in the form of an endless loop.
- the strength of the interlocks can be improved by, for example, thermal bonding, especially by a technique known as selective bonding as exemplified by a commercial process known as 'Clearweld.' (See www.clearweld.com).
- FIG. 5(a) shows a cross-sectional view of a material strip 16 that has grooves both on the top side and bottom side thereof.
- FIG. 5(b) shows how two material strips 16 having the cross-sectional shape shown in FIG. 5(a) can be interlocked. The interlocked structure results in grooves on the top and bottom surface of the end product.
- FIG. 5(c) shows the interlocking of the two material strips 16 shown in FIG. 5(a) and FIG. 4(b) .
- FIG. 6(a) illustrates the features of knoblike interlocks in individual ribbon-like material strips 16.
- FIG. 6(b) illustrates the features of knoblike interlocks in individual ribbon-like material strips 16 of opposite configuration that are designed to interlock with the structure shown in FIG. 6(a).
- FIG. 6(c) shows the individual ribbon-like material strips of FIGS.
- FIG. 6(a) and 6(b) positioned for interlocking. It is to be noted here that the staggered position of the top and bottom ribbons is in order to accommodate another material strip 16 of opposite configuration.
- FIG. 6(d) illustrates these same strips after they have been pressed together to form an interlocked structure. Several ribbon-like material strips like these may be interlocked together to form the final fabric, belt or sleeve.
- FIG. 7(a) Another exemplary embodiment is a fabric, belt or sleeve formed from material strips 16 that have grooves on both the top and bottom sides thereof, for example, as shown in FIG. 7(a) .
- These two ribbon-like material strips 16 are designed to be joined together to form a positive interlock, as shown in FIG. 7(b) .
- the top and bottom surfaces both retain grooves in their respective surfaces.
- FIGS. 7(a) and 7(b) it may be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art to combine three or more strips to make a multi-layered structure, or if just two strips are used, the groove profile of the grooves in the top strip may be the same or different on top versus bottom sides.
- the groove profile of the grooves in the bottom strip may be the same or different on either sides.
- the belt may have two or more layers where the strips may be formed such that the two or more layers mechanically interlock. Each layer may be spirally wound in an opposite direction or angled in the MD to provide additional strength.
- FIG. 7(c) shows an interlocked structure that results in a grooved bottom surface and a flat top surface
- FIG. 7(d) shows an interlocked structure that results in a flat bottom surface and a grooved top surface, for example.
- the mechanical interlock thus formed between adjacent strips of material as described in the above embodiments increases the ease with which a spiral wound base fabric or structure can be made, because without such a lock, it is possible for adjacent strips of material to wander and separate during the process of making the spirally wound fabric.
- By mechanically interlocking adjacent spirals one may prevent wandering and separation between adjacent spirals. Additionally, one may not need to depend solely on the strength of the mechanical lock for joining strength as one may also form thermal welds in the mechanically locked zones of the fabric.
- this can be accomplished by placing a near infrared or infrared or laser absorbing dye prior to locking the male/female components together followed by exposing the mechanical lock to a near infrared or infrared energy or laser source that causes thermal welding of the mechanical lock without melting material external to the zone of the mechanical lock.
- the strip of material described in the above embodiments may be extruded from any polymeric resin material known to those of ordinary skill in the art, such as for example, polyester, polyamide, polyurethane, polypropylene, polyether ether ketone resins, etc.
- Industrial strapping is attractive as a base material, given that it is uniaxally oriented, i.e., it has at least twice the tensile modulus of a biaxially oriented material (film) and up to ten times the modulus of an extruded material (molded). That is to say, the structure resulting from a uniaxially oriented material requires less than half the thickness of biaxially oriented material (film) and less than one-tenth the thickness of an extruded material (molded).
- the force (or load) is kept constant along with the width and strain in this illustration.
- the equation shows that the required thickness is inversely proportional to the modulus of the material.
- This equation is representative of the problem of designing paper machine clothing for dimensional stability, i.e., the load is known, the maximum strain is known and the width of the machine is fixed. The result is shown in terms of the final thickness of the part required depending upon the modulus of the material employed.
- uniaxial materials such as strappings or ribbons have a significant advantage over films and molded polymers as shown by FIG. 9 .
- the instant fabrics, belts or sleeves are not limited to uniaxial or biaxial orientation of the strapping, in that either or both orientations may be used in the practice of the instant invention.
- the strip of material or strapping material described in the above embodiments includes a reinforcing material to improve the mechanical strength of the overall structure.
- the reinforcing material may be fibers, yarns, monofilaments or multifilament yarns oriented in the MD of the fabric, sleeve or belt, along the length of the strapping material.
- the reinforcing material may be included through an extrusion or pultrusion process where the fibers or yarns may be extruded or pultruded along with the material forming the strip of material or strapping material. They may be fully embedded within the material of the strapping or they may be partially embedded onto one or both surfaces of the strapping material, or both.
- Reinforcing fibers or yarns may be formed of a high-modulus material, such as for example, aramids, including but not limited to Kevlar ® and Nomex ® , and may provide extra strength, tensile modulus, tear and/or crack resistance, resistance to abrasion and/or chemical degradation to the strip of material or strapping material.
- the reinforcing fibers or yarns may be made from thermoplastic and/or thermosetting polymers.
- suitable fiber materials include glass, carbon, polyester, and polyethylene.
- the melting temperature of said reinforcing fibers or yarns is higher than the melting temperature of said strip of material or strapping material. Strapping is usually supplied in continuous lengths with the product having a rectangular cross section.
- Typical cross-sectional dimensions of a strapping material that may be used in the present invention are, for example, 0.30mm (or more) thickness and 10mm (or more) width. While strapping can be spirally wound, the adjacent wraps of strapping that do not have any means of interlocking to be held together may need to welded or joined in some manner. In such cases, laser welding or ultrasonic welding may be used in to fix or weld the adjacent ribbons or material strips together so as to improve cross-machine direction (“CD”) properties, such as strength, and reducing the risk of separation of neighboring material strips.
- CD cross-machine direction
- non-oriented strips may have a typical MD modulus of about 3GPa and strength of about 50MPa.
- a biaxially oriented strip may have a MD modulus of about 4.7GPa and strength of about 170MPa.
- modifying the processing of a uniaxial strip such that the MD modulus may be between 6-10GPa and strength may be equal to or greater than 250MPa, may result in a strip with CD strength approaching, approximately, 100MPa.
- the material may be less brittle, i.e. it may not crack when repeatedly flexed, and may process better when joining the strips together.
- the bond between the strips may also resist separation during the intended use on the production machine.
- One method to hold together the adjacent strips is to ultrasonically weld adjacent strips edge to edge while simultaneously providing a sideways pressure to keep the edges in contact with each other.
- one part of the welding device can hold one strip, preferably the strip that has already been wound into a spiral, down against a supporting roll while another part of the device pushes the other strip, preferably the strip being unwound, up against the strip being held down.
- This edge to edge welding is illustrated in FIG. 11(a) , for example.
- ultrasonic gap welding results in a particularly strong bond.
- ultrasonic welding in either a time mode or energy mode which is also known as conventional ultrasonic welding, results in a bond that can be described as brittle. Therefore, it may be concluded that a bond formed via ultrasonic gap welding is preferred versus conventional ultrasonic welding.
- FIGS. 10(a) -10(d) Another exemplary method to hold together adjacent strips, according to one embodiment of the invention, is to apply an adhesive 30 to ends 34, 36 of adjacent strips 16, 16, and joining them is shown in FIGS. 10(a) -10(d) . It is to be noted that a filler material 32, may be used to fill gaps or portions where the strips do not contact each other.
- FIG. 11(b) Another method to hold together adjacent strips of material or functional strips, according to one embodiment of the invention, is to use a "welding strip" comprised of the same basic material as the strip of material.
- this welding strip is shown in FIG. 11(b) as a thin material appearing above and below the strips of material.
- the welding strip provides a material for the strips of material to be welded such that the assembled structure does not depend upon the edge to edge welding depicted in FIG. 11(a) .
- edge to edge welding may result; however, it is neither required nor preferred.
- a "sandwich" or laminate type of structure may be formed with the horizontal surface of the strip of material being welded to the horizontal surface of the welding strip, as shown in FIG. 11(b) .
- the welding strip does not have to be located both above and below the strips of material, in that the welding strip may be located either just above or just below the strips of material.
- the welding strip may also be the central part of the sandwiched structure with the strip of material being above and/or below the welding strip.
- the welding strip is shown as being thinner than the strip of material and as being the same width as the strip of material merely for exemplary purposes.
- the welding strip may well be narrower or broader than the strip of material, and may be of the same thickness or even thicker than the strip of material.
- the welding strip may also be another piece of strip of material rather than being a special material made solely for the purpose of the welding strip.
- the welding strip may also have adhesive applied to one of its surfaces to assist in holding the welding strip in place for the welding operation. However, if such an adhesive is used, it is preferred that the adhesive be partially applied to the welding strip versus the entire surface, because partial application may promote a strong weld between like materials (polyester to polyester, for example) of the strip of material and the welding strip upon ultrasonic or laser welding.
- the welding strip is made from an extruded polymer with no orientation, then it is preferred that the welding strip be much thinner than the strip of material, because a non-oriented extruded welding strip is less capable of maintaining the dimensional stability of the final structure as illustrated earlier in this disclosure.
- the welding strip is made from an oriented polymer, it is preferred that the welding strip in combination with the strip of material be as thin as possible.
- the welding strip may be another piece of strip of material. However, if this is the case, it is preferred that the thickness of the individual materials be selected such that the total thickness of the sandwich or laminate can be minimized.
- the welding strip may be coated with an adhesive that is used to hold the structure together for further processing.
- the welding strip with adhesive may be used, for example, to create a structure that goes directly to a perforation step, which could be laser drilling without any ultrasonic bonding such that the laser drilling or laser perforation produces spot welds that can hold the sandwich structure together.
- Another method to hold together adjacent strips of material is to weld the adjacent strips using a laser welding technique.
- FIG. 14 illustrates an exemplary apparatus 320 that may be used in the laser welding process, according to one aspect of the invention.
- fabric, belt or sleeve 322 as shown in FIG. 14 should be understood to be a relatively short portion of the entire length of the final fabric, belt or sleeve.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve 322 may be endless, it may most practically be mounted about a pair of rolls, not illustrated in the figure, but known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
- apparatus 320 may be disposed on one of the two surfaces, most conveniently the top surface, of the fabric 322 between the two rolls.
- fabric 322 may preferably be placed under an appropriate degree of tension during the process.
- fabric 322 may be supported from below by a horizontal support member as it moves through apparatus 320.
- FIG. 14 where fabric 322 is indicated as moving in an upward direction through the apparatus 320 as the method of the present invention is being practiced.
- the laser heads that are used in the welding process may traverse across the fabric in a CD or widthwise "X" direction while the fabric may move in the MD or "Y” direction. It may also be possible to setup a system where the fabric is moved in three-dimensions relative to a mechanically fixed laser welding head.
- laser welding can be accomplished at speeds in the range of 100 meters per minute while ultrasonic welding has a top end speed of about 10 meters per minute.
- a light absorptive dye or ink absorber to the edges of the strips may also assist in concentrating the thermal effect of the laser.
- Absorbers could be black ink or near IR dyes that are not visible to the human eye, such as for example those utilized by "Clearweld.” (See www.clearweld.com)
- holes or through voids allowing fluids (air and/or water) to pass from one side of the fabric to the other side of the fabric can be provided by means such as laser drilling. It should be noted that these through holes or through voids that allow fluid to pass from one side of the fabric to the other can be made either before or after the spiral winding and joining process. Such holes or through voids can be made via laser drilling or any other suitable hole/perforation making process, for example, using a mechanical or thermal means, and can be of any size, shape, orientation, form and/or pattern, depending on the intended use.
- the through voids or holes can have a nominal diameter in the range of 0.0127cm to 0.0254cm or more.
- An exemplary embodiment is shown in FIG. 13 , which is a cross section, taken in a transverse, or cross-machine, direction, of a fabric 80 of the present invention, strips of material 82 are provided along their entire lengths with a plurality of holes 84 for the passage of air and/or water.
- the inventive fabric may be used as a substrate for use in a forming fabric, press fabric, dryer fabric, through air dryer (TAD) fabric, shoe press or transfer or calender belt, or a process belt used in airlaid, melt blowing, spunbonding, or hydroentangling processes.
- the inventive fabric, belt or sleeve may include one or more additional layers, for example textile layers, on top of or under the substrate formed using the strips of material, merely to provide functionality, and not reinforcement.
- a MD yarn array may be laminated to the backside of the belt or sleeve to create void spaces.
- the one or more layers may be provided in between two layers of strapping.
- the additional layers used may be any of woven or nonwoven materials, MD or CD yarn arrays, spirally wound strips of woven material that have a width less than the width of the fabric, fibrous webs, films, or a combination thereof, and may be attached to the substrate using any suitable technique known to one of ordinary skill in the art. Needle punching, thermal bonding and chemical bonding are but few examples.
- the industrial fabric, belt or sleeve of the invention may be used in the forming, press and dryer sections, including a through air dryer (TAD), of a paper machine.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve may also be used as a sheet-transfer, long nip press (LNP) or calender belt, or as other industrial process belts, such as corrugator belts.
- LNP long nip press
- the inventive fabric, belt or sleeve may have a texture on one or both surfaces, which can be produced using any of the means known in the art, such as for example, sanding, graving, embossing or etching.
- the fabric may also be used as part of a textile finishing belt, such as a sanforizing belt or tannery belt, for example.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve of the invention may be used in other industrial settings where industrial belts are used to dewater a material.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve may be used in a pulp-forming or pulp-pressing belt, in a belt used to dewater recycled paper during the deinking process, such as a dewatering belt on a double-nip-thickener (DNT) deinking machine; or in a sludge dewatering belt.
- the inventive fabric, belt or sleeve may also be used as a belt used in the production of nonwovens by processes such as airlaid, spunbonding, melt blowing or hydroentangling.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve of the present invention may optionally include a functional coating on one or both of its surfaces.
- the functional coating may have a top surface that is planar or smooth, or may alternatively be textured in some manner using any of the means known in the art, such as for example, sanding, graving, embossing or etching.
- the functional coating can be any of the materials known to one of ordinary skill in the art, such as for example, polyurethane, polyester, polyamide, or any other polymeric resin material or even rubber, and the functional coating may optionally include particles such as nano fillers, which can improve resistance to flex fatigue, crack propagation or wear characteristics of the inventive fabric, belt or sleeve.
- the fabric, belt or sleeve of the present invention may also be used as a reinforcing base or substrate in a forming fabric, press fabric, dryer fabric, through air dryer (TAD) fabric, shoe press or transfer or calender belt, a process belt used in airlaid, melt blowing, spunbonding, or hydroentangling processes, sheet-transfer belt, long nip press (LNP) or calender belt, corrugator belt, sanforizing belt, tannery belt, pulp-forming or pulp-pressing belt, dewatering belt on a double-nip-thickener (DNT) deinking machine, or sludge dewatering belt.
- TAD through air dryer
- the reinforcing base or substrate can have a smooth planar surface or it can be textured.
- the reinforcing base or substrate can optionally include a functional coating on one or both of its surfaces, which in turn can have a smooth planar surface or may be textured.
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- Endloses technisches Gewebe, Band oder Hülse (10) umfassend:einen oder mehrere spiralförmig gewickelte Streifen von Polymermaterial (16), wobei der eine oder mehrere Streifen von Polymermaterial ein technisches Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial sind,wobei das Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial uniaxial ausgerichtet ist und zumindest das Zweifache des Zugmoduls eines biaxial ausgerichteten Materials und bis zum Zehnfachen des Moduls eines extrudierten Materials aufweist,dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das technische Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial ein Verstärkungsmaterial enthält, das in der MD des Bandes oder der Hülse, ausgewählt aus der Gruppe bestehend aus Fasern, Garnen, Monofilamenten und Multifilamentgarnen, ausgerichtet ist, wobei das Verstärkungsmaterial aus einem Material hergestellt ist, das aus der aus Aramiden, thermoplastischen Polymeren, wärmehärtbaren Polymeren, Glas und Kohlenstoff bestehenden Gruppe ausgewählt ist,und wobei die Schmelztemperatur des Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterials niedriger als die Schmelztemperatur des Verstärkungsmaterials ist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Gewebe, das Band oder die Hülse ein Substrat zur Verwendung in einem Formungsgewebe, Pressgewebe, Trockensieb, Durchlufttrockner-(TAD)-Gewebe, einer Schuhpresse oder Transfer- oder Kalanderband, einem Prozessband, angewandt in einem Airlaid-Schmelzblasen-, Spun-Bonding- oder Wasserstrahlverfestigungsverfahren, Bogentransferband, Langspaltpresse (LNP) oder Kalanderband, Wellenpappenband, Sanforierband, Gerberband, Zellstoffbildungs- oder Zellstoffpressband, Entwässerungsband auf einer Double-Nip-Thickener-(DNT)-Deinking-Maschine oder einem Schlammentwässerungsband ist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei das technische Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial eine Dicke von 0,30 mm oder mehr und eine Breite von 10 mm oder mehr aufweist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Band oder die Hülse für Luft und/oder Wasser durchlässig oder undurchlässig ist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 4, wobei das Band oder die Hülse für Luft und/oder Wasser durchlässig ist, und durchgehende Hohlräume oder Löcher in dem Band oder der Hülse unter Anwendung eines mechanischen oder thermischen Mittels erzeugt sind.
- Gewebe, Band und Hülse nach Anspruch 5, wobei die durchgehenden Hohlräume oder Löcher in einer vorgegebenen Größe, Form oder Ausrichtung gebildet sind.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 6, wobei die durchgehenden Hohlräume oder Löcher einen Nenndurchmesser im Bereich von 0,0127 cm (0,005 Zoll) bis 0,0254 cm (0.01 Zoll) oder mehr aufweisen.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, zusätzlich umfassend eine oder mehrere Schichten von Gewebe- oder Vliesmaterialien, MD- oder CD-Garnanordnungen, spiralförmig gewickelten Streifen eines Gewebematerials mit einer Breite, die kleiner als die Breite des Bandes oder der Hülse ist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Band oder die Hülse eine Textur auf einer oder beiden Flächen aufweist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 9, wobei die Textur durch Schleifen, Gravieren, Prägen oder Ätzen vorgesehen ist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Band oder die Hülse auf einer oder beiden Flächen glatt ist.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Band oder die Hülse zumindest zwei Schichten von Umreifungsmaterialien umfasst, die in entgegengesetzten Richtungen zueinander oder entgegengesetzt zur MD spiralförmig gewickelt sind.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, zusätzlich umfassend eine funktionelle Beschichtung auf einer oder beiden Seiten des Bandes oder der Hülse.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 8, wobei die eine oder mehrere Schichten auf einer oder beiden Seiten des Bandes oder der Hülse oder zwischen zwei Umreifungsschichten vorgesehen sind.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 1, wobei angrenzende Streifen von Polymermaterial mechanisch miteinander verbunden sind.
- Gewebe, Band oder Hülse nach Anspruch 13, wobei die funktionelle Beschichtung eine Textur auf ihrer oberen Fläche aufweist.
- Verfahren zum Bilden eines endlosen Gewebes, Bandes oder einer Hülse (1), welches Verfahren die folgenden Schritte umfasst:spiralförmiges Wickeln von einem oder mehreren Streifen von Polymermaterial (16) um eine Vielzahl von Rollen, wobei der eine oder mehrere Streifen von Polymermaterial ein technisches Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial sind; und Verbinden von Kanten benachbarter Materialstreifen;wobei das Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial uniaxial ausgerichtet ist und zumindest das Zweifache des Zugmoduls eines biaxial ausgerichteten Materials und bis zum Zehnfachen des Moduls eines extrudierten Materials aufweist;und Verstärken des technischen Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterials in der MD des Gewebes, Bandes oder der Hülse mit Fasern, Garnen, Monofilamenten oder Multifilamentgarnen, wobei das Verstärkungsmaterial aus einem Material hergestellt ist, das aus der aus Aramiden, thermoplastischen Polymeren, wärmehärtbaren Polymeren, Glas und Kohlenstoff bestehenden Gruppe ausgewählt ist,wobei die Schmelztemperatur des Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterials niedriger als die Schmelztemperatur des Verstärkungsmaterials ist.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, wobei ein oder mehrere Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterialien durch Laser-, Infrarot- oder Ultraschallschweißen zusammengefügt werden.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, wobei das technische Umreifungs- oder Bandmaterial eine Dicke von 0,30 mm oder mehr und eine Breite von 10 mm oder mehr aufweist.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, wobei das Band oder die Hülse für Luft und/oder Wasser durchlässig oder undurchlässig gemacht wird.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 20, wobei das Band oder die Hülse durch das Erzeugen von durchgehenden Hohlräumen oder Löchern in dem Band oder der Hülse unter Anwendung eines mechanischen oder thermischen Mittels für Luft und/oder Wasser durchlässig gemacht wird.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 21, wobei die durchgehenden Hohlräume oder Löcher in einer vorgegebenen Größe, Form oder Ausrichtung gebildet werden.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 22, wobei die durchgehenden Hohlräume oder Löcher einen Nenndurchmesser im Bereich von 0,0127 cm (0,005 Zoll) oder 0,0254 cm (0.01 Zoll) oder mehr aufweisen.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, ferner umfassend den folgenden Schritt:Aufbringen von einer oder mehreren Schichten von Gewebe- oder Vliesmaterialien, MD- oder CD-Garnanordnungen, spiralförmig gewickelten Streifen eines Gewebematerials mit einer Breite, die kleiner als die Breite des Bandes oder der Hülse ist, auf eine untere und/oder obere Fläche des Bandes oder der Hülse.
- Verfahren Anspruch 17, wobei angrenzende Streifen von Polymermaterial mechanisch miteinander verbunden werden.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, wobei das Band oder die Hülse mit einer Textur auf einer oder beiden Flächen versehen wird.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 26, wobei die Textur durch Schleifen, Gravieren, Prägen oder Ätzen vorgesehen wird.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, wobei das Band oder die Hülse auf einer oder beiden Flächen glatt ist.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, wobei das Band oder die Hülse zumindest zwei Schichten von Umreifungsmaterialien umfasst, die in entgegengesetzten Richtungen zueinander oder entgegengesetzt zur MD spiralförmig gewickelt sind.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 17, zusätzlich umfassend den Schritt des Beschichtens auf einer oder beiden Seiten des Bandes oder der Hülse mit einer funktionellen Beschichtung.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 24, wobei die eine oder mehrere Schichten auf einer oder beiden Seiten des Bandes oder der Hülse oder zwischen zwei Umreifungsschichten vorgesehen werden.
- Verfahren nach Anspruch 30, zusätzlich umfassend den Schritt des Vorsehens einer Textur für die funktionelle Beschichtung.
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