US3784340A - Machine for continuous manufacturing of chip boards - Google Patents

Machine for continuous manufacturing of chip boards Download PDF

Info

Publication number
US3784340A
US3784340A US00280854A US3784340DA US3784340A US 3784340 A US3784340 A US 3784340A US 00280854 A US00280854 A US 00280854A US 3784340D A US3784340D A US 3784340DA US 3784340 A US3784340 A US 3784340A
Authority
US
United States
Prior art keywords
pressure
chip
chamber
strewing
machine
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Lifetime
Application number
US00280854A
Other languages
English (en)
Inventor
I Kerttula
P Jaatinen
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Individual
Original Assignee
Individual
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Individual filed Critical Individual
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of US3784340A publication Critical patent/US3784340A/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Links

Images

Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B27—WORKING OR PRESERVING WOOD OR SIMILAR MATERIAL; NAILING OR STAPLING MACHINES IN GENERAL
    • B27N—MANUFACTURE BY DRY PROCESSES OF ARTICLES, WITH OR WITHOUT ORGANIC BINDING AGENTS, MADE FROM PARTICLES OR FIBRES CONSISTING OF WOOD OR OTHER LIGNOCELLULOSIC OR LIKE ORGANIC MATERIAL
    • B27N3/00—Manufacture of substantially flat articles, e.g. boards, from particles or fibres
    • B27N3/08—Moulding or pressing
    • B27N3/24—Moulding or pressing characterised by using continuously acting presses having endless belts or chains moved within the compression zone
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B30—PRESSES
    • B30B—PRESSES IN GENERAL
    • B30B5/00—Presses characterised by the use of pressing means other than those mentioned in the preceding groups
    • B30B5/04—Presses characterised by the use of pressing means other than those mentioned in the preceding groups wherein the pressing means is in the form of an endless band
    • B30B5/06—Presses characterised by the use of pressing means other than those mentioned in the preceding groups wherein the pressing means is in the form of an endless band co-operating with another endless band
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S425/00—Plastic article or earthenware shaping or treating: apparatus
    • Y10S425/812—Venting

Definitions

  • ABSTRACT Machine for continuous manufacturing of chip boards, consisting of a strewing station for strewing chips to form a mat on a moving surface and a continuous action press for pressing the chip mat in the press gap between two moving surfaces, at least one of which consists of an endless belt, most appropriately a steel band, which is loaded by the aid of a pressure chamber to be urged in direction against the chip mat.
  • the chip strewing station has been formed to constitute a chamber provided with a closable feed opening, which chamber directly communicates with the press gap provided with marginal seals and into which chamber pressure fluid can be introduced under a pressure which at the most equals the pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber.
  • the object of the present invention is to eliminate this drawback and to provide a chip board manufacturing machine wherein the compressive force acting from outward on the chip mat in the press gap increases uniformly.
  • the invention is characterized in that the chip strewing station has been formed so as to constitute a chamber provided with a closable feeding aperture and which immediately communicates with the press gap, provided with edge seals, and into which pressure medium can be supplied under a pressure which at most equals the pressure prevailing inthe pressure chamber.
  • the pressing force acting on the chip mat will increase at a uniform rate, for the following reason.
  • the pressure of the pressure fluid in the press gap at the initial and of the endless band nearly equals the pressure in the pressure chamber outside the band.
  • Low differential pressure also implies a low pressing force.
  • the pressure fluid pressure in the press gap decreases towards the ultimate end of the press gap, and it equals the atmospheric pressure at the point where the completed board emerges from the machine.
  • the differential pressure between the pressure chamber and the press gap increases, that is, the force compressing the chip mat increases.
  • the pressure fluid in the press gap yields by bleeding off, the chip ing from the outside on the endless band can be made to change by sufficiently small steps. It is more advantageous, however, to provide only a few pressure cham' mat takes up an increasing pressing force and is compressed to become a chip board.
  • An appropriate way to preserve the pressure in the 'chip strewing station is to provide thefeed opening of the strewing station with two consecutive, tightly clos ing hatches, which are alternatingly opened, whereby the pressure in the strewing chamber cannot escape when chip material is introduced into the strewing chamber through the feed opening. It is then necessary to supply additional pressure fluid only in the amount in which it passes off through the porous chip mat.
  • vent pipes provided with valves, for regulating the pressure prevailing in the press gap at various points of this press gap.
  • the conditions in the press gap are then completely controllable and the pressure ascent curve, among others, is easily adjustable to be the most favourable.
  • the lowering of pressure is accomplished, according to one embodiment, in that the pressure chamber has been subdivided into several consecutive chamber in which pressures of different height prevail. If the number of chambers is made large enough, the pressure actbers and to arrange for the change of pressure by plac ing opposite to the end walls and partitions of the chambers, drag presses.
  • a drag press is here understood to be a press known in prior art, wherein the endless band drags against a supporting surface. In the present instance the drag presses may be made comparatively short, whereby friction will not constitute any objectionable factor.
  • the conditions in the press gap may be controlled by arranging said valves of the vent pipes in the marginal seals of the press gap to be controlled by sensors touching the endless band, which sensors measure the thickness of the chip mat in the press gap. It is then achieved that the chip mat is compressed in accordance with a preconceived programme. It, for instance, for one reason or anotheran excessive quantity of chip material is introduced into the press gap, this material will urge the endless band outwardly. The resultant movement of the sensor opens the valve in the marginal seal of the press gap at this point, whereby the differential pressure between the press gap and the pressure chamber increases and the increased pressing force compresses the chip mat down to desired thickness.
  • FIG. 1 shows a chip board manufacturing machine according to one embodiment of the invention in longitudinal vertical section
  • FIG. 2 shows the section carried along the line ll--ll in FIG. 1.
  • the chip material 1 is fed by the aid of the strewing station 2, which comprises the feed hopper 3, the feed aperture 4 and the strewing chamber 5.
  • the feed aperture has been provided with two consecutive, tightly closing hatches 6 and 7, which are alternatingly opened, whereby the pressure existing in the strewing chamber 5 cannot escape when chip material 1 is fed through the feed aperture 4 into the strewing chambers.
  • the chip material 1 is strewn to be deposited on an endless belt conveyor 8, whence it ends up to the press gap 9 of a continuous action press.
  • the press comprises the bands 8 and 10 and their and rolls 11, 12, 13 and 14.
  • the band 10 is subject to pressure from the pressure chambers 15 and 16 and from the drag presses 17, 18 and 19.
  • the belt conveyor 8 has corresponding pressing elements: at corresponding points.
  • the press gap 9 is confined on both sides by marginal seals 20, and the pressure chambers have sealing elements 21 at corresponding points.
  • vent pipes 23 provided with valves 22.
  • the endless band 10 is touched by sensors 24, which control the valves 22 of the vent pipes 23 by measuring the thickness of the chip mat 25.
  • the chip board manufacturing machine operates so that a pressure of 25 at guage pressure is present in the strewing chamber.
  • the drag press 17 performs preparatory pressing of the chip mat.
  • the pressure chamber 15 containing a pressure 26 at gauge.
  • the pressure in the press gap is 1 at and the differential pressure is at its maximum or 26 at.
  • the pressure acting on the endless band is reduced to 4 at gauge level, which is also the pressure in the pressure chamber 16.
  • constant pressure compression of the chip mat takes place, at which stage the board finally hardens.
  • the overpressure is lowered down to zero in the drag press 19.
  • the chip-preparing machine need not be exactly of the type shown in the drawing. It is essential that a strewing station is employed which has been designed to form a chamber provided with a closable feed aperture, and a continuous action press.
  • the press gap may equally be confined e.g., by one endless band and opposite this a cylinder of large diameter.
  • the number of pressure chambers and drag presses may vary.
  • the feeding of chip material through the feed aperture 4 into the strewing chamber 5 may be arranged as follows. While the tightly closing hatch 7 is closed the hatch 6 is opened and the chip material 1 under atmospheric pressure is conducted into the antechamber between said hatches. After the equally tight hatch 6 has been closed, pressure fluid is conducted from the outside into this chamber so that the same pressure prevails in it as in the strewing chamber 5. It is then possible to open the hatch 7 without causing any harmful change in the pressure of the strewing chamber 5. After the space between the hatches has been emptied, the hatch 7 is closed and the pressure in this chamber is once more lowered to equal the atmospheric pressure, by letting the pressure directly escape from this space, The hatch 6 may now again be opened for another dose of chips.
  • Improvement in a continuous action machine for manufacturing a chip boards consisting of a strewing station for strewing chips to form a mat on a moving surface and of a continuous action press for pressing the chip mat between two moving surfaces in a press gap, at least one of which moving surfaces consists of an endless band, most appropriately a steel band, which is loaded with the aid ofa pressure chamber to be urged against the chip mat to be pressed, the improvement comprising the chip strewing station has been formed to constitute a chamber provided with a closable feed opening, which chamber directly communicates with the press gap provided with marginal seals and into which chamber pressure fluid can be introduced under a pressure which at the most equals the pressure prevailing in the pressure chamber.
  • Machine for manufacturing chip boards according to claim 1, characterized in that the feed aperture of the strewing station has been provided with two consecutive, tightly closing hatches, which are alternatingly opened, whereby the pressure in the strewing chamber cannot escape when chip material is fed through the feed aperture into the strewing chamber.
  • Machine for manufacturing chip boards according to claim 1, characterized in that on both sides of the press gap in the marginal seals there are over the entire length of the press gap at fixed intervals vent pipes provided with valves for regulating the pressure in the press gap at its various points.
  • Machine for manufacturing chip boards according to claim 1 characerized in that the pressure chamber has been divided into a plurality of consecutive chambers in which pressures of different height prevail.
  • Machine for manufacturing chip boards according to claim 1 characterized in that opposite to the end walls and partitions of the chambers drag presses have been placed.
  • valves of the vent pipes in the marginal seals of the press gap are controlled by sensors touching the endless band and which measure the thickness of the chip mat in the press gap.

Landscapes

  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Press Drives And Press Lines (AREA)
  • Dry Formation Of Fiberboard And The Like (AREA)
US00280854A 1971-08-16 1972-08-15 Machine for continuous manufacturing of chip boards Expired - Lifetime US3784340A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FI227871 1971-08-16

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
US3784340A true US3784340A (en) 1974-01-08

Family

ID=8506887

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
US00280854A Expired - Lifetime US3784340A (en) 1971-08-16 1972-08-15 Machine for continuous manufacturing of chip boards

Country Status (3)

Country Link
US (1) US3784340A (de)
CA (1) CA974356A (de)
DE (1) DE2239329A1 (de)

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3885901A (en) * 1973-04-04 1975-05-27 Siempelkamp Gmbh & Co Continuous prepress for fiberboard plant
US3907479A (en) * 1971-08-03 1975-09-23 Wasagchemie Ag Device for the compression of black powder
US3994648A (en) * 1974-06-25 1976-11-30 Kornylak Corporation Endless conveyor spacing control for continuous molding
US4105387A (en) * 1974-05-24 1978-08-08 Eduard Kusters Side sealing means for a continuous press
US20090083877A1 (en) * 2002-07-30 2009-03-26 Christopher Dale Rock Transcription Factors, DNA and Methods for Introduction of Value-Added Seed Traits and Stress Tolerance

Families Citing this family (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3013231C2 (de) * 1980-04-03 1987-01-22 Constructiewerkhuizen De Mets N.V., Kachtem, Izegem Verfahren zum kontinuierlichen Verpressen eines Vlieses sowie Vorrichtung zur Durchführung des Verfahrens
US4456498A (en) * 1982-08-10 1984-06-26 Macmillan Bloedel Limited Microwave applicator for continuous press
DE3411590A1 (de) * 1984-03-29 1985-10-10 G. Siempelkamp Gmbh & Co, 4150 Krefeld Anlage fuer die herstellung einer holzwerkstoffplatte aus einer holzwerkstoffmatte durch pressen und dampfhaertung, insbes. fuer die herstellung von spanplatten, faserplatten u. dgl.
DE3417289A1 (de) * 1984-05-10 1985-11-14 Fa. Theodor Hymmen, 4800 Bielefeld Vorrichtung zum aufbringen einer flaechenpressung auf fortschreitende werkstuecke

Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2310457A (en) * 1938-02-08 1943-02-09 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Manufacture of cellular bodies
US3258513A (en) * 1962-09-05 1966-06-28 Rogers Corp Method of making porous and permeable sheet material
US3383441A (en) * 1966-07-27 1968-05-14 Isoleringsaktiebolaget Wmb Method and apparatus for producing bodies of synthetic thermoplastic material
US3619450A (en) * 1968-02-27 1971-11-09 Laszlo Futo Making of pressed bodies
US3640660A (en) * 1967-10-10 1972-02-08 Albert De Mets Press, particularly for forming fiber plates
US3734668A (en) * 1970-11-18 1973-05-22 Upjohn Co Apparatus for forming urethane foam stock
US3736082A (en) * 1971-11-26 1973-05-29 Basf Ag Steam chamber

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2310457A (en) * 1938-02-08 1943-02-09 Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co Manufacture of cellular bodies
US3258513A (en) * 1962-09-05 1966-06-28 Rogers Corp Method of making porous and permeable sheet material
US3383441A (en) * 1966-07-27 1968-05-14 Isoleringsaktiebolaget Wmb Method and apparatus for producing bodies of synthetic thermoplastic material
US3640660A (en) * 1967-10-10 1972-02-08 Albert De Mets Press, particularly for forming fiber plates
US3619450A (en) * 1968-02-27 1971-11-09 Laszlo Futo Making of pressed bodies
US3734668A (en) * 1970-11-18 1973-05-22 Upjohn Co Apparatus for forming urethane foam stock
US3736082A (en) * 1971-11-26 1973-05-29 Basf Ag Steam chamber

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3907479A (en) * 1971-08-03 1975-09-23 Wasagchemie Ag Device for the compression of black powder
US3885901A (en) * 1973-04-04 1975-05-27 Siempelkamp Gmbh & Co Continuous prepress for fiberboard plant
US4105387A (en) * 1974-05-24 1978-08-08 Eduard Kusters Side sealing means for a continuous press
US3994648A (en) * 1974-06-25 1976-11-30 Kornylak Corporation Endless conveyor spacing control for continuous molding
US20090083877A1 (en) * 2002-07-30 2009-03-26 Christopher Dale Rock Transcription Factors, DNA and Methods for Introduction of Value-Added Seed Traits and Stress Tolerance

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
CA974356A (en) 1975-09-16
DE2239329A1 (de) 1973-02-22

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
US3784340A (en) Machine for continuous manufacturing of chip boards
US4162877A (en) Method and apparatus for consolidating particle board
ES8207289A1 (es) Perfeccionamientos en los elementos hidrostaticos de corte, en especial para cilindros de ajuste de flecha
GB973140A (en) Apparatus for forming shaped articles,such as edible dough products
SE7408383L (de)
DE3800210C2 (de) Vorrichtung zur Abdichtung einer Druckmedium enthaltenden Kammer
ES413423A1 (es) Dispositivo de prensa de funcionamiento continuo para la fabricacion de placas, tales como placas de virutas, placas de fibras o similares.
ATE27120T1 (de) Bandpresse und druckkissen.
FI67509B (fi) Kontinuerligt arbetande skivpress
NO137932B (no) Fremgangsm}te til varmpressing av plater av materialer som inneholder lignocellulose
GB1573099A (en) Apparatus for the manufacture of insulating products
JPS57169326A (en) Manufacturing apparatus of information recording medium
CA2096461A1 (fr) Dispositif d'emboutissage de materiaux en feuille sur une matrice de formage en materiau elastique
JP2000052322A (ja) 成形部分を製造するための装置
FR2528325B1 (de)
US3956058A (en) Multiple-piston press for synthetic-resin coating of large surface-area workpieces
US2388392A (en) Ironing apparatus
EP0080719A3 (en) A bale press and method for compressing waste material into bales
US2005260A (en) Press mechanism
GB1384080A (en) Pressing and baling apparatus
ATE8118T1 (de) Presse.
SU419407A1 (de)
ES476176A1 (es) Prensa para desaguar parcialmente, en especial para cuero y piel.
GB1435358A (en) Method and a press for the production of ceramic tiles
GB1509968A (en) Baling presses and methods for producing bales of compressed material