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Method and apparatus for control of the dry-line on a fourdrinier paper machine

CA 1296099 C · Owner: Niemi, Ulla · Inventors: Niemi, Antti

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The method and apparatus automate the observation of the dry line on the wire of the Fourdrinier paper machine on whose visual observation by eye the conventional control of the paper machine is based. In the invention the position of the, dry line and its such values which deviate from normal and, the quantities which express its form are reproduced to the, operator repeatedly. In order to carry out this it is formed, as one essential feature of the invention the image of the, plane of the wire with an opto-electric camera and the electric, discrete image information is transmitted into a computer. While the conventional observation of the dry line is based on reflections from the pulp …

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  • Granted February 18, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 18, 2009.
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FiledJanuary 27, 1988
GrantedFebruary 18, 1992
Term endedFebruary 18, 2009
Patent numberCA 1296099 C
Classification (IPC)G01N21/25

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1989199219951998200120042007Application filedJan 27, 1988Patent grantedFeb 18, 1992Term endedFeb 18, 2009

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