Sheeting dryers

Fluid bed dryer Sheet dryer Sampling cup (see Fig. 12-20) Collect at end of dryer. Increase speed to change the drying time. Record initial moisture and mass of tray with time. Decrease residence time with higher flow rate and sample at exit. Residence time of product is difficult to determine and change. Special probes have been developed to sample partially dried powder in different places within the dryer (ref Langrish). 

A fume hood is constructed in the manner shown in figure 6. Strike drew the frame as being made of lumber but it can be made of rebar or, preferably, from PVC pipes and joints so that it can be assembled and disassembled with ease. The frame is enclosed with plastic drop cloths or any semiclear plastic sheeting. The front face of the hood is halfway covered with plastic while the bottom half is exposed to allow one to move objects in or out and to manipulate things. On top of the chamber is attached some clothes dryer duct or some such crap which is led to a leaf blower or blower motor. The exhaust from the blower is led away to the outside. 

Cmmbles are formed by grinding pellets to the desired sizes. Specialty feeds such as flakes can be made by mnning newly manufactured pellets through a press or through use of a double dmm dryer. The latter type of flakes begin as a slurry of feed ingredients and water. When the slurry is pressed between the hot rollers of the double dmm dryer, wafer thin sheets of dry feed are produced that are then broken into small pieces. The different colors observed in some tropical fish foods represent a mixture of flakes, each of which contains one or more different additives that impart color. 

Other Disposable Applications. There are many other disposable appHcations for spunbonded fabrics including fiber bale wrap, metal core wrap, wipes, and clothes dryer fabric softener sheets. 

A reverse-wipe appHcation is seen ia the clothes dryer fabric softener sheet whereia the spunbonded fabric is coated with a complex combination of compounds that are released iato the environment of a hot clothes dryer to soften and perfume the clothes, as weU as provide an antistatic quaHty. The spunbonded sheet, which must be made of polyester or nylon for temperature resistance, provides a simple and cost-effective medium to store the chemical compounds prior to release ia the dryer. 

Fig. 7. The vat machine. A, last cylinder taking up slurry from the surrounding vat B, extractor C, perforated cylinder containing D, a stationary water extractor E, press F, supply of slurry x, paper on its way to the dryers jy, multiple wet paper sheet coming from preceding cylinders (15).

Sheet Drying. At a water content of ca 1.2—1.9 parts of water per part of fiber, additional water removal by mechanical means is not feasible and evaporative drying must be employed. This is at best an efficient but cosdy process and often is the production botdeneck of papermaking. The dryer section most commonly consists of a series of steam-heated cylinders. Alternate sides of the wet paper are exposed to the hot surface as the sheet passes from cylinder to cylinder. In most cases, except for heavy board, the sheet is held closely against the surface of the dryers by fabrics of carefuUy controUed permeabiHty to steam and air. Heat is transferred from the hot cylinder to the wet sheet, and water evaporates. The water vapor is removed by way of elaborate air systems. Most dryer sections are covered with hoods for coUection and handling of the air, and heat recovery is practiced in cold climates. The final moisture content of the dry sheet usually is 4—10 wt %. 

Other types of dryers may be employed for special products or situations. For example, the Yankee dryer, a steam-heated cylinder, 3.7—6.1 m dia, dries the sheet from one side only. It is used extensively for tissues, particularly where creping is accompHshed as the sheet leaves the dryer, and to produce machine-gla2ed papers where intimate contact with the poHshed dryer surface produces a high gloss finish on the contact side. 

Fabric Softening. The use of quaternary surfactants as fabric softeners and static control agents can be broken down into three main household product types rinse cycle softeners tumble dryer sheets and detergents containing softeners, also known as softergents. Rinse cycle softeners... 

Contact Dryers. Coatings on webs as well as sheets of newly formed paper can be dried by contacting the web around the surface of a heated dmm. Thus conduction is used to transfer the heat. Dmms can also be used to rapidly cool warm extmded films, to increase the viscosity, and soHdify the film. 

Gas impingement from slots, orifices, and nozzles at 10—100 m/s velocities is used for drying sheets, films, coatings (qv), and thin slabs, and as a secondary heat source on dmm dryers and paper (qv) machine cans. The general relationship for convection heat transfer is (13,14) ... 

After being removed from the neutralizing solution, the ware is transferred to a dryer maintained at about 110—120°C that has good air circulation. This ensures quick and complete drying without msting of the metal. After being dried, the sheet ware is ready for apphcation of enamel. 

Cylinder Heat-Transfer Units Sometimes called can dryers or drying rolls, these devices are differentiated from drum diyers in that they are used for solids in flexible continuous-sheet form, whereas drum dryers are used for liquid or paste forms. The construction of the individual cyhnders, or drums, is similar in most respec ts to that of drum diyers. Special designs are used to obtain uniform distribution of steam within large drums when uniform heating across the drum surface is critical. 

The value of the coefficient of heat transfer from steam to sheet is determined by the conditions prevailiug on the inside and on the surface of the dryers. Low coefficients may be caused by (1) poor removal of air or other noncoudeusables from the steam in the cyhn-ders, (2) poor removal of condensate, (3) accumulation of oil or rust on the interior of the drums, and (4) accumulation of a fiber lint on the outer surface of the drums. In a test reported by Lewis et al. [Pulp Pap. Mag. Can., 22 (Februaiy 1927)] on a sulfite-paper diyer, in which the actual sheet temperatures were measured, a value of 187 W/(m °C) [33 Btu/(h ft" °F)j was obtained for the coefficient of heat flow between the steam and the paper sheet. 

Cylinder dryers for continuous sheets such os paper, cellophane, textile piece goods. Cylir>ders ore generally steom-heoted, ond rotate... 

Type of dryer tions, extracts, milk, blood, waste liquors, rubber latex, etc. gents, calcium carbonate, bentonite, clay sbp, lead concentrates, etc. trifuged sobds, starch, etc. dry. Examples centrifuged precipitates, pigments, clay, cement. ores, potato strips, synthetic rubber. objects, rayon skeins, lumber. sheets. her sheets. 

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