Fiber processing device, fibrous feedstock recycling device, and control method of a fiber processing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11390992-B2
Application number	US-201916250638-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2019
Priority date	Jan 18, 2018
Publication date	Jul 19, 2022
Grant date	Jul 19, 2022

Abstract

Variation in the thickness of accumulated material is suppressed when material containing fiber is dispersed by the sieve and accumulated. A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a drum that sieves defibrated material containing fiber, a first web former that accumulates first screened material discharged from the drum, and a processor that processes a first web accumulated in the first web former. During processing by the processor, the mesh belt operates at a first speed. When operation starts with the drum not operating, a startup operation including the mesh belt operating at a higher speed than the first speed in a first period after the drum starts is executed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fiber processing device comprising:
a sieve having a plurality of first openings and configured to rotate and screen material containing fiber, the screened material being discharged through the plurality of first openings;
an accumulator configured to accumulate the material discharged from the sieve, the accumulator including a mesh belt having a plurality of second openings,
wherein components of the material discharged from the sieve that are larger than the plurality of second openings in the mesh belt accumulate on the mesh belt;
a processor configured to process the material accumulated on the mesh belt; and
a controller comprising a central processing unit (CPU), the controller being programmed to control the accumulator to operate at a first speed during processing by the processor, wherein
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, the controller is programmed to execute a startup operation including a state in which the controller is programmed to control the accumulator to operate at a higher speed than the first speed in a first period after the sieve starts,
in the first period, the accumulator is configured to maintain a state of operating at a higher speed than the first speed, and
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, before the sieve starts, an operating speed of the accumulator is configured to accelerate to a higher speed than the first speed, and in a second period after acceleration ends, a state in which the accumulator is configured to operate at a higher speed than the first speed is maintained.

2. The fiber processing device described in claim 1 , wherein
the accumulator has a receiver on which the material can accumulate in a sheet, and the receiver is configured to move on a circulating path.

3. The fiber processing device described in claim 1 , wherein
during processing by the processor, the accumulator is configured to operate at the first speed, and in the first period, the accumulator is configured to maintain a state of operating at a second speed that is greater than the first speed.

4. The fiber processing device described in claim 1 , wherein
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, the startup operation executes with the material in the sieve.

5. The fiber processing device described in claim 1 , wherein
the sieve is a cylinder, the plurality of first openings are disposed in an outside surface of the sieve, and the sieve is configured to rotate on an axis of the cylinder.

6. A fibrous feedstock recycling device comprising:
a refiner configured to refine material containing fiber;
a sieve having a plurality of first openings and configured to rotate and screen refined material acquired from the refiner, the screened refined material being discharged through the plurality of first openings;
an accumulator configured to accumulate the refined material discharged from the sieve, the accumulator including a mesh belt having a plurality of second openings,
wherein components of the material discharged from the sieve that are larger than the plurality of second openings in the mesh belt accumulate on the mesh belt;
a processor configured to process the refined material accumulated on the mesh belt; and
a controller comprising a central processing unit (CPU), the controller being programmed to control the accumulator to operate at a first speed during processing by the processor, wherein
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, the controller is programmed to execute a startup operation including a state in which the controller is programmed to control the accumulator to operate at a higher speed than the first speed in a first period after the sieve starts,
in the first period, the accumulator is configured to maintain a state of operating at a higher speed than the first speed, and
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, before the sieve starts, an operating speed of the accumulator is configured to accelerate to a higher speed than the first speed, and in a second period after acceleration ends, a state in which the accumulator is configured to operate at a higher speed than the first speed is maintained.

7. A fiber processing device comprising:
a sieve having a plurality of first openings and configured to rotate and screen material containing fiber, the screened material being discharged through the plurality of first openings;
an accumulator configured to accumulate the material discharged from the sieve, the accumulator including a mesh belt having a plurality of second openings,
wherein components of the material discharged from the sieve that are larger than the plurality of second openings in the mesh belt accumulate on the mesh belt, the accumulator including a receiver on which the material can accumulate in a sheet, the receiver moving on a circulating path;
a processor configured to process the material accumulated on the mesh belt;
a driver configured to operate the accumulator to convey the material accumulated on the accumulator to the processor; and
a controller comprising a central processing unit (CPU), the controller being programmed to control the accumulator to operate at a first speed during processing by the processor, wherein
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, the controller is programmed to execute a startup operation including a state in which the controller is programmed to control the accumulator to operate at a higher speed than the first speed in a first period after the sieve starts,
in the first period, the accumulator is configured to maintain a state of operating at a higher speed than the first speed, and
when starting from a state in which the sieve is stopped, before the sieve starts, an operating speed of the accumulator is configured to accelerate to a higher speed than the first speed, and in a second period after acceleration ends, a state in which the accumulator is configured to operate at a higher speed than the first speed is maintained.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Oguchi Yuki
• Seo Soichiro

Classifications

• D21B1/10

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• D21F9/00

  Complete machines for making continuous webs of paper · CPC title

• D21D1/20

  Methods of refining · CPC title

• D21D5/06

  Rotary screen-drums · CPC title

• D21C5/02 Primary

  Working-up waste paper (mechanical part D21B1/08, D21B1/32) · CPC title