Patents by Inventor Matti Innala

Matti Innala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7799171
    Abstract: A method and a system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel (30), when, in the forming of a material web reel (30), a web is reeled around a reeling core and when in an adjustment of CD-directional profiles of the web reel, profiling devices (8) have been applied. For adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web, profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reel-up (2). A measuring device (40) for a measuring of a CD-directional hardness profile of the fiber web reel includes a measuring head (43), which is connected with a loading means (41, 42), which loads the measuring head against the fiber web reel. The motion course of the measuring head is linear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Tapio Mäenpää, Jari Tiitta, Petteri Lannes, Rami Vanninen, Tatu Pitkänen, Heikki Kettunen, Matti Innala, John Shakespeare, Toni Heikkilä, Topi Tynkkynen, Teppo Kojo, Risto Mäkinen, Marko Tiilikainen, Matti M. Kemppainen
  • Patent number: 7584674
    Abstract: A method for measuring a nip pressure and/or a pressure profile is provided, wherein a nip-forming roll is fitted with a pressure sensor under a coating layer which is protective and functions as a spring on top of the sensor, and the nip pressure delivers to the bottom surface of the coating a deformation proportional to the nip pressure and the deformation compresses the sensor, which responds to the deformation by generating an electric signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Matti Innala, Tatu Pitkänen, Petteri Lannes, Topi Tynkkynen, Petri Päivä, Marko Tiilikainen
  • Patent number: 7444862
    Abstract: A method and a roll for measuring a tension profile is provided. The roll has planted on its surface a spirally helical pressure-sensitive film sensor, such as an EMFi pressure-sensitive film sensor, which makes contact with a web obliquely and which, co-directionally with the web, has a measuring range which is substantially equal to or shorter than a web overlap angle when the roll is used for measuring a lateral tension profile of the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Matti Innala, Jorma Kinnunen, Jussi Koskelainen, Tatu Pitkänen, Petteri Lannes, Markus Nylund, Marko Tiilikainen, Jyrki Saloniemi, Reijo Huuskonen
  • Publication number: 20080034880
    Abstract: A method and a roll for measuring a tension profile is provided. The roll has planted on its surface a spirally helical pressure gauge sensor, such as an EMFi pressure gauge sensor, which makes contact with a web obliquely and which, co-directionally with the web, has a measuring range which is substantially equal to or shorter than a web overlap angle when the roll is used for measuring a lateral tension profile of the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Matti Innala, Jorma Kinnunen, Jussi Koskelainen, Tatu Pitkanen, Petteri Lannes, Markus Nylund, Marko Tiilikainen, Jyrki Saloniemi, Reijo Huuskonen
  • Publication number: 20080022764
    Abstract: A method for measuring a nip pressure and/or a pressure profile is provided, wherein a nip-forming roll is fitted with a pressure sensor under a coating layer which is protective and functions as a spring on top of the sensor, and the nip pressure delivers to the bottom surface of the coating a deformation proportional to the nip pressure and the deformation compresses the sensor, which responds to the deformation by generating an electric signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Matti Innala, Tatu Pitkanen, Petteri Lannes, Topi Tynkkynen, Petri Paiva, Marko Tiilikainen
  • Publication number: 20080017341
    Abstract: A method and a system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel (30), when, in the forming of a material web reel (30), a web is reeled around a reeling core and when in an adjustment of CD-directional profiles of the web reel, profiling devices (8) have been applied. For adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web, profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reel-up (2). A measuring device (40) for a measuring of a CD-directional hardness profile of the fiber web reel includes a measuring head (43), which is connected with a loading means (41, 42), which loads the measuring head against the fiber web reel. The motion course of the measuring head is linear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: METSO PAPER, INC.
    Inventors: Tapio Maenpaa, Jari Tiitta, Petteri Lannes, Rami Vanninen, Tatu Pitkanen, Heikki Kettunen, Matti Innala, John Shakespeare, Toni Heikkila, Topi Tynkkynen, Teppo Kojo, Risto Makinen, Marko Tiilikainen, Matti Kemppainen
  • Publication number: 20050098289
    Abstract: In a paper or paperboard machine measurements are conducted with at least one measurement means attached to an element in the paper or paperboard machine. The measurement means has two surfaces made of electrically conductive material and has insulating material between them. The change in the capacitance between the surfaces made of conductive material is measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: Tatu Pitkanen, Topi Tynkkynen, Ilkka Rata, Heikki Seppa, Matti Innala, Petteri Lannes, Risto Kauhanen
  • Patent number: 6629659
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reeling or winding of a web in which one or more factors affecting the web in the reeling or winding process are controlled by means of measurement data in order to affect the quality of the reel or roll formed in the reeling or winding process. The is measurement data used is the web tension profile of the web brought into the reeling. The web tension profile is measured by means of a measuring device from which the web tension profile data is transmitted to a data processing unit which adjusts the factors affecting the web during reeling or winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Metso Paper, Inc.
    Inventors: Matti Innala, Teppo Kojo, Mika Tammenoja