Abstract: A circular saw blade is divided into sectors through slots extending from the periphery toward the hub part so that adjacent sectors have appreciably different natural frequencies. The sectors damp one another's vibration so that the blade's function is stabilized.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for edge-trimming a board by means of an edger having two cutter heads adjustable in relation to each other in which the cutter heads are arranged to be movable in a direction transverse to the movement of the board while it is passing the edger. The movement of the cutter heads is controlled in such a manner that a trimmed board of optimum width is obtained.

Abstract: A method for extinguishing fires which is particularly suited for extinguishing burning liquids. The area of the fire is covered by granulated or chopped mineral wool which is spread out over the fire in a sufficiently thick layer. The apparatus for carrying out the method consists of a blower which is provided with knives by means of which the mineral wool may be granulated. The apparatus can be used for removing the mineral wool after the fire has been extinguished.

Abstract: A positioning device for transferring a plurality of carriages or the like into desired positions along a guide, and for holding the carriages in said positions, said device having at least one transfer bar extending along the guide and being movable reciprocally within certain end positions and each carriage having a locking mechanism which, in one condition, locks the carriage to the transfer bar for movement therewith and, in another condition, locks the carriage to the guide, wherein said locking mechanism comprises two pistons movable axially in relation to each other and provided with means for engagement with the guide and with the transfer bar respectively, a pressure medium channel leading to a space between said pistons and one of the pistons being provided with spring means so that with no pressure medium applied said one piston is forced into engagement by the spring force while, upon application of pressure between the pistons, said one piston is released and the other piston forced into its enga

Abstract: The width of a piece of timber, such as a board is measured with a device including a laser tube emitting laser beam to be reflected by a rotatable mirror polyhedron and a parabolic reflector into a direction along the board, mirror rasters being provided at intervals along the board so as to reflect laser beam pulses onto the board, each raster including a group of mirrors reflecting the beam pulses onto spots of the board that are spaced apart laterally across the board, and detecting means being provided for receiving the pulses reflected from the board surface in order to obtain information about the board width. Preferably, the pulses received by the detectors are transferred to a computer which calculates, in a manner known per se, the optimal sawing width for the board. Instead of the reflector, lens means may be used for directing the beam along the board.

Abstract: A process for bleaching cellulose pulp with molecular oxygen under alkaline conditions and at an elevated temperature in a bleaching zone is disclosed in which oxygen gas is dispersed into an alkaline bleaching solution under an increased pressure, the oxygen-containing, alkaline bleaching solution is heated to at least the elevated bleaching temperature, the pressure of the hot, oxygen-containing, alkaline bleaching solution is lowered to the pressure prevailing in the bleaching zone, and the hot, oxygen-containing, alkaline bleaching solution is brought, in the bleaching zone, into contact with the cellulose pulp to bleach the latter with the oxygen gas released from the bleaching solution.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying pulp, wherein the pulp is pre-dried to 60 to 70%, disintegrated and then formed into a layer of fibres on a moving wire which is dried by passing hot air through it to achieve a dryness of 90%. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention the layer of fibres is cooled by air compressed by press rolls after which it is cut into sheets which are piled into bales.

Abstract: A controlled deflection roll comprising an inner shaft and an outer roll shell which is attached to the shaft at its middle where the deflection of the roll shell can be eliminated by supporting forces generated by hydraulic pressure applied on balls disposed in radial borings in pressure means located at the ends of the roll shell.

Abstract: A rider roll assembly in a winder for winding webs of paper or other webs, by means of which a load can be applied on the wound web roll during the winding operation. The rider roll arrangement comprises a movable transversal load beam and one or several load rolls. In order to prevent vibration of the load roll or rolls, the roll or rolls are connected to the load beam by vibration absorbing means.

Abstract: A process for the recovery of chemicals from the waste liquors of sulfate cellulose digestion and from the waste waters of bleaching, wherein a melt from a soda-ash roaster, mainly containing sodium sulfide and sodium carbonate, but also sodium chloride, is dissolved and clarified to produce green liquor containing carbonate, sulfide and chlorides is dissolved. The carbonate is separated from the sulfide and the chlorides, at least part of the sodium chloride is separated from the sulfide in solution, at least part of the carbonate is causticized into hydroxide, and the hydroxide and sulfide in solutions is mixed together in a ratio suitable to form a digestion solution with a desired sulfide content.

Abstract: Liquids which, when dilute, tend to froth during mixing or boiling are evaporated in an evaporator by feeding the entire liquid quantity to be evaporated into the evaporator, bringing only part of it in indirect heat exchange contact with a hot medium to concentrate the liquid, recycling part of the concentrated liquid to the heat exchange to prevent frothing of the liquid to be evaporated, and withdrawing the vaporized portion and the concentrated liquid from the evaporator.

Abstract: A process for washing a cellulose pulp from alkali digestion, wherein the pulp is fed into a multistage washing system comprising several countercurrently coupled washers, acid is added to a washing solution, the acidified fiber suspension is fed further to the following stage wherein the acidified solution is replaced in the fiber suspension by washing water, and the filtrate obtained from this stage is used after acidification at least partially as a washing solution at the previous stage. The acid is added at a stage when the concentration of the dissolved organic substances is at a value that detrimental precipitation of the organic substances is prevented.

Abstract: A method and device for manufacturing a continuous material of elongated fibrous particles from a suspension of the fibrous articles with a concentration at least twice as high as the sediment concentration of the fibrous particles, in which the highly concentrated suspension is distributed and deflected in a chamber before the suspension is passed to a decay channel from which the suspension is deposited, is disclosed wherein the suspension is exposed in an intermediate forming channel between the chamber and the outlet channel to a plurality of changes of direction to change the direction which in turn contributes to the local variations of the fibre concentration in the suspension becoming more even.

Abstract: In a lighting fitting having a closed construction wherein the inner spaces of the various parts communicated with each other said inner spaces are connected to the surrounding space through a filter containing filter elements retaining dust and other particles and filter elements adsorbing gases.

Abstract: In combination with a scaffolding a plurality of sheets of plastic having bead portions, profiles surrounding the bead portions of each two abutting sheet edges thereby securing the sheets to each other. A plurality of attachment members partly surrounds the profiles and holds the profiles in related assembly with the scaffolding.

Abstract: A current collector to be engaged with a conductor rail and specifically to desired conductors thereof, which collector comprises a box-like frame of an insulating material, in which at least three contact fingers are movably arranged so that at least two of said fingers may be brought simultaneously from a retracted position inside the frame to a position protruding from the frame to engage the conductors in the conductor rail, said fingers being operated by a camshaft member slidable in its axial direction and turnable around its axis and provided with cams to engage the fingers, the cams being so positioned that, at turning of the camshaft member, a desired pair of contact fingers, depending on the axial position of the camshaft member, is brought into contact with the corresponding conductors of the conductor rail. Preferably, the collector frame further comprises a turning lever connected to and allowing axial movement of the camshaft member.

Abstract: A dewatering device for paper machines is disclosed as comprising a supporting member adapted to be attached substantially transversally below the horizontal paper machine wire and a water removal blade to be fitted in its longitudinal direction on top of the supporting member, the supporting member having means which supports the water removal blade and locking means, as well as means for moving the supporting and locking means in relation to each other in vertical direction so that the lower part of the dewatering blade can be pressed between the supporting and the locking means.

Abstract: Wood pulp is delignified and bleached with oxygen in the presence of a mixture of an alkali, a magnesium compound and TEA.

Abstract: A method and device for the continuous mixing and removal of pulverous or fragmentary material from a container, such as a silo or the like, so that the various layers of material simultaneously become mixed with each other, in which case material is removed at a level below the feeding level, essentially over the entire silo width, the material being removed so that its sinking rate in the silo increases towards the line between the feeding and the removal points in order to slant the material layers towards the said line so that the material can be removed in a controlled manner from the slanted layers by means of a removal member or members directed across the layers.