Abstract: Screw feeders are disclosed including a conical feed screw rotatably disposed in a conical screw tube, and a drive shaft mounted at one end of the conical feed screw with a pair of bearings mounting the drive shaft, a fixed ring mounted on the drive shaft, and an axially adjustable sleeve mounted on the drive shaft, with the pair of bearings disposed between the fixed ring and the axially adjustable sleeve in order for the pair of bearings to be pretensioned therebetween.

Abstract: Apparatus for refining lignocellulose material is disclosed including two relatively rotatable refining disks separated by a refining gap which includes an inner radial portion and an outer angular portion, with the refiner elements mounted on the outer angular portions of the refiner disks including at least one wing projecting from the rotatable refining disk adjacent to the inner radial refining gap and with the stationary refining disk including a concave surface at the inlet portion so that the lignocellulose material being processed is thrown against the concave surface during its transition from the inner radial refining gap to the outer angular refining gap.

Abstract: Refining apparatus is disclosed including a pair of relatively rotatable refining disks including radial refining bars extending along at least part of the refining gap between those disks, and at least one of the refining bars comprising a sensor bar including strain gauges for sensing the load exerted thereon during refining at a number of points along the sensor bar.

Abstract: Apparatus for refining fibrous material comprising first and second opposed refining disks, at least one of said first and second opposed refining disks being rotatable, a rotary shaft for rotatably mounting said at least one of said first and second opposed refining disks, a bearing housing for mounting said rotary shaft, a stand for stationary mounting of said bearing housing, said bearing housing including first and second bearings supporting said rotary shaft, said first bearing for at least carrying axial forces from said at least one of said first and second opposed refining disks and said second bearing for at least carrying radial forces therein, first and second bearing seats axially movable within said bearing housing, each of said first and second bearings being rigidly mounted in said first and second bearing seats, and prestressing structure mounted between said first and second bearing seats.

Abstract: A bearing system in a refiner for making pulp, where the raw material is refined in a refining gap between at least one pair of refining members (22, 24) rotating relative to one another, where at least one of said refining members (24) is supported by an axially movable and rotary shaft (26 ). The bearing system comprises a combined hydrostatic/hydrodynamic axial bearing arrangement and consists of a cylindric housing (32) with at least one rotary cylindric piston (30), which is mounted on the rotary shaft (26) for rotating together with the same. At least one outer and one inner concentric ring cylinder (200, 202 and, respectively, 210, 212) are arranged to abut one of the end surfaces of the rotary piston (30), so that a sealing gap is formed.