A different approach to a paper machine retrofit

Author

Bengston, Robert O. ; Preusser, Fred M.

Author_Institution

Green Bay Packaging, Morrilton, AR, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

3-7 June 1991

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

193

Abstract

Digital control of drive equipment has provided unique opportunities to utilize silicon-controlled rectifier DC-drive systems. It is shown that an economical, functional, and reliable system can be obtained by selecting new modern digital components and logic controls to upgrade an operating drive section. The authors describe the selection process, changes that took place in the design of a system, retrofitting of the new equipment to reusable machine drives, and the installation. The machine start-up and the operation of the equipment after the changeover have provided verification that combining existing DC section electric drives with new digital controllers can be an economic alternative.<>

Keywords

DC motors; digital control; electric drives; maintenance engineering; paper industry; thyristor applications; SCR DC drive systems; digital control; logic controls; machine start-up; paper machine retrofit; Control systems; Digital control; Environmental economics; Logic; Paper making machines; Power generation economics; Thyristors; Transformers; Wire; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference, 1991., Conference Record of 1991 Annual

Conference_Location

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAPCON.1991.239650

Filename

239650