System Dynamics of the Open-Draw With Web Adhesion: Particle Approach

Abstract

In the present work we propose a particle approach, which is designed to treat complex mechanics and dynamics of the open-draw sections that are still present in many of today’s paper machines. First, known steady-state continuous solutions are successfully reproduced. However, it is shown that since the boundary conditions depend on the solution itself, the solutions for web strain and web path in the open-draw section are generally time-dependent. With a certain set of system parameters, the nonsteady solutions are common. A temporal fluctuation of Young’s modulus, for example, destabilizes the system irreversibly, resulting in the continuous growth of web strain, i.e., break. Finally we exemplify with some strategic draw countermeasures how to prevent a dangerous evolution in the web strain.