Ytbehandling för att motverka uppbyggning : Undersökning av olika ytbehandlingsmetoder och material för applikation i en mjukpappersmaskin

Sammanfattning: This exam report includes a survey of surface treatment materials and their associated surface treatment methods for application in a tissue machine commissioned by Valmet AB. The tissue machine produces 24 hours a day in a demanding environment consisting of water, heat, oils, glue, dust and various chemicals. The demanding environment makes it difficult to maintain the machine clean due to the limited access at various machine parts when the machine is operating, which can lead to both personal risks and risks for production stoppages. These factors form the basis for the build-ups that takes place at various machine parts. Mostly, it’s about paper fibres that either are loose and dry or clustered into lumps. They also appear as lumps of fibres held together by oil, glues or other chemicals. Over time, they can loosen and, in the worst case, are due to breakages and production failures. The build-ups can also destroy the function of moving machine parts or lead to corrosion. The commission was assigned by Bengt O Andersson and Mickey Lindevall at Valmet AB. The project was conducted as the examining part in the course Degree Project for the Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, MSGC17, at the faculty of health, science and technology at Karlstad university. The project was carried out individually by a student at the Bachelor of Science program in Mechanical Engineering at Karlstad university. This degree project has taken precedence where the previous degree project at Valmet AB completed its work. The previous degree project has served as a reference document in this report to work out a requirement specification and identifying machine parts that are desired to undergo some form of surface treatment. The acting environments that exist at the various machine parts that are desired to be surface treated have also been examined from the previous degree project. This report has taken a different approach compared to the previous thesis work and is instead directed towards finding suitable surface treatment materials and associated application methods using the material database, CES EduPack. The purpose of the degree project has been to present suitable surface treatment materials and associated surface treatment methods. These are to solve the existing problems, thus facilitating cleaning and maintenance of the tissue machine. To achieve this, a list of suitable materials and associated surface treatment methods has been presented. From this list, conclusions are drawn to find as good surface treatment materials and its associated application methods as possible. With these, the problem should be eliminated or reduced drastically for the number of build-ups regarding the treated machine parts. The objective for this project thesis has been to analyse and proposing suitable methods and materials for surface treatments. With the chosen method and material for the surface treatment, the surfaces upon application are to achieve such properties that build-ups do not adhere to them. The project also contains a requirement specification that has been translated into restriction terms that all investigated material candidates have had to fulfil to be classified as suitable material candidates. The report has also taken a stand to the literature and theory available in the subject area to further investigate what materials are currently used in similar industrial applications. The information that has been processed has, in a final phase, been used as a basis for the list of suitable surface treatment materials and their associated surface treatment methods presented in the report.