PORE REMOVAL FROM SCREEN DEVICES TO INCREASE FLOW UNIFORMITY

• Main Authors: Shepherd, Matthew A, BRIDEN, John Joseph
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.08.2023
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON; PAPER-MAKING; PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TEXTILES; TRANSPORTING; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor that may access information about a screen device having pores, in which the screen device is to be employed to filter liquid from a slurry composed of the liquid and material elements to form a part from the material elements. The processor may also access information about a main body, in which the main body is to support the screen device during formation of the part and has a plurality of openings that are larger than the pores in the screen device. The processor may identify, based on relative locations of the pores and the openings, pores that are to be removed from the screen device to increase uniformity of liquid flow through the pores across the screen device and may modify the accessed information about the screen device to remove the identified pores from the screen device.