Patent ID: 6699164
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: D21G,F16C

Abstract:
A method for providing a roll (1) for a paper machine with sliding bearings, the roll comprising a stationary roll axle (3) and a tubular roll mantle (2) arranged to revolve around it, to which roll is applied a radial external load (F) in at least one direction, in which method the roll mantle (2) is supported on the roll axle (3) by means of hydraulic sliding bearing members (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b; 25, 28; 40a, 40b) which are arranged to accomplish radial fitting with bearings of the roll mantle in the loading direction and in the lateral direction with respect to it, and the axial fitting with bearings of the roll mantle, and which sliding bearing members are loaded by means of a hydraulic medium, the feed of which to the sliding bearing members is controlled by means of control valves (6; 30; 40), wherein when the load (F) is applied to the sliding bearing member (4a, 4b ) effective in the loading direction, the loading force applied to the sliding bearing member (4a, 4b ) subject to an external load due to the loading is compensated for automatically, without an external control instruction, by means of the movement of a stem (60) of a control valve (6) of the sliding bearing member (4a, 4b ) subject to loading, the said control valve (6) bringing about a rapid increase in the pressure of the hydraulic medium in the sliding bearing member (4a, 4b ), subject to the external load, at the same time as the pressure of the medium supplied to the sliding bearing member located radially on the opposite side of the roll axle (3) in the loading direction is adjusted to a certain minimum value, whereby the bearings of the roll mantle are rendered so as to be essentially without stroke.