How to choose

the right shower / oscillator

STAMM High-Pressure Cleaning Requirements: Oscillating Devices oscillator and the shower
Nozzle-Spray Showers • Effective, gentle and streak- Lechler offers a wide variety bearing, no harmful transverse
with STAMM Oscillators free cleaning of wires, felts of STAMM oscillator types: forces can act on the oscillator
and rolls • Pneumatic oscillators (piston rod or thrust pipe).
The cleaning and • Nozzles with high quality jets 10.170 S, 10.363
conditioning of wires, • Nozzle flow rates • Electro-mechanical oscillator • A cardanic bearing on the
felts, and rolls is of critical in accordance with 10.200 E oscillator side and a spherical
importance in paper specifications • Oil-hydraulic oscillator bearing at the counter-
manufacturing. Sufficient • Minimum water consumption 10.591 S with micro-flow bearing compensate for pipe
dewatering and sheet • Low energy consumption control valve deflection on all planes (i.e.
formation can only be • Optimum operational safety • Linear oscillator weight of the shower and
assured if wires, felts, and and availability 10.510 LSE-R with double nozzle recoil forces).
rolls are clean. STAMM high- • Low maintenance and service screw spindle • Rapid exchange of oscillator
pressure showers guarantee requirements • Oil-hydraulic oscillator units, for maintenance work,
efficient cleaning. 10.691 S with electronic can be done while the paper
High-Pressure Shower control unit machine is running; the
With more than 80,000 Locations: • Oil-hydraulic oscillator shower pipe remains within
showers delivered to date • Forming wires 10.403 (reversing cylinder) the bearing.
— including more than 7,500 • Press felts • Linear oscillator • All parts that come into
oscillating showers — STAMM • Forming rolls 10.510 EC with electronic contact with pulp or water
has developed a mature • Suction and press rolls control unit are made of corrosion-proof
design that surpasses the • Dryer screens materials.
high requirements of the The oscillator and shower • All electrical drives have
paper industry. STAMM high- High-Pressure shower bearing form a compact a protective system
pressure showers with STAMM features: system. As a result of the
oscillating devices have proven • Shower sizes: 2", 2 1/2", 3", patented arrangement of the
successful for years on the 4", 5", and 6"
world’s largest and fastest • All stainless steel
paper machines. construction. (Special
materials are available upon
request.)
• Needle jet nozzles (standard
or with ruby orifice) or flat jet
nozzles
• Interchangeable nozzle plates
• Optional cleaning device (The
device may be automated.)
• Stainless steel bushings
• “Tube in tube” designs

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 Installation Locations of High-Pressure Showers Technical data for high- Felt cleaning
pressure showers for
Wire cleaning wire cleaning:
Install the shower close to the wire return in the vicinity of a fixed Nozzle size (Ø):
guide roll. 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0 mm

Nozzle Pitch:
2", 4", and 8" (stroke = 8")
3", 6", and 12" (stroke = 12")

Distance: nozzle/wire High pressure (1) and low

4" – 6" pressure (2) showers for the
cleaning, conditioning, and
moistening of the felt are
installed on the paper side
in front of the felt suction
• Single wires and compound wires – clean from the running side boxes. The showers are
300 to 450 psi
usually installed in a tandem
arrangement and moved by
a single oscillating device.
The spraying jet of the high-
Water Pressure: pressure shower is either
Up to 450 psi (higher pressure directed vertically onto the felt
may damage the wire) or slightly inclined against the
running direction.

• Double and multi-layer wires – clean from the paper side

• The jet is directed into a guide roll

• High-pressure shower with suction box on the inside, for top and
bottom wires, will reduce mist.
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Technical data for high- Technical data for high- Technical data for high- Calculation of oscillator
pressure showers for pressure showers for pressure showers for speed VB according to
felt cleaning: roll cleaning: dryer screen cleaning: formula
Nozzle size (Ø): Nozzle size (Ø): Nozzle size (Ø): VS
0.7, 0.8, 0.9, and 1.0 mm 1.0 to 1.5 mm 1.0 to 1.5 mm VB = _____ * eb
L SF
Nozzle Pitch: Nozzle Pitch: Nozzle Pitch:
2", 4", and 8" (stroke = 8") 4", 8", and 20" 4", 8", 20"
3", 6", and 12" (stroke = 12") VB = oscillator speed (in/min)
Distance: nozzle/felt Distance: nozzle/felt
Distance: nozzle/felt 2" – 4" 2" – 4" VS = machine speed (ft/min)
4" – 6" L SF = length of wire/felt (ft)
Water Pressure: Water Pressure:
Water Pressure: 450 psi – 1000 psi (maximum 450 psi – 1000 psi eb = width of cleaned strip (in)
Up to 225 psi (higher pressure pressure 3000 psi) (maximum pressure 3000 psi)
may damage the felt)
Cleaning of dryer screens Cleaning principle of linear Calculation of the cleaning
Oscillating high-pressure oscillators and oscillators time t R
Roll cleaning showers are used for cleaning with electronic control unit
of dryer screens during • Controlled “jet to jet” covering A shower that operates in
production downtimes and the entire surface accordance with the above
cleaning intervals. “Jet to jet” • Effective, gentle, and streak- principle cleans the entire
cleaning ensures that the entire free cleaning of wires, felts surface (wire, felt, roll) within
area is cleaned within a short and rolls a minimum period of time.
period of time. • Linear, smooth oscillation
movement with instant The cleaning time is calculated
The shower is usually installed reversal at the end positions according to the formula:
on the paper side, and the jet
Because of difficult installation is directed against a guide L SF k
tR = _____ * _____
conditions in the vicinity of roll, dryer screen suction roll,
wire suction rolls, take-off or drying VS eb
suction rolls, suction press rolls cylinder.
and forming rolls, showers Oscillation L SF = length of wire/felt (ft)
and oscillators should be is achieved k = nozzle pitch (in)
designed to minimize space. with the linear
STAMM high-pressure showers oscillator VS = machine speed (ft/min)
with guide pipe meet these 10.510 LSE-R, eb = width of cleaned strip (in)
requirements. Oscillation is specifically
achieved with an oil-hydraulic designed
or pneumatic cylinder or a for the high
linear oscillator. The high- temperatures
pressure shower oscillates in the drying
inside a slotted guide pipe. section.

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