摘要 |
<p>A wire-type pulp washing machine includes an endless moving foraminous wire (12) which extends about a breast roll (14) defining an on-running end and a couch roll (15) defining an off-running end with a generally horizontal upper run of the wire extending between the rolls with showers (22) providing a countercurrent washer. The endless wire forms a wire return run having a horizontal wire section beneath the upper run. Pulp which has been washed on the upper counter-current washer may be removed and subjected to a chemical action, such as bleaching action, and then reapplied to a horizontal return run section of the wire by a headbox (50) to form a pulp mat on the inside surface of the wire. This pulp mat is subject to further countercurrent washing by the application of wash water to an upper surface of the mat by showers (60) and by draining of the wash water through the wire by suction boxes (65). This wash water may be applied as the wash water to the last stage of the countercurrent washer along the upper run. The pulp mat is then removed from the lower return run section (40).</p> |