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Title:
A REELING METHOD AND SYSTEM AS WELL AS AN MEASURING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/003262
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The target of the invention is a method and a system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel (30), when, in the forming of the reel a web is reeled around a reeling core and when in an adjustment of CD- directional profiles of the web reel, profiling devices (8) have been applied. Characteristic of the invention is that for adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web, profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reel-up (2). The target of the invention also a measuring device (40) for a measuring of a CD-directional hardness profile of the fibre web reel, which measuring device includes a measuring head (43), which is connected with a loading means (41, 42), which loads the measuring head against the fibre web reel. Characteristic of the device is that the motion course of the measuring head is linear.

Inventors:
MAEENPAEAE TAPIO (FI)
TIITTA JARI (FI)
LANNES PETTERI (FI)
VANNINEN RAMI (FI)
PITKAENEN TATU (FI)
KETTUNEN HEIKKI (FI)
INNALA MATTI (FI)
SHAKESPIERE JOHN (FI)
HEIKKILAE TONI (FI)
TYNKKYNEN TOPI (FI)
KOJO TEPPO (FI)
MAEKINEN RISTO (FI)
TIILIKAINEN MARKO (FI)
KEMPPAINEN MATTI M (FI)
Application Number:
PCT/FI2005/050265
Publication Date:
January 12, 2006
Filing Date:
July 01, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
METSO PAPER INC (FI)
MAEENPAEAE TAPIO (FI)
TIITTA JARI (FI)
LANNES PETTERI (FI)
VANNINEN RAMI (FI)
PITKAENEN TATU (FI)
KETTUNEN HEIKKI (FI)
INNALA MATTI (FI)
SHAKESPIERE JOHN (FI)
HEIKKILAE TONI (FI)
TYNKKYNEN TOPI (FI)
KOJO TEPPO (FI)
MAEKINEN RISTO (FI)
TIILIKAINEN MARKO (FI)
KEMPPAINEN MATTI M (FI)
International Classes:
B65H18/26; B65H23/00; D21G9/00; G01N3/42; G01N29/06
Domestic Patent References:
WO1997024595A11997-07-10
Foreign References:
EP0517830B11994-01-12
EP0588776A21994-03-23
US5649448A1997-07-22
GB1328158A1973-08-30
EP0845655A21998-06-03
US20030230140A12003-12-18
US5535627A1996-07-16
US20020043108A12002-04-18
EP1541762A12005-06-15
Other References:
See also references of EP 1761448A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Lahti, Heikki (Espoo, FI)
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Claims:
Patent claims
1. Method to control a reeling profile of a material web reel, when, in the forming of the reel (30) a stretching material web is reeled around a reeling core or around a similar heart and when in an adjustment of CDdirectional profiles of the material web track, profiling devices (8), which have been arranged in the material web machine, have been applied, characterized in, that for adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web profiling devices (8) are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reelup (2).
2. Method according to the patent claim 1, characterized in, that to control the reeling event the web profiling devices (8), which can be located in optional part/parts of the fibre web machine, advantageously in a head box, in a pressing part, in a wire part, in a drying part, in a covering part, in an adhesive pressing part and/or in a calender part , are controlled so, that the CDprofiles of the reel (30) is wanted most advantageously, as even as possible.
3. Method according to the patent claim 1 and/or 2, characterized in, that the reel ing event is managed by means of measuring data to be obtained from three measuring stations (4, 5a, 5b), which are related to the optional parts of the fibre web machine, whereby • the first measuring station (3) has been arranged after the part of the said fibre web machine and before the profiling devices (8) which are related to the said part, • the second measuring station (4) has been arranged after the said fibre web machine part and after the profiling devices (8) which are related to the said part and • the third measuring station (5a, 5b) has been arranged in connection with the reelup (2) with the roller nip.
4. Method according to the patent claim 13, characterized in, that to control the reeling event there are used profiling devices (8.) that are arranged before the calender (1) and/or to the calender and/or after the calender.
5. Method according to the patent claim 14, characterized in, that measurings of thickness and/or luster and/or moisture and/or grammage and/or density and/or rough¬ ness permeability and/or air permeability or corresponding measurings of the fibre web are used as the quality measurings of the profile of the web track.
6. Method according to the patent claim 5, characterized in, that in addition meas¬ urings of temperature and track tightness of the fibre web track profile measurings are included in the quality measurings of the web track.
7. Method according to any of the patent claims 1 6, characterized in, that profil¬ ing CDroller, humidifiers, vapour boxes, dryers, profiling web tension organs and cor¬ responding organs, which affect a fibre web track, are used as the profiling devices (8),.
8. Method according to any of the patent claims 1 7, characterized in, that a CD roller, which made of composite material, of the calender (1) is used as the profiling de¬ vice.
9. Method according to any of the patent claims 1 8, characterized in, that a reel ing roller of the reelup (2), advantageously a reeling cylinder that has been coated by polymer is censored using tension slips and/or pressure sensors, which have been placed so that the measuring will give the CDprofile, and that the measuring data is used for the control of the reeling event at least during the bottom formation and advantageously also to control of the profiles of the web track before reelup.
10. Method according to any of the patent claims 1 9, characterized in, that the measurings to be obtained from the reelup (2) are also used for the web quality adjust¬ ment taking place in the calender (1), if for example the measuring results, like thick¬ ness, to be obtained by quality meters are not reliable, whereby there are available for the classification, comparison and choice of measure signals several statistic and sto¬ chastic methods that are known as such.
11. Method according to the patent claim 110, characterized in, that for controlling the internal tension (δ) of the reel (30), which affects the control of the reeling profile, an ultrasonic measuring, which is based on the transition period of the ultrasound, is ap¬ plied.
12. Method according to the patent claim 11 characterized in, that alongside with the ultrasonic measuring an opaque matter is utilised.
13. Method according to the patent claim 10 and/or 11, characterized in, that for measuring the strain of the fibre web reel (30) the ultrasonic measuring of the topmost layers of the fibre web reel is adapted advantageously by means of the ultrasonic sensor having sensor heads, which are at a constant distance (L) from each other.
14. Method according to any of the patent claims 1113, characterized in, that for measuring the internal pulling, which causes internal strains, the ultrasonic measuring is adapted, so that the progress time of the ultrasonic signal is measured in the direction of the radius of the fibre web reel, advantageously by means of the sensor heads, which are at constant distance (L) from each other, of the ultrasonic sensor from two different sec¬ tions.
15. Method according to any of the patent claims 1114, characterized in, that in the fibre web machine in the inteπnediate storage or a corresponding, which is situated be¬ tween the reelup and a cutting station, is arranged a scanning station for examining the quality of the machine reel (30) before transition thereof to the unwinder.
16. Method according to the patent claim 15, characterized in, that, in the scanning position, a scanning is adapted by means of an ultrasound or by a corresponding signal that penetrates in the reel (30), whereby the density variations, tears of the reel at the bottom of the reel, reeling mistakes and damages caused by handling and storage are analysed from the responses to be obtained.
17. Method according to the patent claim 15 and/or 16, characterized in, that the scanning is supplemented by an expert system, by a neural network model and/or by a 3D model of the density, by means of which is defined the type of the mistake/fault in¬ side, at the ends and/or on the surface of the reel (30).
18. Method according to any of the patent claims 117, characterized in, that for active CDprofiling of the fibre web reel (30), especially to straighten the CDprofile, a narrow strip is cut in the MDdirection from the section of a thick web or on the reelup (2) directly from the surface of the reel (30).
19. Method according to the patent claim 18, characterized in, that the cutting is made from the section of a shift of a change of the reel (30) or from the bottom of the reel.
20. Method according to the patent claim 18, characterized in, that for the active CDprofiling of the fibre web reel (30), especially to straighten the CDprofile, the web (W) is profiled on a calender (1) by watering in the MDdirection thick sections of the web.
21. Method according to the patent claim 18, characterized in, that for the active CDprofiling of the fibre web reel (30) a tape/paper strip is fed by means of a suitable feeding device in the MDdirection with the web (W) into the reel, whereby the CD profile of the reel is straightened by means of the said tape/paper strip.
22. Method according to the patent claim 18, characterized in, that on the tampur roller is made by means of a MDdirectional tape/paper strip a desired bombering or fig¬ ure, which corrects the CDprofile, on a tampur roller.
23. Method according to the patent claim 22, characterized in, that the tape fasten ing or the adaptation of the strip is made, advantageously automatically, according to a CDdirectional hardness profile, which was measured towards the end side of the previ¬ ous machine reel, whereby a better CDprofile is obtained to the following machine reel.
24. Method according to the patent claim 18, characterized in, that the fibre web (W) is covered in the MDdirection at sections of the mistakes of the CDprofile that have been locally perceived.
25. A system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel (30), when, in the forming of the reel a stretching material web is reeled around a reeling core or around a similar heart and when in an adjustment of CDdirectional profiles of the material web track, profiling devices (8), which have been arranged in the material web machine, have been applied, characterized in, that for adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel (30), which are obtained from the reelup (2).
26. A system according to the patent claim 25, characterized in, that for managing the reeling event, the profiling devices (8), which are controlled by quality measurings of the web track, so that the CDprofiles of the reel (30) to be formed is wanted, most ad¬ vantageously as the even as possible, can be located in an optional part and/or in op¬ tional parts of the fibre web machine before the reelup, advantageously in a head box, in a pressing part, in a wire part, in a drying part, in a covering part, in an adhesive pressing part and /or in a calender part (1).
27. A system according to the patent claim 25 and/or 26 characterized in, that for controlling the reeling event by means of profile measurings, three measuring stations (3, 4 5a, 5b) is arranged in the fibre web machine, so that • the first measuring station (3) is located after an optional part of the fibre web ma¬ chine and before the profiling devices (8), which are related to the said part, • the second measuring station (4) is located after the profiling devices (8), which are arranged in the said optional part of the fibre web machine and are related to the said part, and • the third measuring station (5 a, 5b) has been arranged in the reelup (2) in connection with the roller nip.
28. A system according to any of the patent claims 2527, characterized in, that the profiling devices (8) have been arranged before the calender (1) and/or to the calender and/or after the calender.
29. System according to the patent claims 28, characterized in, that the system in¬ cludes three measuring stations, advantageously so that • the first measuring station (3) has been arranged after calender (1) and before profil ing devices (8) that have been placed after the calender, • the second measuring station (4) has been arranged after the profiling devices (8) that have been placed after the calender (1) and before the reelup (2) and • the third measuring station (5a, 5b) is in the reelup (2) in connection with the roller nips.
30. A system according to any of the patent claims 2529, characterized in, that the quality measurings of the web track have been carried out by means of thickness meas urings and/or gloss measurings and/or moisture measurings and/or grammage measur¬ ings and/or density measurings and/or coating amount measurings and/or roughness measurings and/or air permeability measurings or corresponding measurings of the fibre web.
31. A system according to the patent claim 30, characterized in, that the quality measurings of the web track include further profile measurings about temperature and track tension of the fibre web track.
32. A system according to any of the patent claims 2531, characterized in, that the profiling devices (8) are CDrollers, humidifiers, vapour boxes, dryers, profiling track strain organs and corresponding organs having influence on the fibre web track.
33. A system according to any of the patent claims 2532, characterized in, that for carrying out and utilizing the measurings, the reeling core, for example a polymer coated tampur iron bar etc., is censored using stretch slips and/or pressure sensors, which have been placed so that the measuring will give the CDprofile, and that the measuring data is used for the control of the reeling event, at least during the bottom formation and ad¬ vantageously also to control of the profiles of the web track before reelup (2.).
34. A system according to the patent claim 33, characterized in, that for measuring of the CDprofile of a nip in the third measuring station (5a, 5b), the reeling roller of the reelup (2) is censored, advantageously by stretch slips, by pressure sensors or by corre¬ sponding measuring sensors.
35. A system according to the patent claim 33 and/or 34, characterized in, that both the support powers of the web the reel (30) during the bottom formations and values of the modulus of elasticity of the web in the direction of the radius and tangent of the reel by means of the measurings.
36. A system according to any of the patent claims 2535, characterized in, that the measuring data is used at least at the phase of the bottom formation of the reel (30) for line load of the roller nip, for track tension and for centre torque, so that the hardness of the forming reel becomes wanted or a wanted/sufficient level.
37. A system according to any of the patent claims 2536, characterized in, that the measurings to be obtained from the reelup (2) are used also for the control of the quality taking place on the calender (1), in case, for example, the measurings, such as for exam¬ ple thickness, from quality meters are not reliable, whereby there are available several statistic and stochastic methods, which are known as such, to classify, compare and choice measurement signals.
38. A system according to any of the patent claims 2537, characterized in, that for controlling internal strain (δ) of the reel (30), which affects the control of the reeling profile, an ultrasonic measuring is applied, which is based on the transition period of the ultrasound.
39. A system according to the patent claim 28, characterized in, that the measuring utilises the opaque matter.
40. A system according to the patent claim 38 and/or 39, characterized in, that measuring of the strain of the fibre web reel (30), ultrasonic measuring of the topmost layers of the fibre web reel is adapted advantageously by means of the ultrasonic sen¬ sor's (20) sensor heads, which are at constant distance (L) from each.
41. A system according to any of the patent claims 3740, characterized in, that for measuring of a pulling, which causes internal strains of the fibre web reel (30), an ultra¬ sonic measuring is applied, so that progress time of the ultrasonic signal is measured from two different points in the direction of the radius of the fibre web reel, advanta¬ geously by means of the ultrasonic sensor's (20) sensor heads, which are at constant dis¬ tance (L) from each.
42. A system according to any of the patent claims 3741, characterized in, that in a fibre web machine a scanning station, for examining the quality of the machine reel be¬ fore transition of the reel to an unwinder, is arranged in the intermediate storage or in a corresponding, which is between a reelup and an inline cutting station.
43. A system according to the patent claim 42, characterized in, that the scanning station adapts an ultrasonic signal or a corresponding signal, which penetrates inside the reel (30), whereby density variations, tears of the reel at the bottom of the reel, reeling faults and damages caused by handling and storage can be analysed from the responses to be obtained.
44. A system according to the patent claim 42 and/or 43, characterized in, that the expert system, neural network model and/or 3D model of the density, which supple¬ ments the scanning and which concludes the type of the fault/damage inside the reel (30) on the ends of the reel and/or on the surface of the reel and which can be implemented into the reeling model unit (9) or into the definition data unit (10).
45. A measuring device for a measuring of a CDdirectional hardness profile of the fibre web reel, which measuring device (40) includes a measuring head (43) of the hard¬ ness meter, which is connected with a loading means (41, 42), which loads the measur¬ ing head against an outer surface of the fibre web reel (30), which rotates around a centre axis thereof and which grows while turning in the direction of the radius, characterized in, that the motion course of the measuring head (43), which is loaded by the loading means, is essentially linear.
46. A measuring device according to the patent claim 45, characterized in, that the loading tool includes the power cylinder (41, 42 ), for example a compressed air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, a linear motor, a screw or a suchlike linear unit, which accom¬ plishes a linear motion course.
47. A measuring device according to the patent claim 45 and/or 46, characterized in, that the linear motion course of the measuring head (43) is essentially parallel with the radius of the fibre web reel (30).
48. A measuring device according to any of the patent claims 4547, characterized in, that the measuring head (43) is a measuring wheel, which measures, in addition to or instead of the hardness profile, a diameter profiles and/or a surface velocity profile of the fibre web reel (30) by means of a pulse transducer, whereby the diameter differences and surface velocity differences correlate directly with the thickness profile of the fibre web (W).
Description:
A reeling method and system as well as a measuring apparatus

The invention in question is connected with the forming of a machine reel or customer reel in the material web machine. The invention out in more detail is connected to the reeling method and to a system as for control a reeling profile a material web reel, like a machine reel or a customer reel.

In the future the processing machines of different material webs are pointed to, for the sake of simplicity, with the qualifier the material web machine, which can be the proc¬ essing machine of the stretching, web in ever what web-like form. The processing ma¬ chine of the web is a fibre web machine or a paper machine and/or cardboard machine advantageously. The different webs are referred to with the qualifier in the future for the sake of simplicity, the material web, which is a material web, which stretches advanta- geously and in general means all kinds of webs; more advantageously, generally a fibre web which means different paper webs and cardboard webs and tissue webs and cloth webs etc.; and especially paper web and/or cardboard web.

A method for commanding the reeling profile of the material web reel has been im- proved especially as the target of the invention a stretching material web when, in the forming of the reel it is reeled when, profiling devices that have been arranged in the ma¬ terial web machine are used around the reeling core or around a similar heart in regard to CD-the directional, in other words, that is, in regard to a machine direction, MD- direction, a direction in the adjustment of transverse directional profiles and a material web track. A system has also been improved as the target of the invention especially out a stretching material web to command the reeling profile of the material web reel, in the forming of the reel it is reeled, around the reeling core or around the similar heart, when in the adjustment of the CD-directional profiles of the material web track, profiling de¬ vices, which have been arranged in the material web machine, are used. The target of the invention in question also is a measuring device as a special target for the measuring of the CD-directional hardness profile of the material web reel which measuring device in¬ cludes the measuring end of the hardness indicator, which is connected with the load tool which loads the measuring head against around the one turning when turning and outer surface of its central axis of rotation of the material web reel which grows in the direc¬ tion of the radius.

In the material web machine, the material web in other words web track is reeled around a reel-up core, a reel-up heart, a centre cartridge, a tampur roll, a reel-up iron bar or a similar centre element. In the future the centre elements of this kind are pointed to for the sake of simplicity with the definition a reeling core. The reel, which is formed in the reeling, is pressed around the reeling core against the reeling cylinder, reeling reel-up or a corresponding, where it is referred to in the future for the sake of simplicity with the definition a reeling reel-up.

In the forming of the reel it is reeled around the reeling core a stretching web. Every ad¬ ditional layer causes the increase in the parallel with the radius strain and the compaction of the layers below. When a layer ends up in inner parts, their circumference will be¬ come smaller. A certain circumference is corresponded by a certain stretch, in other words when a stretch becomes smaller, the strain of the web will also become smaller. An equilibrium, where the parallel with the radius of the reel bearing stress and the par¬ allel with the tangent tensile stress reach the regular value if the strain of the web which has dominated in the reeling has been a constant will be reached this way in the inner parts of the reel. A reel becomes tighter and a constant strain state is reached on the deeper from the surface of the reel the smaller it is a ratio between the machine or MD- directional modulus of elasticity and the reel radius directional modulus. Thus by the control of the modulus of elasticity the forming of the homogenous reel can be influ- enced significantly. In the inner parts of the reel, the MD-directional strain of the web can be even negative. From the point of view of the runnability, even a negative strain is an advantage, because the material web, such as for example paper, does not lose its stretching ability. If a strain is not even and the reel has been forced to be under a vary¬ ing load, the folding of layers can be perceived especially in the ends in the area of the negative strain. On the surface of the reel, the material web has to be again a subordinate to the tensile stress whereby the stretching ability of surface layers becomes smaller. This explains in its part during the next unwinding, in the so-called flying seaming, the track breaks, which take place more generally than would be normal.

The even properties of the web in the CD-direction also are important to accomplish the good quality of the reel. However, there are always CD-directional variations in practice in the web. The thickness of the material web and the density should be even in the strain, which dominates in the reel so that the homogenous reel from its structure would be possible. Furthermore, the length and stretchability of the web affect the stability of the strains of the reel in addition to thickness and the compressibility. Perhaps in the reel, an even strain is obtained in the direction of the axis if the relation of the length variation and thickness variation of the web is constant (π). 3 μm local change, for example, in the thickness (65 g/ m2, 1200 kg/ m3: 57 μm 2200 among others / 54 μm 2148mm) 26 mm causes the change in the radius of the reel. The uneven hardness profile of the CD- direction can come to the reel thus when at the same time the thick section of the web is a tight and thin loose section.

Many kinds of faults to be perceived are found in the reels also with eyes. The good reel should be cylinder-shaped and homogenous from its structure. The most ordinary reeling faults are the loose bottom, so-called "pot head, bags, rents, the wrinkles and the non- round reels. In the level of the technique the one forming and/or becoming to be the identification of the reel faults of the reel is known many kinds of solutions.

It will form into a problem in material web machines to be equipped with in-line cutting stations, production disturbances that are caused by the quality of the machine reel on cutting stations, operation of which is automated and occupation of which is minor. With the present methods quality of the reel; that is, reel-up faults, a handling of the machine reel, an intermediate storing fault; one cannot control carefully enough when the reel is transferred to the unwinding of the cutting station, in-line. Furthermore, the defects in quality of the machine reel cause track breaks and wreck on the cutting station and on the other hand, because of on the other hand, the decrease of the operating personnel are not labour to the dismantling of a break reject, which is created with the cutting station and of break situations any more. It is essential that in addition to the reeling tightness (WIN- WOT) caused of a roller nip and reeling power the smoothness of the CD-directional hardness profile of the forming reel also affects the forming of the reel. The line load of the nip and the circumferential pulling or reeling power, by which the internal tightness δ of the reel mainly forms, af¬ fect strongest to the tightness inside the roller nip. The modern technology can be used to measure only line load, track tightness and torque in the reeling. Because of this, the real tightness of the reel cannot be controlled by the modern technology, in the reeling process; therefore the control and adjustment of the tightness inside the reel are indeed more empirical nowadays.

In addition to an ocular reel examination, it is felt, to examine the reel in the direction of both the shaft of the reel and the radius by measuring different properties from the reel. The parallel with the axis measurings describe the good quality of the transversal profile of the paper. Change of the properties of the reel in the direction of the radius the hard¬ ness of the reel is again describing the reeling event.

The biggest problem from an uneven parallel with the shaft of the reel CD-cross section profile is a consequence from the air which gets to the reel and can cause the slide of the reel between the layers and even the falling of the reel. When the CD-profile of the reel is not a straight line, the roller nip will be close to the direction of the shaft of the reel in the direction of the radius of only the forming reel from the thickest sections. In the sec¬ tions, where the reel is smaller in the direction of its radius and in that case roller nip will be open more air than if the roller nip would be evenly shut gets in the reel, whereby the reeling profile is direct. When the CD-profile is uneven, the forming ridges will prevent out in the direction of the radius of the reel to the thicker sections of the reel in the en¬ trance of the air which has got in the reel, whereby the air, which reduces the friction and makes the forming of the even and of the good quality reel more difficult essentially stays.

The simplest measuring method for the measuring of the quality of the forming reel is a roding f the reel on the tree stick. Both the voice frequency which is created this way and the bouncing of the tree stick for the surface of the reel describe the hardness of the reel. The automated application of this kind of a measuring is called often with the name, "Back tender's friend", where the hardness profile of the reel is measured with a meas¬ ure wheel which scans the surface of the reel." Other known methods are a ball bouncing method, Schmidt's hardness indicator and Rho indicator (Beloit). Some of the known methods also are the Cameron test, the tightness measuring and the J-line test. Older methods are a density measuring, which is made by weighing the reel at regular intervals by means of slabbing. The thickness information and grammage of the web can also be calculatorily used to measure the density. The parallel with the shaft of reels variation can be studied by also measuring the diameter or perimeter measure variations.

The reeling event is typically commanded with the help of the line load of the roller nip, the future track tightness and centre paragraph. These so-called reeling parameters change during the reeling for example so that when making a so-called hard bottom, bigger control parameters which then will be reduced when the reeling will proceed will be used to the parameters at the beginning of the reeling. In the CD-direction of the web track to the profiles of the reel, that is, the CD-profiles of the reel is influenced with the oscillating of the reel. With the procedure it is attempted to the fact that the CD- directional (thickness) variations which appear in the web track would not cumulate in the reel to the same section.

In connection with the level of the technique, one can state that in EP publication num¬ ber. 0517830 Bl has been presented, whereby with the help of the stretch slips and/or pressure sensors, censored, a reeling reel-up measuring data to be obtained for example division data of the strain, which it is that the values of the modulus of elasticity of the web in the direction of the radius and tangent of the reel the help can be used to deter¬ mine and the support powers of the material web during the bottom forming of the reel. Also for example capacitive, fibre optical EMFi transparency sensors can naturally be used instead of the stretch slips and pressure sensors that have been meant for the meas- uring of the CD-power profile of the nip. A generally known custom to reduce the CD-profile mistakes of the reel a little is the oscillating 10-50 mm back and forth. In that case, however, this will lead into the prob¬ lem that at the same time trim-dissipation are caused to both ends of the reel, in other words an oscillating movement of the reel has to be cut at both heads thereof.

Already it is also known that the profile of temperature tightness and track tightness can be measured from the web track in the CD-direction of the web. This kind of a measur¬ ing principle is known for a FI patent publication number. 80522 and from US patent publication Sn. 5052233.

Already it is still after knowing that micro wave radar, an ultrasound etc., the laser can be used to measure the width and radius of the forming and/or forming reel and the CD- profile of diameter/the radius. In that case it will be seen with the help of the width measuring of the reel if the inner structure of the reel changes and the inner layers of the reel try to slide in the CD-direction and this way "to gush out." This way one can act when the oscillation of the reel is not needed from the traditions any more. One way of measuring, which relates to laser measuring, is known from the applicant's earlier SE- patent, number 521580 (PCT/SE03/00363), where it is measured instead of the CD- profile the form of the roller nip locally in the MD-direction.

Another measuring way, which represents the nearest level of the technique to the inven¬ tion in question, is known from a publication number EP 845655, where the measuring of the profile of the surface of the reel has been presented. According to the presented solution, the measuring head which measures the distance to the surface of the reel goes in parallel in the axis direction of the reel with it at the end of the regular distance. Then the deviations in the CD-profile of the reel can be found out with the movement of the measuring head.

In order to CD-profile a material web reel actively, there is ready known as such three ■ different principles. A) from its profile the bottom of the reel is softened to the one which had weakened so that the web layers to be reeled will be saved over them B) "Trim" information is utilised, for the diameter of the machine reel optimisation and C) There is applied the principle, which is known from the publication DE 1077192, according to which the bottom of the machine reel is profiled with the help of the wedge of the water cutting shifting device.

There is previously known a follow-up device of the CD-directional hardness profile of the reel, which is developed by the applicants and which is suitable for so-called pope reel-ups, where the changes of machine reels are relatively little. This follow-up device will include the measuring head arranged in the free end of the lever-like turning load tool, which is, when the diameter of the reel increases, against the surface of the reel. However, the weakness of this follow-up device is that the follow-up device is not suit¬ able for reel-ups, where the diameter of the reel will increase remarkably, because the measuring geometry of the follow-up device changes and causes the mistake, which causes considerable investment problems and because the follow-up device requires considerably much space.

Indeed, generally can be stated that the level of the technique describes methods and sys¬ tems which can be used to follow the CD-profiles of a reel or web.

A goal of the invention in question is to eliminate or to reduce drawbacks and weak¬ nesses which are related to the known technique at least essentially. According to a gen¬ eral aspect of the invention, the goal is to accomplish a new method for commanding the reeling event of the material web. According to a performance example of the invention in question the goal is to try to command the reeling event and reeling profiles so that, before the calender after the calender and/or the reel-up could be used to control quanti¬ ties which affect reeling optionally with the calender on the basis of the measurings which are done from a roller nip, a web track and/or reel. According to another perform¬ ance example of the invention, the goal is furthermore to make possible, in addition to the reel measurings, the use of information, which has been calculated from a reeling modelΛmodels. These goals have generally been reached with a method to control a reeling profile of a material web reel, when, in the forming of the reel a stretching material web is reeled around a reeling core or around a similar heart and when in an adjustment of CD- directional profiles of the material web track, profiling devices, which have been ar- ranged in the material web machine, have been applied, for example so that for adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web profiling devices are managed with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measurings of the reel, which are obtained from the reel-up.

The goals of the invention have generally also been reached with a system to control a reeling profile of a material web reel, when, in the forming of the reel a stretching mate¬ rial web is reeled around a reeling core or around a similar heart and when in an adjust¬ ment of the CD-directional profiles of the material web track, profiling devices, which have been arranged in the material web machine, have been applied, for example so that for adjusting quality profiles and reeling profiles of the web profiling devices are man¬ aged with the help of profile measurings of the roller nip and/or of the profile measur¬ ings of the reel, which are obtained from the reel-up.

To control the reeling event profiling devices which are located before the reel-up are directed in the process according to the invention so that the CD-profiles of the reel will be as even as possible. In that case the quality measurings of a reel and/or web track will be utilised. For the quality measurings of the profile are advantageous to use an amount of thickness and/or a number of luster and/or an amount of moisture and/or a grammage and/or density and/or an amount of coating and/or a roughness and/or an air permeability of the material web according to the invention. In addition to these measurings, track strain measuring and/or temperature measurings can also be made according to the in¬ vention.

In a material web machine, the profiling devices, which are suitable for carrying out of the invention, are among others: profiling CD-reel-ups; humidifiers; vapour boxes; dry¬ ers; and profiling track strain organs. The profiling devices of this kind can be located in an optional part or in optional part of a material web machine or before/after of this kind of the part. A head box, pressing part, a wire part, drying part, covering part, glue press¬ ing part and/or calendar part can be mentioned as examples of the suitable parts of the material web machine, according to an advantageous embodiment of the invention the profiling devices are located before a calendar, in a calendar and/or after a calendar.

According to an embodiment of the invention, that has been considered especially ad¬ vantageous, to actively manage CD-profile of the material web reel, especially to straighten the CD-profile, a narrow strip is cut from a section of the thick web reel in the MD-direction or directly from the surface of the reel with a reel-up. According to this general principle, several embodiments can be adapted.

According to an example, the cutting is made from the section of the migration exchange of a reel or from the bottom of the reel. According to another example, a web track is profiled on the calender by watering the web in the MD-direction at thick sections thereof. According to another third example, the tape strip/a paper strip is fed with a suitable feeding device in the MD-direction with the web to the reel, where the CD- profile of the reel is straightened by means of the said tape/paper strip. According to an¬ other fourth example, the desired bombering or pattern, which corrects the CD-profile, is made for example in the tampur stock on a tampur roll with a help of a MD-directional tape/paper strip. Then it can be advantageous that the tape fastening or the adaptation of the strip is made, advantageously, automatically, whereby a better CD-profile is obtained to the following machine reel according to CD-directional hardness profile that has been measured towards the end of the previous machine reel. According to another fifth ex¬ ample, the material web is covered at the sections of faults of the CD-profile that have been locally perceived in the MD-direction.

For the measuring of the CD-directional hardness profile of the goals of the invention in question and especially of the reel it is generally characteristic that the course of the measuring head loaded by the load tool is linear essentially to the invention in question. This will be advantageous from the point of view of the measuring exactness when the material web reel increases in the radius direction. According to a performance example of the invention that has been considered advanta¬ geous the linear motion course and load can be accomplished for example so that the load tool includes a power cylinder for example a compressed air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder, a linear motor, a screw or a corresponding linear unit, which accomplishes a linear motion course. It is especially advantageous, in that case, that the linear course of the measuring head is parallel with the radius of the material web reel essentially. In that case, the measuring direction will be constant essentially and the measuring errors caused by the gravity which are typical of the known technique do not get to the birth.

According to an aspect of the invention it is advantageous that the measuring head is a measuring wheel, which in addition to the measuring and/or instead of the hardness pro¬ file measures the diameter profile and/or the surface velocity profile of the material web reel with a pulse transducer, whereby the diameter differences and surface velocity dif¬ ference correlates directly with the thickness profile of the material web.

One can state about the advantages of the measuring device according to the invention, in the measuring of the generally linear hardness profile, that the motion course can be cost-effectively carried out as such with known components and that the space require¬ ment of the measuring device is smaller than essentially known and that the linear load functions without problems and without danger for the materialising of measuring errors without the long and lever-like load stem, whereby an attempt has been made to mini¬ mise measuring errors earlier, the space requirement needed by the measuring arrange¬ ments which makes more reasonable investment possibilities possible.

About the advantages of the invention that can be especially mentioned the ones that have been eliminated or thanks to smaller measuring errors the accomplished measuring results can be adapted at least essentially according to the invention to the control of the reeling event of the material web and to the adjustment of the profiling devices of the material web, which precede reeling.

For other special characteristics of the invention the following special part of the expla¬ nation where an advantageous realisation form of the invention has been explained when the material web machine is a paper machine is referred to by referring to enclosed ones, patent drawings, where Figure FIG.l diagrammatically represents the control of the reeling profile according to the invention arranged in the connection of a calender and reel-up to the dry end of the paper machine, Figure FIG.2 illustrates an ultrasonic measuring as the measuring of the strain of layers, which are topmost of the surface layers of the reel Figure FIG.3 illustrates the measuring of the pulling, which causes strains inside the ma¬ terial web reel, Figure FIG.4 represents as the measuring of the CD-directional hardness profile of the material web reel the measuring device which is in accordance with the invention dia¬ grammatically out Figure FIG.5 a will represent as a time function a result of a harness profile to be accom¬ plished by the prior art measuring, when the driving speed of the reel is constant about 1000 m/min and when.diameter of the reel, and Figure FIG.5b will represent as a time function growth of the diameter of the reel by the measuring according to the present invention when the driving speed of the reel is con¬ stant about 1000 m/min.

In the example of figure 1 profiling devices 8 which can be among others according to the invention: • feeding tools of the fibre suspension arranged in the head box by adjusting the feed¬ ing of which in the CD-direction the smoothness of the fibre suspension can be di¬ rected in the CD-direction • with the help of heat and pressure the material web is profiled by compression cylin¬ ders in the CD-direction and/or reel-ups for example in a pressing unit and in a dry¬ ing unit and in a calender 1, • in the CD-direction, the profiling diying cylinders affect profilings of the material web with the help of the heat or reel-ups for example in drying unit and calender • in the CD-direction the humidifiers, evaporators and vapour boxes of the material web affect profiling of the material web for example with the help of the heat in a drying unit and calender unit • the adjusting devices of the track tightness of the material web track, which can be located in different places between the wet end of the material web machine and a dry head and which affect the MD-directional track tightness of the material web and in one CD-direction of the others to the material web affect profiling of the material web with the help of pressure and heat with affecting devices and • the adjusting devices of the thickness of the material web etc. whereby the thickness of the material web track can be influenced in the wet end of the material web ma¬ chine placed for example in a pressing unit and/or head box.

It is to be noted that so the placing of profiling devices is optional and according to the invention the profiling devices can be located except on the calender also before calen¬ der and/or after calender before reel-up 2 thus. There are three measuring stations in the performance example of Figure 1 presented so that the first measuring station 3 will be after a calendar 1 and before the profiling devices that have been placed after the calen- dar, the second measuring station 4 is after the profiling devices that have been placed after the calendar 1 and before reel-up 2 and the third measuring station 4 and 5a, 5b are placed in the reel-up 2 in connection with roller nips.

In the embodiment example of Figure 1, the 4 measuring data is received to the process- ing unit 6 of the measurings from the first, second and third measuring station, in other words from two measuring stations 3, 4, which are located after the calendar 1 but before the reel-up 2 and from one measuring station 5a, 5b, which is related to a roller nip of the reel-up. The measuring data that has been received from handling unit 6 of the meas¬ urings is moved as wired and/or wirelessly to adjustment unit 7 of the profile, from which the adjustment signals are transmitted to the profiling devices 8, which adjust the CD-profile of the web and which are located except on the calender also before calender and/or after calender before reel-up 2 according to the invention. According to the inven¬ tion the profiling devices 8 can be for example profiling CD-reel-ups; humidifiers; dry¬ ers, vapour boxes; dryers; and track strain organs.

As it is shown in the performance form of figure 1 - as the measuring data can be a model information of the reeling, which can be, for example, a division data of strain that is formed in a reeling model unit 10 basing on measuring data, which is received to hereto from a handling unit 6 and from defini¬ tion data received thereto from a definition data unit 9, which model information is received by a profile adjustment unit 7, - from the adjustment unit 7 of the profile, the control signals are transmitted to the profiling devices 8, which adjust the CD-profile of the web.

A comprehensive optimum control of the profiling devices 8 has been carried out so that, in the control, attention is paid both to qualitative (a web, for example paper technical) objectives set for the CD-profiles and objectives set for the CD-profiles of the reel 30. The simultaneous control of several CD-profiles can be carried out by many separate techniques for example by using - optimisation methods, such as multi-objective optimising combined the cost func- tion, fine function or stress, or dynamic adjustment methods, MPC adjustment, LQ adjustment, state adjustment.

According to the invention the measurings to be obtained can be utilised from the third measuring stations 5a, 5b, which are located in the reel-up 2, when for example the reel cylinder of the reel-up, for example a polymer coated or a rubber coated reeling cylinder and/or a reeling core is censored by operating the stretch slip sensors and/or pressure sensors etc. sensors. The measurings of the reeling core can be utilised especially to a calibration and the measuring of the compression profile inside the material web reel to be formed. With measuring stations 4, which are located before the reel-up 2, the track tightness and possibly also temperature of the web are typically measured for managing thickness/(a density) of the web, i.e. for controlling profiles, so that the CD-profiles of the forming reel 30 is wanted. According to the invention, it is advantageous that the sensors have been placed in to give in the CD-direction a measuring, which reaches over the whole reel-up. The suitable measuring result will be reached for example with a spi- ral-like censoring. By means of the measurings by tension strips, for example, and by means of the data distribution of the compression to be received from the reeling model unit 10 one can determine. - both the support forces of the web during the bottom formation of the reel 30, whereby of hard reeling, there will be in the radius direction 10-20 cm of the mate¬ rial web, such as for example paper, at the beginning of the reeling on the reeling cylinder and the values of the modulus of elasticity of the web in direction of radius and tangent of the reel 30, - the measuring signals can be transmitted from the reeling cylinder from the measur¬ ing station/stations 3, 4, 5a, 5b to control system 6, 7, whereby, for example, wireless telemetry can be utilised.

According to the invention advantageous that the measuring data to be obtained is used for the control of the centre paragraph of the line load of the roller nip, primarily of the track tightness of the web track, of reeling, especially during the bottom formations of the reel 30 from the third measuring station 5a, 5b, which is thus related to the roller nip is. If necessary, the measuring data is also obtained to the control of the tightness and thickness (/a density) profiles, which take place in reel-up phase from the second meas¬ uring stations 4, which are located before the reel-up 2 to accomplish the bottom of the reel which is hard enough.

Such measuring data can be used from the first, second and third measuring station 3, 4, 5a, 5b, as the addition of the measuring data to be obtained, to manage on one hand the roller nip in the reel-up 2 and on the other hand the web profile before the reel-up 2. Ac¬ cording to the general basic idea of the invention, the measuring data to be obtained are processed in the handling unit 6 of the measurements, from which a unit the processed measuring data is transferred by wired means and/or wirelessly into an input line of the adjustment unit 7 of the profiles and the output-signals of the adjustment unit of the pro¬ file are utilized both for the roller nip of the reel-up 2 (a line load, track tightness, centre torque) and for managing, i.e. for controlling tightness and thickness(/a density) profiles of the web, which take place before the reel-up, such that the CD-profiles of the forming reel 30 is obtained wanted.

The measurings that are obtained from the reel-up 2, i.e. from the third measuring station 5a, 5b, can be used also for an adjustment of the quality of the web, which takes place with the calendar 1, that is, if, for example, the measurings, which are obtained from the quality indicators, for example the thickness profile, are not reliable. Then numerous known stochastic and statistics methods can be used for classification, comparison and the choice of measure signals.

The above mentioned reeling models can be so-called FEM models or the simplified reeling process model, such as the following model, which has been presented in a pub¬ lication (T. Rand, L Ericsson; Physical Properties of Newsprint Reels during Winding. Peg 56 (1973): 6,153-156) And which describes effects between the separate reeling variables:

α= Not/ Ec in what Pc = parallel with the radius of the reel compression Pt = parallel with the tangent of the reel compression T = reeling tightness of the web d = thickness of the paper R = radius of the reel R2 = outer radius of the reel Not = modulus of elasticity in the direction of the tangent Ec = modulus of elasticity in the direction of the radius. Publication (H. Altman; Formulas for Computing Stresses in Center- Wound Reels. Bas¬ ing to the Tappi 51 (1968): 4,176-179) one can state that there dominates, between the compressions with the tangent and radius compressions, a connection: Pc + Pt + d Pc /dr = 0 r = R/ Rθ in what Re= outer radius of the reeling reel-up.

The homogeneities, for example density, strain of the inner structure of the reel 30 and structure can be measured for example using the ultrasound. In the ultrasonic measuring, one can utilize in the paper track or on surface thereof opaque matter, which is as such known also from the medicine. Because the measuring (the measuring of the reflected echoes), which is based on the ultrasound, which is an unbroken material measuring method (Non Destructing Testing), the same can be used for the locating of internal den- sity differences (hard/loose) in the reel (the direction of the radius / the CD-direction). By utilizing furthermore, the similar approach as to be adapted an ultrasonic measuring in the measuring of the thicknesses of the thin coating layers, one can measure by means of the method changes in the thickness of the paper on the reel. Such measuring data can be used as in addition of the measuring data to be obtained from the measuring stations 4, 5a, 5b both in the reel-up 2 to manage a roller nip (a line load, track tightness, centre torque) and before the reel-up 2 to manage, in other for managing strain / thickness / (density) profiles, which take place in webs, such that CD-profiles of the forming reel is as wanted.

According to an aspect of the invention, the goal is to make possible control of the reel¬ ing and the control of the internal tightness δ of the reel 30 in addition to the control of the reeling profile. This goal has been reached generally with a ultrasonic measuring. The ultrasound can be used to measure strains from inside the reel and/or from the sur¬ face layers. In that case, the measuring is based on the transition period of the ultrasound which will shorten when the strain increases.

Reference is made to Figure 2, which illustrates the ultrasonic measuring from the sur¬ face layers of the reel for measuring by ultrasonic measuring strain of layers, which are the topmost surface layers of the paper reel. The progress time of the signal increases with the paper/the tightness increases. According to the embodiment example of Figure 2, reeling parameters can be adjusted by the measuring data to be obtained. In the em¬ bodiment example of Figure 2, the distances between the censor heads remain most ad- vantageously continuously constant L, whereby the changes in the strain of the paper reel 20 can be fast perceived according to the invention.

Reference is made to Figure 3, which illustrates the measuring of the pulling, which causes strains inside the paper reel. In the performance example of Figure 3 the progress time of the ultrasonic signal is measured in the direction of the radius of the paper reel from two different sections. The distance of the ultrasonic sensor heads' 20 from each other is most advantageously continuously constant L. Then the pulling/tightness, which is directed to the paper reel, can be measured. When the strain difference and thus also the progression time difference of the signals between different measuring points are known, the paper reel's internal strains, especially at the surface area of the paper reel, can be determined and thus one can optimise the effect of reeling parameters to the paper reel for managing the profile of the forming paper reel.

There is further an object, according to an aspect of the present invention, a solution, which makes possible to examine of the quality of the formed paper reel, especially to examining of the quality of the machine reel before its transition to the unwinder. The quality of the machine reel can be examined on a scanning station, which is arranged in an intermediate storage of the machine reels or a corresponding, which is arranged be- tween a reel-up and an in-line cutting station or a corresponding, where scanning station the reel's 30 structure is studied by scanning a comprehensive 3D model (3D, three dimensional) as possible from the reel.

In the scanning station the reel 30 is examined according to the invention by means of ultrasound, electromagnetic radiation or a corresponding signal, which penetrates inside the reel. It is possible to analyse from the received responses, the density variations, the tears of the reel, the reeling faults and the damages caused by handling and storage of the reel.

According to the invention it is the most advantageous that the quality of the machine reel is scanned just before the unwinding or possibly during reel-up, whereby the pro¬ files of the forming reel 30 can be essentially directly influenced. It is advantageous to supplement the scanning by an expert system, by a neural network model and/or by the 3D model of the density, which concludes the type of the fault on the ends, the surface and/or inside of the reel.

In the unwinding of the cutting station or with a separate intermediate reel-up can be automatically removed from the reel those bad or damaged sections that have been found by scanning, when it is known where sections of the reel the faults are in. As examples about devices and methods, by which one can remove faults that have been perceived by scanning can be mentioned: - an intermediate reel-up, - automatic slabbing, - slowing of the unwinder, - automatic cutting of the web and feeding into a pulpier by means of the unwinder past a fault section, or - Etc. equipment, by which the perceived fault is removed from the machine reel before it causes problems in the cutting or reject of customer reels.

The measuring of the qualities of the reel 30 during the unwinding is not always enough, because the speeds of the cutting stations are growing so big that one does not have time to slow down the machine, when the fault sections, which have been perceived in the unwinding, come against any more. Therefore the scanning, according to the invention, is likely to locate potential fault sections, whereby the speed of the cutting station can be automatically slowed down when approaching a scanned fault section. It is to be noted that a scanning station can be arranged except in the unwinder also in the reel-up.

It will be advantageous, when the additional information or definition information, which describes the handling process of the web, is used one way or another in addition to the measuring data, that the measuring data that has been concerned with will be di¬ rected from additional data unit or definition data unit 9 first into the reeling model unit 10, which forms for example a strain distribution data of the information the additional information in question or definition information and transmits in a wired manner or wirelessly the strain distribution data together with the processed measure data to an in- put channel of the adjustment unit 7 of the profile. The output signals of the adjustment unit 7 of the profile are used to manage, i.e. to control: - profiling devices 8, which are locating optionally before the calender 1, in the calen¬ der or after the calender, - track tightness profiles and thickness(/a density) profiles of the web, which take place before the reel-up 2, - line load, centre torque of the roller nip, so that the reel's to be formed 30 CD— the profiles are obtained wanted.

According to an embodiment of the invention, which has been considered especially ad¬ vantageous, to CD-profile the material web reel 30, especially to straighten the CD- profile, a narrow strip is cut from the web in the MD-direction from the point of the thick web or in the reel-up 2 directly from the surface of the reel. According to this gen¬ eral principle, several adaptations can be applied.

To CD-profile actively the material web reel 30 especially to straighten CD-profile it could be one possibility to cut at a change section of the reel 30 the reel or the web W from the bottom of the reel, it is a second possibility is that the web is profiled already on the calender 1 by watering a thick section of the web in MD-direction, it is a third possibility is that with a suitable feeding device a tape/paper strip is fed in MD-direction with the web to the reel, whereby the tape/paper strip tries to straighten the CD-profile of the reel, it is the fourth possibility that a desired bombeering or pattern, which corrects the CD- profile, is made for example by means of a tampur roller for example in a tampur stock, it is advantageous that a taping or adapting a paper strip is made most advantageously automatically at the output side of the preceding machine in accordance with the meas¬ ured CD-directional hardness profile, whereby a better CD-profile is obtained to the fol¬ lowing machine reel, and the fifth possibility is that the material web is covered locally in the MD-direction at faults of the CD-profile sections that have been perceived. Reference is made to Figure 4, which presents schematically a measuring device 40according to the invention, for measuring a CD-directional hardness profile of the ma¬ terial web reel

In the embodiment example according to Figure 4, the measuring device 40 includes for the measuring of the CD-directional hardness profiles of material web reel 30 a measur¬ ing head 43, which is loaded by a loading means 41, 42 against the outer surface of the material web reel, which rotates around its central axis of rotations and which when turn¬ ing grows in the direction of the radius. According to the invention, the loading means loads the measuring head, so that the motion course will be a linear motion course con¬ tinuously, when the material web reel while turning grows in the radius direction. In that case, the measuring direction will be constant essentially and the measuring errors . caused by the gravity, which are typical of the prior art, do not get to be formed.

To accomplish the linear motion course the loading means 41, 42 of the measuring de¬ vice 40 can be for example a power cylinder, which has been presented in the figure, which power cylinder is a compressed air cylinder or hydraulic cylinder advantageously. Instead of the power cylinder, one can also apply other linear units, which accomplishes a linear motion course. This kind of a linear unit can be for example a linear motor or a screw tool.

According to the invention it is preferred that the linear motion of the measuring head 43 towards the outer surface of the material web reel 30 is essentially parallel with the ra¬ dius of the material web reel. In that case, the measuring direction will be essentially constant and the measuring errors caused by the gravity which are typical of the prior art do not get to exist.

Reference is made to Figure 5a and to Figure 5b. When the driving speed of the reel is constant about 1000 m/min, Figure 5a represents a hardness profile as a function of time by means of measuring that in accordance with the prior art, and figure FIG.5b represent the diameter of the reel growth as a function of time by means of measuring that in ac¬ cordance with the prior art. One can notice that the loading bar, which moves in a pivot- ing manner and which moves and loads the measuring head along a curved track, causes due to a changing measuring geometry and gravity of the earth continues measuring er¬ ror, which is appearing continues oscillation of the function that describes the CD- directional hardness profile. By means of the measuring device according to the inven- tion, one can eliminate this kind of a curved motion course of the measuring head, and whereas the motion course is continuously linear the gravity of the earth does either not cause measuring error. In that case the function, which describes a CD-directional hard¬ ness profile, will remain steady better and describes more sensitively and in more detail the CD-directional hardness profiles of the material web reel 30, which make possible to detect possible web faults faster.

It is further stated, that concerning the measuring device according to the invention, that the measuring head 43, which is for example a measuring wheel, can be used to measure the diameter profiles and/or the surface velocity profile of the material web reel 30, in addition to and/or instead of the measuring of the hardness profile, by adapting a pulse transducer furthermore therewith. In that case, the diameter differences and surface ve¬ locity difference to be perceived and/or measured will correlate directly with the thick¬ ness profile W of the material web W.

The present invention has been described above only means of a method and an ar¬ rangement which are related to a calender. Naturally, the present invention has not been meant to be limited to relate this kind of an individual embodiment or field of applica¬ tion in any way but many equivalent and alternative solutions and modifications are pos¬ sible within the scope of the inventive idea that has been defined in the enclosed patent claims.

In addition to the above mentioned head box, the pressing unit, the drying unit, the cal¬ ender unit, the basic idea of the invention can be applied also for example in connection with the covering station to manage the CD-directional profile for making an improved reeling possible. In the presented method also all the known measuring methods or the variations of methods, which are suitable for a profile measuring, such as a traversing measure head or a row sensor techniques, can be used for the determination of the hardness and struc¬ ture of the reel 30.