Paper machine dry line position control during grade changes - American Control Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998

The detection and controll of the dry line machine direction position on a fourdrinier paper machine are considered in this work. The dry line position is detected using a digital image processing system consisting of a CCD camera, a frame grabber and a standard PC. The system was installed Ion a kraft liner machine and both open loop and closecl loop experiments were performed with encouraging results. The introduction of automatic control of the dry line position reduces the time for grade changes and it also reduces the machine operators work load. The reduced time leads to smaller production losses and hence to economical benefits.