Granted Patent B2

US 12,208,537 · App. 17/106,774 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Stergios Karakoussis (Laubach, DE); Thomas Koch (Aschersleben, DE); Thomas Kramer (Kitzingen, DE); Alexander Hartmann (Kleinlangheim, DE); Georgi Paraskov (Nuremberg, DE); Reiner Schneiderbanger (Knetzgau, DE); Carlo Knauf (Weigenheim, DE)

Assignee: KNAUF GIPS KG

B28B5/027B28B19/0092

Abstract

Claims (15)

1. A slurry distributing device for preventing flushing effects in the production of gypsum plasterboards, the slurry distributing device comprising a process belt, wherein the slurry distributing device is equipped to be supplied with a gypsum slurry from at least one mixing device, to adapt a conveying speed of the gypsum slurry to a conveying device speed and to distribute the gypsum slurry uniformly over a desired width and then to deliver the distributed gypsum slurry onto a lower layer, the lower layer being the conveying device itself or a casing material lying on the conveying device, wherein the process belt actively transports the gypsum slurry in a delivery direction of the gypsum slurry and adapts the conveying speed of the gypsum slurry to the conveying device speed such that a relative speed of the gypsum slurry in the delivery direction in relation to a speed at which the lower layer is moving is approximately equal to zero, and wherein the gypsum slurry is a flowable gypsum slurry.

2. The slurry distributing device according to claim 1 , wherein the slurry distributing device comprises, in addition to the process belt, a roller conveyor, wherein three or more rollers are disposed in parallel with one another in a common plane, the three or more rollers are rotatably mounted about their longitudinal axes and are disposed essentially perpendicular to the delivery direction of the gypsum slurry.

3. The slurry distributing device according to claim 2 , wherein the three or more rollers are in direct contact with one another.

4. The slurry distributing device according to claim 2 , wherein the three or more rollers are equipped to rotate in the delivery direction or alternately in the delivery direction and against the delivery direction.

5. The slurry distributing device according to claim 2 , wherein the slurry distributing device also comprises at least one last roller in the delivery direction, which has a smaller diameter than the other rollers.

6. The slurry distributing device according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one last roller is equipped to rotate against the delivery direction.

7. The slurry distributing device according to claim 5 , wherein the last roller is disposed beneath the plane of the other rollers.

8. The slurry distributing device according to claim 5 , wherein the last roller is pretensioned by means of a spring.

9. The slurry distributing device according to claim 2 , wherein the process belt is disposed upstream of the roller conveyor.

10. The slurry distributing device according to claim 2 , wherein the process belt and the roller conveyor have separate drive units.

11. A conveyor line for producing gypsum plasterboards, comprising a conveying device, at least one mixing device for mixing at least one gypsum slurry, and the slurry distributing device for preventing flushing effects in the production of gypsum plasterboards and comprising a process belt according to claim 1 , wherein the slurry distributing device is disposed between a supply device for the at least one gypsum slurry and the delivery of the at least one gypsum slurry, and wherein the slurry distributing device is equipped to deliver the at least one gypsum slurry supplied from the at least one mixing device essentially uniformly onto a lower layer, wherein the lower layer is the conveying device itself or a casing material lying on the conveying device, wherein the slurry distributing device is equipped to actively transport the at least one gypsum slurry, and wherein the at least one gypsum slurry is a flowable gypsum slurry.

12. The conveyor line according to claim 11 , wherein a discharge height of the flowable gypsum slurry from the slurry distributing device onto a surface of a lower layer is less than 5 cm.

13. The conveyor line according to claim 11 , wherein the conveyor line comprises a plurality of the slurry distributing device, wherein the plurality of slurry distributing devices are disposed one after the other, by means of which identically or differently constituted slurries are delivered onto the lower layer.

14. The conveyor line according to claim 11 , wherein a discharge height of the flowable gypsum slurry from the slurry distributing device onto a surface of a lower layer is less than 4 cm.

15. The conveyor line according to claim 11 , wherein the lower layer is fed continuously with the flowable gypsum slurry.

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