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|Sep 3, 2002
|Filing date
|Jul 27, 2001
|Priority date
|Jun 23, 1998
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|Dean A. Rulis, Robert E. Edwards, Jr.
|Original Assignee
|Wilbanks International, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (36), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (14), Classifications (13), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
The present patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/340,551, filed Jun. 28, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,274,002 which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/103,511 filed Jun. 23, 1998 now abandoned.
The present invention relates generally to papermaking apparatus having variable, or adjustable, dewatering elements, and more particularly to variable turbulation blades.
In the manufacture of paper, paper stock is carried by a conveyor over dewatering elements. Some of the dewatering elements have a geometry or position which produces turbulence in the paper stock to produce selected action in the paper stock. In the past, such turbulence has been produced by providing various foils or turbo blades in selected positions over which the conveyor and the paper stock move. The angular positioning of the foils, or turbo blades is selected to produce the turbulation action desired.
Prior turbo blades have been provided which have a fixed in-going angle between a flat leading portion of the blade and the conveyor to obtain a stock pulse of selected magnitude. However, such prior turbo blades generally have not been coupled with adjustment mechanism which allows the in-going angle for the blade to be varied, or adjusted, while the blade is adjacent the conveyor.
Further, prior turbo blades having fixed in-going angles have not permitted the fine adjustment of turbulating pulses as may be desired.
Some prior apparatus has provided mechanism for adjusting the angle of a foil contacting the underside of the conveyor to control the water removal rate of the dewatering element. One such example as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,169,500 of Mejdell issued Dec. 8, 1992. However, the dewatering elements disclosed therein generally are configured, such that there is little opportunity for providing variation in in-going angles of the leading portion of the foil.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved system and method for papermaking in which a plurality of dewatering elements, including variable turbulation blades, are adjustable to provide a paper sheet of improved characteristics.
Another object of the present invention is to provide such a system and method in which turbulation blades which engage the surface of the conveyor carrying the paper stock to control the water removal rate with adjusting mechanism to adjust the in-going angle of a blade.
An additional object of the present invention is to provide such a system which includes a moveable turbulation blade which is connected to a fixed member by a cam mechanism for adjusting the in-going angle of the blade relative to the conveyor for the paper stock.
Another object of the invention is to provide a variable pulse turbulation blade having an in-going angle relative to the conveyor which is adjustable to provide a more uniform paper sheet for different grades of paper while maintaining the height of the blade substantially constant relative to the conveyor.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide paper stock turbulation apparatus for agitation of paper stock carried on a conveyor to form a paper sheet which includes a turbulation blade positioned adjacent the conveyor and having a variable in-going angle formed between the paper sheet conveyor and a leading portion of the upper surface of the blade and adjustment mechanism for moving the blade to different positions to adjust the in-going angle of the blade relative to the conveyor, thereby to control the turbulation of the paper stock on the conveyor while the turbulation blade is positioned adjacent the conveyor.
A still further object of the invention is to provide such paper stock turbulation apparatus in which the leading portion of the blade includes a plurality of angularly disposed areas which extend along the leading portion and form different in-going angles with the conveyor.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide a turbulation blade for a papermaking machine having an elongate substantially rigid member with an upper surface over which a conveyor may run and a leading edge extending along one side thereof, with the upper surface having a leading portion adjacent the leading edge which includes a plurality of flat surface areas, which extend along the leading portion and form different angles with a plane extending tangent to the upper surface of the blade.
Another object of the invention is to provide a turbulation blade for a papermaking machine having an elongate substantially rigid member with an upper surface over which a conveyor may run and a leading edge extending along one side thereof, with the upper surface having a leading portion adjacent the leading edge which is curved downwardly from a plane extending tangent to the upper surface of the blade and including a plurality of different radii of curvature in successive portions of the leading portion which extend along the leading portion.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof and from the attached drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a papermaking machine showing the location of variable dewatering devices and paper sheet characteristic sensors which are operated by a control system;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the control system;
FIGS. 3A and 3B show the flow chart of a computer program which can be employed to operate a computer control system of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of an adjustable angle foil dewatering device with a cam operated adjusting mechanism which can be employed in the papermaking machine of FIG. 1 and its foil angle adjusted by the computer control system of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a vertical section view taken along the line 5—5 of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a side elevation view of a prior art foil and the paper stock pulse produced by such foil;
FIG. 7 is a side elevation view of a prior art turbulation blade with a fixed in-going angle and the stock pulse produced by such blade;
FIG. 8 is a section view of one embodiment of the variable pulse turbulation blade;
FIG. 9 is a section view of the base member taken along the line of 9—9 of FIG. 8 showing cam slots and pins in a cam operated adjusting mechanism used to vary the in-going angle of such blade;
FIGS. 10A to 10D show different portions of the blade of FIGS. 8 and 9;
FIG. 11 is a side elevation view of a second embodiment of the turbulation blade; and
FIG. 12 is a side elevation view of a third embodiment of the turbulation blade.
As shown in FIG. 1, a papermaking machine includes a forming section 10 where the paper sheet is formed from a liquid slurry of paper pulp and water known as paper stock, a press section 12 where additional water is removed from the paper sheet by pressing it against a felt sheet which acts as a blotter to absorb moisture, and a dryer section 14 where the paper sheet is dried and finished. In addition, the forming section 10 may be provided with a top surface finishing section 16 where a special finish is provided on the top surface of the paper sheet. The forming section 10 includes a porous conveyor belt 18 in the form of a woven screen or "wire" which may be made of stainless steel, bronze, or other suitable metal, or of a woven fabric of synthetic plastic such as polyester. A liquid slurry of paper pulp and water referred to as "paper stock" is supplied from the output of a head box 20 onto the upper surface of the conveyor wire 18 driven over a breast roll 21 which transports it across the surface of a forming board 22 and a dewatering table 23. The paper sheet is formed on such forming board and dewatering table in a conventional manner and such paper sheet is then conveyed across the surface of a plurality of gravity boxes 24 having variable angle foils 26 provided on their upper surface. In addition, the gravity boxes of dewatering table 23 may be provided with variable turbulation blades 28, such as variable height turbo blades, which provide turbulence to the paper stock during formation of the paper sheet and are adjusted in height relative to the bottom surface of the conveyor wire. Both the variable angle foils 26 and the variable height blades 28 are dewatering devices which remove water from the paper sheet as it is formed and conveyed across these elements. The variable angle foils 26 each engage the bottom surface of the conveyor at a small foil angle preferably in the range of about zero to four degrees, which produces a vacuum below the conveyor belt that sucks water from the paper sheet. Adjustment of this foil angle controls the water removal rate of the foil and such removed water then drains through the gravity boxes 24 and is disposed of. The variable height blade 28 is spaced from blades on either side of such blade which are at different heights relative to the conveyor 18 in order to provide an undulation and turbulence of the paper stock to form the paper sheet and to assist in removing water therefrom.
Next the paper sheet passes from the variable angle foils 26 across the upper surface of suction boxes 30 which have fixed blades that engage the conveyor wire and are spaced apart by slots to allow water to drain from the paper sheet as it is conveyed across the suction boxes 30. The vacuum of the suction boxes 30 may be changed to vary their water removal rate by adjusting vacuum control valves 32 on such suction boxes. The conveyor transports the paper sheet over a final suction box 34 and around a suction couch roll 36 at the output of conveyor 18 from which the paper sheet 38 is transferred into the press section 12.
A conveyor felt 40 of an endless sheet of water absorbing blotter type woven felt material engages the upper surface of the paper sheet 38. The paper sheet is pressed between conveyor felt 40 and a press conveyor wire 42 of the same type material as conveyor wire 18, when the paper passes over a press roll 44. The water absorbed in the felt sheet 40 is removed by a Uhle tube vacuum box 46 which includes a pair of spaced blade elements that engage the felt and are separated by a variable slot which is adjusted by movement of one of the blades for controlling the water removal rate of such Uhle box. The paper sheet 38 is transferred from the press section 12 into the dryer section 14 where it is conveyed about dryer rolls 48 which are heated internally with steam to dry the paper sheet by evaporation due to thermal contact with such rolls. As a result, the dried paper sheet 38 is transmitted from the output of the dryer section across a transparency sensor 50 which includes a laser light source and photo detector on opposite sides of the sheet for testing the light transparency characteristic of the paper sheet. It should be noted that the transparency sensor 50 may be located alternatively at the output of the press section 12 at position 50′ instead of at the output of the dryer section.
In addition, a plurality of mass sensors 52 and 54 may be provided beneath the conveyor 18 in the forming section 10 in order to determine the mass or density of the paper sheet as it is conveyed along such conveyor. The first mass sensor 52 may be positioned between the foil gravity boxes 24 and the suction boxes 30 while the second mass sensor 54 is positioned between the final suction box 34 and the couch roll 36 at the output of the forming section. These mass sensors may be gamma gauges which employ radioactive sources and detectors to measure the mass or density of the paper sheet as it passes over such sensors. The mass sensors 52 and 54 thereby determine the amount of water remaining in the sheet at the position where the sensors are located which is spaced along the conveyor downstream from the dewatering elements 26, 28, and 30 that are adjusted to control the water removal rate.
When a top surface finishing section 16 is employed on the forming section 10, a special finish conveyor 56 is provided which is urged into contact with the upper surface of the paper sheet 38 to press it against the sheet conveyor 18 in order to provide such upper surface with a desired finish. A variable slot pickup device 58 may be provided on the conveyor 18 adjacent the output of the finishing section 16 in order to force the paper sheet 38 to remain on the conveyor 18 and not be picked up by the finish conveyor 56. The variable slot pickup device 58 has a pair of blade members separated by a slot whose width may be varied by moving one of the blade members in response to control signals produced by the computer control system of FIG. 2 in a manner hereafter described.
The dewatering devices including the adjustable angle foils 26, the variable height turbo blades 28, the suction boxes 30, the variable slot Uhle box 46, and the variable slot pickup device 58 each have a moveable element which is adjusted by electrical operating devices such as electric motors in response to control signals produced by the computer control system of FIG. 2 to vary their water removal rates. In addition, the vacuum valves 32 of the suction boxes 30 may also be adjusted by an electrical operating device such as a solenoid valve actuator which is controlled by the control signals of the computer to vary the vacuum within such suction boxes.
As shown in FIG. 2, the automatic control system of the present invention includes a computer controller 60 having at least three inputs connected to the outputs of sensors 50, 52, and 54 for sensing different characteristics of the paper sheet at positions spaced along the path of such sheet downstream from the dewatering devices. Thus, transparency sensor 50 senses the paper sheet's light transparency and produces a corresponding sensor output signal which is applied to an input of the computer controller. Also, mass sensors 52 and 54 sense the paper sheet mass which indicates the amount of water relative to the amount of paper fiber remaining in the sheet at the point where the sensor is located and apply corresponding sensor output signals to the controller. The computer controller sends control signals from its outputs to a plurality of electrical operating devices for adjusting a moveable element in each of the dewatering devices. The operating devices include a drive motor 62 for adjusting the angle of the variable angle foil 26 in a manner hereafter described with respect to FIGS. 4 and 5. Thus, the computer controller 60 applies a first control signal at output 63 through a servo amplifier 64 to the drive motor 62 which may be a servo motor having a shaft position encoder which produces a position output signal corresponding to the rotational position of the shaft at output 66 which is transmitted as a feedback signal back to the computer controller. As a result, the computer determines when the foil angle reaches the proper angle by detecting the rotational position of the motor shaft and stops further movement of the motor shaft such as by terminating the control signal 63 applied to motor 62. The adjustment of the foil angle by the servo motor 62 is accomplished by the cam actuator mechanism shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 as hereafter discussed.
In a similar manner, the adjustable height turbo blade 28 is controlled by a second servo drive motor 68 in response to a control signal 72 supplied by the computer controller 60 through a servo amplifier 70 to such motor. The servo motor 68 is also provided with a shaft position encoder that produces a feedback position signal 74 which is transmitted to the computer controller to indicate the rotational position of the motor shaft which corresponds to the height of the blade 28. The servo motor 68 adjusts the height of the blade 28 by means of any suitable cam mechanism in a similar manner to the cam adjustment of the foil angle of the foil 26 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
A third servo drive motor 76 is used for varying the width of the slot of the Uhle box 46 by adjustment of a moveable Uhle blade in response to a control signal 78 transmitted from the computer controller 60 through a servo amplifier 80 to the drive motor. The servo drive motor 76 also has a shaft position encoder which produces a feedback position signal 82 that is fed back to the computer controller to indicate the width of the variable slot of the Uhle box. Thus, the Uhle box includes at least one moveable Uhle blade separated by a slot from another blade both of which engage the felt conveyor 40. The moveable blade is adjusted by a suitable cam actuator to vary the slot width by the operation of the drive motor 76 in a similar manner to the cam actuated variable angle foil 26.
The variable slot pickup device 58 is also provided with a moveable blade separated by a slot from a second blade which both engage the underside of the conveyor 18. The moveable blade member is adjusted to vary the slot width by a fourth servo drive motor 84 in response to a control signal 86 produced by computer controller 60 and transmitted through servo amplifier 88 to such drive motor. In addition, the drive motor 84 employs a shaft position encoder which produces a feedback position signal 90 which is transmitted back to the computer controller to indicate when the desired width of the slot of the pickup device is reached. The drive motor 84 moves the adjustable blade of the variable slot pickup device by means of a suitable cam mechanism similar to that used by the Uhle box 46 and the variable angle foil 26 as described above.
An electrically operated servo drive device 92, which may be a solenoid or drive motor, is employed to adjust each of the vacuum control valves 32 of the suction boxes 30 in order to change the vacuum in such boxes and thereby control their dewatering rates. The electrical operating device 92 is actuated by a control signal 94 supplied by the computer controller 60 through a servo amplifier 96 to the operating device 92. The operating device 92 transmits a feedback position signal 98 to the computer controller 60 which corresponds to the position of the valve.
As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the variable angle foils 26 each include a plurality of rigid foil segments 100 of a suitable hard wear-resistant ceramic material such as aluminum oxide, which are fixedly mounted on the top of a support base member 102 of fiberglass reinforced plastic material which extends across the conveyor 18. The support base 102 is provided with a dovetail projection 104 on the top surface thereof which extends into a dovetail slot 106 in the bottom of each of the ceramic segments 100 and is bonded thereto by a thermo-setting bonding material 108, such as epoxy resin. The foil support base 102 is attached to a separate mounting member 110 of fiberglass reinforced plastic having a plurality of downward sloping cam slots 112 and 114 formed in the opposite sides of a top portion thereof. The cam slots 112 and 114 are engaged by cam follower members 116 and 118, respectively, which are attached to the support base 102 by mounting bolts 120 and 122 extending through the front side and the rear side of the support base as shown in FIG. 5. The mounting member 110 is provided with a T-shaped slot 124 in its bottom portion for mounting on a T-bar of stainless steel or fiberglass reinforced plastic fixed to the frame of the papermaking machine and extending across the width of the paper sheet conveyor 18. Two resilient seals 125 of rubber may be provided between the base member 102 and the mounting member 110 to protect the cam mechanism from corrosive liquid. This construction is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,169,500 of Mejdell issued Dec. 8, 1992.
As shown in FIG. 4, an actuating screw 126 is attached at its inner end to an end cap member 127 which is fixed by bolts 129 to the support base 102 in order to move such support base longitudinally along the mounting member 110 by rotation of such screw. This causes the cam followers 112 and 114 to slide along the cam slots 116 and 118, respectively, to adjust the foil angle formed between the top surface 136 of the foil 26 and the bottom of the conveyor 18. Thus, the actuating screw 126 extends through threaded stop collars 128 and 130 on opposite sides of a fixed support bracket 132 which is fixedly attached to the side of the bottom portion of mounting member 110 so that the support base 102 is moved by the screw relative to the mounting member. The outer end 134 of the adjusting screw is mechanically coupled to the drive shaft of the drive motor 62 for rotation by such motor.
It should be noted that the cam slot 112 on the front side of the mounting member 110 is of a different slope than the cam slot 114 on the back side of such mounting member as is clearly shown in FIG. 4. As a result of this, the foil member 20 pivots about the mounting member 110 to change the foil angle between the upper surface 136 of the foil and the paper sheet conveyor in contact therewith, without changing the height of the front edge 138 of the foil relative to the conveyor. A foil angle indicator scale 130 is provided on the support for the bracket 132 and an angle pointer 142 is provided by the end of the foil base member 102. As shown by scale 130 the foil angle may be adjusted in the range of zero degrees to four degrees and in FIG. 4 is set at two degrees.
The height of the adjustable turbo blade 28 on the forming table 23 may be changed relative to the conveyor 18 while maintaining the upper surface of such blade parallel to such conveyor by using a similar cam arrangement to that of FIGS. 4 and 5 except that the cam slots 112 and 114 would then have the same slopes. As a result, the height of the adjustable blade is changed uniformly along such blade relative to the other blades on opposite sides thereof. This adjusts the turbulence of the paper stock flowing over the forming table and varies the water removed from the paper sheet formed on the forming table 23. It should be noted that for adjusting the width of the slot between blades of the pickup device 58 and the slot between the blades of the Uhle box 46, the cam actuating means would be provided on a horizontal surface rather than a vertical surface of the support for such blade. One suitable cam mechanism is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,278,497 of Mellen issued Jul. 14, 1998 or in U.S. Pat. No. 4,280,869 of Eckerdt issued Jul. 26, 1981.
A computer program flow chart for the computer controller 60 of FIG. 2 is shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. As shown in FIG. 3A, the flow chart of a computer program for the computer controller 60 of FIG. 2 includes a program start step 144 and a program initialization step 146 which causes a data gathering step 148 to be initiated for gathering input data from a plurality of input signal sources including paper sheet characteristics sensor inputs 150, dewatering devices settings input 152, a historical dewatering devices data source 154, and a data input 156 from other devices and control systems such as the chemical content of the paper stock employed in the head box of the papermaking machine as well as filler and fiber content of the stock. The input data from sources 150, 152, 154, and 156 are all applied to the data gathering input step 148 and are also applied to a closed loop algorithm step 158 containing a suitable algorithm for optimizing paper sheet quality. The data gathering input step 148 has one of its outputs connected to a statistical display 160 for the operator and a papermaking machine history and run-time reporting step 162 as well as a historic dewatering device and sensor data storage step 164.
The other output of the closed loop algorithm step 158 is transmitted to an optimum settings of dewatering devices step 166 which stores the optimum settings of the dewatering devices including the foil angles, blade heights, slot widths, and suction box vacuum pressure inputs supplied by step 152 when the optimum paper sheet quality has been achieved as determined by the step 158. In addition, a second output of the step 158 is supplied to an automatic or semi-automatic mode decision step 168 which determines whether the papermaking machine is operated in a fully automatic mode or a semi-automatic mode. In the semi-automatic mode the output of step 168 goes to a semi-automatic/calibration routine 170 in which the target settings of the dewatering devices are entered by the operator rather than by the computer. This semi-automatic/calibration routine 170 is shown in greater detail in the sub-routine flow chart of FIG. 3B as hereafter described.
When the automatic mode is selected, the output of the mode selection step 168 is supplied to a step 172 for moving the optimum settings of the dewatering devices stored in step 166 to the target settings step 174 which stores the target settings of such dewatering devices. In addition, step 172 produces an output which initiates a closed loop setting algorithm step 176 which applies the target settings of the dewatering devices obtained in step 174, to the actual devices in step 180 through control signal outputs 178 to adjust the dewatering devices in step 180 to the target settings of dewatering devices by moving a moveable element of each of such devices to adjust the foil angle, blade height, slot width, and suction box vacuum of such devices. The position of the moveable element of each of the dewatering devices is transmitted as device position signals 182 from the dewatering device adjustment step 180 to the close loop setting algorithm step 176 to indicate the position that the moveable element of the dewatering device has been adjusted to. When this target setting adjustment is complete, the close loop step 176 applies an output to a program exit decision step 184 which decides whether to exit the program by sending a "yes" command to the program end step 186 or sending a "no" signal back to the input data gathering step 148 which causes the program to continue.
As shown in FIG. 3B, the semi-automatic/calibration routine 170 includes a semi-automatic/calibration routine start step 188 which is actuated by the output of the mode decision step 168 of FIG. 3A. The calibration routine start step 188 applies an output to a decision step 190 for deciding whether or not to make individual adjustment of one or more dewatering devices. Thus, step 190 produces a "yes" output when an adjustment is to be made which is supplied to step 192 causing the operator to make the adjustment to the command position for one or more dewatering devices. The output of step 192 transmits the adjusted setting of the dewatering device to a target setting of dewatering device storage step 194 which stores the target settings selected by the operator. When the output of the dewatering device adjustment step 190 is "no", it applies an input to a save current setting as recipe decision step 196, which causes the current or present setting of the dewatering devices to be saved as a recipe by applying a "yes" output in a save setting step 198, which produces a setting output which is applied to a recipe for dewatering settings step 200 for saving as an operator-defined recipe the current settings of the dewatering devices. When the output of the save step 196 is "no", it actuates a load existing setting recipe step 202.
The load existing setting recipe decision step 202 has a "yes" output which actuates an operator selects step 204 in which the operator selects a pre-defined setting recipe for each of the dewatering devices and stores it as a target setting of the dewatering device in step 206. The target settings of step 206 are obtained from the recipes for dewatering device settings stored in 200. At the "no" output of the load existing setting recipe decision step 202, a move optimum target setting decision step 208 is actuated which provides a "yes" output to the optimum settings move step 210 in which the optimum settings of the dewatering devices of step 166 on the flow chart of FIG. 3A are moved to the target settings step 174 determined by the automatic mode flow chart of FIG. 3A. After this, the move optimum settings step 210 produces an output which actuates a semi-automatic/calibration routine stop step 212. Similarly, the "no" output of the move optimum settings to target settings decision step 208 actuates the calibration routine stop step 212. This completes the computer program flow chart of FIG. 3B.
In the process of making paper, a liquid mixture of water and fibrous pulp called "paper stock" is sprayed onto a porous conveyor web called the fabric. At this point the paper stock is typically more than 99% water and less than 1% wood fiber. As the paper stock travels on the conveyer fabric down the length of the papermaking machine, water is continuously being drained from the stock through the moving fabric. As a result, the paper stock begins to thicken and form a paper sheet. Without sufficient agitation to the mixture, the fiber in the paper stock tends to clump, or "flock" together. The formation of flocks in a sheet is detrimental to the uniform quality of the paper, causing an inconsistent appearance in the sheet. This is prevented by agitation of the paper stock by producing turbulence in the stock.
The conventional means of causing agitation to paper stock is by placing dewatering elements below the conveyer fabric with specific static geometry relative to the conveyer fabric to cause turbulence in the sheet. The most common geometry is to use a prior art device known as a "foil," which supports the fabric and helps to remove water from the sheet (see FIG. 6). The basic foil has a leading edge that scrapes water off the underside of the fabric, supports the fabric and pushes a small amount of water back up into the fabric. The water that is pushed back up into the fabric causes an upward pressure stock pulse. Behind the leading edge of the foil, it is common for the flat top surface of the foil to form a diverging angle away from the conveyer fabric. This diverging angle is known as the foil angle. The foil angle causes a low-pressure area to form under the fabric, which causes water to be pulled form the sheet. This low pressure also causes a small pulse to the sheet. The pulse is the primary means to break up flocks that are trying to form in the sheet.
The above-mentioned foil works sufficiently well for most types of paper, but on some thick, heavy types of paper, a pulse of greater magnitude is required to break up the flocks. For these heavy grades, it is common to use a prior art turbo blade 28′ with a fixed in-going angle β between a flat leading portion of the blade and the conveyer to get a stock pulse of a greater magnitude (see FIG. 7). The magnitude of the pulse is directly correlated to the amount of the in-going angle. By increasing or decreasing the in-going angle using turbo blades with different fixed in-going angles, the magnitude of the pulse is increased or decreased as well.
Many paper machines produce a range of paper grades. As the grades and thus the weight of the paper sheet changes, the magnitude of the pressure pulse required also changes. To date, the only way to change the magnitude of the pulse caused by the in-going angle is to change the speed of the machine or the magnitude of the in-going angle. Previously, the only way to change the in-going angle of the prior art turbo blade 28′ was to remove the fixed in-going angle blade from the paper machine and replace it with another fixed-angle blade with a different in-going angle. Changing turbo blades on a paper machine is not convenient. The typical turbo blade is 200 to 400 inches long and replacement of the blade is usually done while the machine is in operation which makes replacement of the blades very difficult and time consuming.
The variable height turbo blades 28 of FIGS. 1 and 2 may be replaced by variable pulse turbulation blades 220 shown in FIG. 8 which are made in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention to provide an adjustable in-going angle β, labeled 222, between a flat leading portion 224 at the front end of the top surface of such blade and the conveyor 18. The in-going angle β of the turbo blade 220 is adjusted to vary the pulse height, as hereafter discussed with reference to FIGS. 8, 9 and 10A-10D.
As shown in FIGS. 4, 5 and 6, the conventional prior art foil 26 has a flat upper surface 136 which extends rearwardly from a leading edge 138 and slopes downward away from the conveyor 18 to form a foil angle α between such upper surface and such conveyor. The foil angle produces a vacuum pressure which draws water down through the conveyor from the paper sheet carried by the conveyor. In addition, the leading edge 138 of the foil scrapes the bottom of the conveyor 18 to remove a portion of the water on its lower side draining from the paper stock, and also deflects another portion of such water upward through the conveyor to produce a small turbulation pulse 226 in the paper stock solution. This pulse creates a turbulence in such stock that tends to prevent clumps of fibers or flocks from forming in the paper sheet, thereby producing a paper sheet of more uniform consistence. However, the turbo pulse 226 is not of sufficient height to prevent flocking of many heavier grades of paper.
As shown in FIG. 7, a prior art fixed turbo blade 28′ has been employed with a fixed in-going angle β, labeled 228, between a flat leading portion 230 on the top surface of such blade and the conveyor 18. In addition, such prior turbo blade also functions as a foil because it has a fixed foil angle ox between a flat rear portion 232 of the blade and the conveyor. This turbo blade 28′ produces a higher stock pulse 233 than the stock pulse 226 produced by the conventional foil of FIG. 6. The height of the turbulence stock pulse 233 in FIG. 7 is determined by the fixed in-going foil angle 228. However, this fixed in-going angle turbo blade 28′ is not satisfactory for may different grades of paper. As a result, other fixed-turbo blades with different fixed in-going angles must be substituted for such blades with different grades of paper. This may require stopping the papermaking machine to replace the previously installed fixed-angle turbo blade with another, which is time-consuming and costly, resulting in lost paper production.
The above problems are overcome by the variable angle turbulation blade 220 of the present invention, one embodiment of which is shown in FIGS. 8 to 10. In the embodiment illustrated, blade 220 has a pointed leading edge extending longitudinally along the right side of the blade as seen in FIG. 8. A flat leading surface 224 is adjacent the leading edge. The in-going β angle 222 of blade 220 between the flat leading surface 224 and the conveyer 18 is adjusted by the same cam adjustment mechanism used for the foil 26, shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, while maintaining the height of the blade relative to the conveyor 18 substantially constant. In this embodiment of the turbulation blade 220, the foil angle α of the blade between its flat rear surface 225 and the conveyer 18, is also adjusted when the in-going angle β is adjusted.
The portion of conveyor 18 illustrated in FIGS. 8, 10, 11, and 12 is shown as occupying a substantially horizontal plane, with the upper surface of turbulation blade 220 positioned adjacent such plane. Upper surface portions of blade 220 are disposed at noted angles α and β relative to the illustrated conveyor and thus at such angles relative to the plane extending adjacent, or tangent, to the top of the blade occupied by the conveyor. Further, the rear surface 225 and leading surface 224 join at a juncture region which is illustrated in FIG. 8 as the highest region of the top surface contiguous conveyor 18.
Although four different in-going angle positions of the turbulation blade 220 are shown in FIGS. 10A to 10D it should be recognized that the in-going angle β and angle α are generally infinitely adjustable. The in-going angle β is adjusted by a cam mechanism when the support member 102 fixed to the turbulation blade 220, is moved longitudinally along the base member 110 to cause the ends of cam follower pins 120 and 122 on such support member to slide along the cam surfaces within the sloping cam grooves 112 and 114, respectively, which are on opposing sides of the base member as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. As a result, the cam mechanism adjusts both the foil angle α and the in-going angle β of the turbulence blade 220 relative to the conveyor 18 while maintaining the height of the blade relative to the conveyor substantially constant.
In the position of FIG. 10A, the turbo blade 220 has an in-going angle β of 3.0 degrees and a foil angle α of 10.5 degrees, and has a height of 1.665 inches above a T-bar support rail 234 on which the base member 110 is mounted by a T-shaped slot in the bottom of such base member. In FIG. 10B, the turbulation blade 220 has been pivoted about a pivot axis 244 by the cam mechanism to a second position to provide an in-going angle β of 5.0 degrees and a foil angle α of about 6.0 degrees relative to the conveyor 18. Similarly in FIG. 10C, the blade 220 has been pivoted into a third position to provide an in-going angle β of 8.0 degrees and a foil angle α of about 3.0 degrees. Finally, in FIG. 10D the turbulation blade 220 has been pivoted to a fourth position to provide an in-going angle β of 12.0 degrees and a foil angle α of zero. It should be noted that the height of the turbulence pulse for the turbulation blade 220, corresponding to pulse 233 in FIG. 7, increases for each of the blade positions of FIGS. 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D due to the increases in the in-going angle β of the blade. Thus, the heavy grades of paper sheet require the use of larger in-going angles, while the lighter grades of paper sheet require the use of smaller in-going angles.
As shown in FIG. 11, a second embodiment of the turbulation blade 220′ includes three flat areas 236, 238 and 240 on the leading portion 224′ of the upper surface of the blade which are spaced by successively greater amounts rearwardly from a leading edge 242 of such blade. The flat areas 240, 238, and 236, respectively, form three different in-going angles β1, β2 and β3 with the conveyor 18 which are preset to different predetermined angles that may be indicated on the scale 130 for the adjustment shaft 126 of the cam mechanism shown in FIG. 4. The cam mechanism moves the support member 102 and cam follower pins 120 and 122 along the cam surfaces of the cam slots on opposite sides of the base member 110 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, to pivot the blade 220′ about the pivot axis 244 between the in-going angles β1, β2 and β3. It should be noted that the position of the pivot axis 244 changes vertically with different in-going angles to maintain the height of the foil relative to the conveyor 18 substantially constant.
A third embodiment of the turbulation blade 220″ is shown in FIG. 12 to include a curved leading portion 224″ and a curved trailing portion 225′ on the upper surface of such blade. The curved leading portion 224″ has three portions of different radius formed by a long first radius 246 for the front portion, a medium-length second radius 248 for the middle portion, and a short third radius 250 for the rear portion of such leading portion. As a result, the leading portion 224″ of blade 220″ forms different in-going angles β with the conveyor 18 depending upon the pivot position of the blade about pivot axis 244. Thus, in the solid line portion of the blade 220″, the leading portion 224″ forms an in-going angle β2 of about 15 degrees with the conveyor 18, while in the phantom line position of the blade the leading portion forms an in-going angle β1, of about 10 degrees, with the conveyor. It should be noted that the pivot axis 244 moves vertically down to position 244′ when the blade is pivoted by the cam adjustment mechanism between different in-going angles to maintain the height of the blade substantially constant. Also, the trailing portion 225′ of the blade is convex and is curved downward to form an angle α of, for example, about 5 degrees with the conveyor at the maximum in-going angle β2 of 15 degrees. This curved trailing portion 225′ enables a larger maximum in-going angle to be used than is possible with a straight trailing portion 225′, which limits the rotation portion of the blade, as shown in FIG. 10D. Thus, such a curved tailing portion 225′ may also be used on the turbulation blades of FIGS. 8, 10 and 11 to increase the maximum possible in-going angle of such blades.
It will be obvious to those having ordinary skill in the art that many changes may be made in the above described detailed description of certain preferred embodiments thereof. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should only be determined by the following claims.
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A local team of 13 area girls will be off to Indiana next week to take part in a national slowpitch softball tournament.
The trip wouldn't have happened, however, without a lot of hard work by the players on the team, all of whom are 12 years old or younger.
The goal was to raise $13,000 — or $1,000 per girl — to travel to the 2016 Brownsburg Midwest Invitational in Brownsburg near Indianapolis, which will be played July 29-31. Thanks to chicken barbecues, car washes, bake sales, sub sales, discount card sales, candle sales and other events, the team reached its goal.
The players are Lavina Balliet, Hailey Herneisey, Hayley Bartholomew, Amiyah Humes, Serina Gurm, Lacey Zimmerman, Rylee Hartwick, Heaven Crane, Camila Martinez, Addyson Snyder, Elizabeth Kirkland, Madelyn Holland and Alexsys Smith.
"With the help of business and people in the community and all these fundraisers, we're able to get where we need to be," said Pam Zimmerman, one of the assistant coaches.
The girls played on various rec teams earlier in the summer but came together to form the South Central Girls Softball 12U "Athletics" team. Michael Varner is the head coach and there are three other assistants, Teresa Varner, Jen Herneisey and Mark Smith.
Seven girls are from the Lower Swatara/Middletown area, three from Dillsburg and one each from the Palmyra, Londonderry and Akron areas.
According to the Brownsburg website, it's one of the "premier girls slowpitch tournaments on the summer circuit in the Midwest." Even though the girls are all 12 and younger, they will play in the 13 and under age group in Indiana.
The team is practicing four days a week to get ready for next week.
Some of the girls have played together before with success. Five players were on the 2014 10 and under team that won the Duncannon, States and Cedar Cliff tournaments.
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Written by Larry Etter
Middletown's baseball team claimed victory in both games of an East Shore Twilight League double-header with visiting McAlisterville on Saturday, July 16, and kept its league playoff hopes alive in the process.
Team manager Adrian Huber said his team was within range of the league leaders.
"We have three games remaining and picked up some points today," he said, referring to the point system used for the postseason."The top four teams make the playoffs."
The team came out of the weekend in second place in the men's baseball league with its 11th and 12th wins of the season. McAlisterville is in last place. The team had 24 points with a 12-9 record coming out of the weekend but lost at home 3-1 on Monday night to Lawnton, leaving it at 24 points.
According to its website, the seven teams in the league are Hummelstown, Lawnton, Linglestown, Middletown, McAlisterville, Penbrook and Perry County. League play opens in mid-May and concludes with four-team playoffs beginning the last week of July. Semifinals and finals are both five-game series.
The team is scheduled to play first-place Linglestown tonight, July 20, at 6 p.m. at home, then travel to Lawnton to wrap up the regular season at 6 p.m Thursday, July 21. Playing in 90 degree weather on Saturday at Middletown Area High School, the team took the first game 5-3 and then rallied past McAlisterville to claim a 6-5 victory in game two. Andrew Clark picked up the pitching win in the opening game and Tyler Johnston won game two. Middletown grad Zach Sims earned saves in both contests.
Middletown 5,
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Clark gave up a two-out single and walk in the top of the opening frame but came away unscathed, getting a fly out to right to end the early threat. Brandon Popp's leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning led to a 1-0 lead for Middletown. Popp, another MAHS grad, went to second on Dillon Hippensteel's fielder's choice and stole third to set up the go-ahead run.
Popp stole home on a well-executed double steal for the run.
With neither team able to crack the other's defense, that 1-0 lead held up through the second, third and fourth innings. Middletown threatened in the second inning when Chuck Kline singled and Popp walked. But both were left stranded. The Middletown defense turned a 6-4-3 double play in the top of the third but the home team was set down in order in the home half. In the bottom of the fourth frame, Louis Hile led off with a single and Tyler Auerbeck followed with a double to left to put the first two batters in scoring position. But, with one out, Hile was caught in a rundown trying to score and the threat died with a fly ball to center for the third out.
After Clark had a 1-2-3 fifth inning, the Brewers finally broke through with a pair of runs in the home half to jump up to a 3-0 lead. Hippensteel's leadoff single was followed by a one-out walk by Ethan Kell. A fielder's choice ground ball by Ryan Trafecanty that the visitors failed to turn into an out left everyone safe and loaded the bases for the home team.With Hile at the plate, a low pitch in the dirt allowed Hippensteel to score from third for one run and Hile's sacrifice fly knocked in Kell for the other run.
But that 3-0 lead did not last long.McAlisterville, keyed by four singles, scored three runs in the top of the sixth to tie the score at 3 and put the pressure on the home team. Sims came on in relief of Clark with one out and ended the rally with a pair of strikeouts.
The Middletown side answered the challenge by plating a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to get back into the lead. Marcus Gray led off the inning with a double to left and moved to third when Popp was safe on an error. Gray scored on Hippensteel's sacrifice bunt and Popp raced home on Huber's clutch single that gave the home team a 5-3 lead.
Sims sat down the visitors in order in the top of the seventh to lock down the victory.
Middletown 6,
McAlisterville 5
In game two, the visitors got off to a good start against Johnston, scoring two runs off three hits and an error to grab the early 2-0 advantage. But the Middletown side answered right away, thanks to the big bat of Kell, a Middletown grad who plays college baseball at Penn State-Harrisburg.With Hippensteel and Huber on base via a bunt single and base hit, Kell drove a first-pitch fastball over the fence in left field for a three-run homer that jettisoned the Middletown team into the lead.
The Brewers plated two more runs in the bottom of the second inning on an RBI single by Hippensteel that drove in Gray, and a fielder's choice ground ball by Kell that brought in Popp after Huber was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
The home team cruised along with the 5-2 advantage until the visitors rallied with three runs to tie the score at 5-5 in the top of the fourth frame.A walk, two singles, a double and sac fly accounted for the tying runs. But, once again, Middletown responded and eked out a single run in the home half of the fourth which turned out to be the game winner.After getting hit by a pitch for the second time, Huber stole second and went to third on an error.Trafecanty beat out a throw to first for an infield single that allowed Huber to score the go-ahead run.
Johnston gave up a leadoff single to start the fifth inning, but fielded a pop up bunt and doubled off the runner at first for two outs. A flyout to shallow right ended the inning for the visitors.
The Middletown side had one base runner in the bottom of the fifth and McAlisterville also had one on in the top of the sixth, but neither team scored. After the Brewers went down in order in the bottom of the sixth, Sims again came on in relief with the game on the line.
Sims, a Shippensburg University player, got two quick outs on a strikeout and pop up and closed out the victory with a groundout with a runner on first following an error.
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Going 16-4 on the season, the Middletown Teener 13 and under team won the East Shore League Teener C Division championship last Wednesday after winning a 23-18 slugfest over Hershey.
For the full story, CLICK HERE to subscribe to the Press And Journal.
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LSTAA's Under 12 Minors Orange baseball team cruised to victory in the first round of playoffs. The local squad powered over Colonial Park Rec. Red on Mon., June 13 at the Met-Ed Field in Middletown.
For the full story, CLICK HERE to subscribe to the Press And Journal.
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The Boulder Weekly free paper is doing plenty well. Seems readers and advertisers like a paper that is not afraid to take on thorny issues.
The Times has competition in Los Angeles, the Daily News, Daily Breeze, and a few others, all owned by the same company. They recently dropped their TV listings, brought them back after getting a lot of complaints.
The Edmonton Journal dropped the weekly tv guide and the sunday edition. The comic section is still good.
Now the LA Times and other papers want to charge you for online use.
RIP, TV Listings. Maybe you were killed by the ridiculous violence on TV.
Allentown PA Morning Call just started a service for deluxe TV listings (available separately). Their comics section is woefully inadequate & overcome with annoying advertisements. Now they've added weekend TV listings to the comics pages as well. :P
Time to drop it !
Same thing with the Calgary Herald. If I had known beforehand that they were going to drop both the Sunday edition as well as the TV Times, I may not had renewed my (paper) subscription last week…
Oh yeah, sure, and for an extra cost, you can still get a different TV Digest inserted into the paper…
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Hardnosed-CEO James Taylor years to find the right nurse for his ailing mother, Marie. When his ex-girlfriend Samantha whom he hasn't spoken to in almost a year fills the position, sparks fly.
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In Los Angeles affluent CEO James Taylor wants the best for his mom as she undergoes cancer treatment so he plans to hire a live-in nurse for her. However, Marie has rejected all candidates insisting Samantha is the only for the job. Used to getting his way, the arrogant James says to his mom anyone, but Sam. He loses the debate and his former girlfriend Sam, the only woman to ever dump James, is hired. Sam agrees only because she cares for Marie and once dreamed of being a close daughter-in-law before she caught James kissing another woman.--------------- James realizes he wants Sam back in his life. He bullies her and threatens to rough up her current boyfriend. She knows that she still wants and probably loves James, but does not trust him.------------ Readers will enjoy this solid contemporary romance as James¿ obsessive behavior and Sam¿s reactions ring true though the audience will wonder why she puts up with his tactics. The story line is well written and entertaining as James tries to regain what he lost while Sam tries to avoid him as she misses what he cost them, and an ailing Marie plays matchmaker as she knows they belong together. However, a final revelatory twist seems off kilter based on the traits of the lead couple and all that went before. Still this is overall a fine tale.----------- Harriet Klausner
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Men's Basketball
Nov. 16, 2013
(Highland Heights, KY) - The USD Toreros dealt the host Northern Kentucky Norse (0-3) a 75-44 defeat to improve to 4-0 on the season. Despite the lopsided score, this was a solid win for San Diego as NKU recently played Purdue on the road to a 1-point decision (77-76 loss). Senior Dennis Kramer led a balanced attack with 15 points and 5 rebounds in 26 minutes of action. He was followed by Duda Sanadze (14 points, all in the 2nd half), Christopher Anderson (10 points) and Jito Kok (career-best 12 rebounds, 7 points, 3 blocks). Johnny Dee, the team's leading scorer through the first three games, chipped in with 9 points.
"I really felt we won with our defense tonight," said head coach Bill Grier. "We really guarded well. This is a team that almost upset Purdue on the road. We also got really good play off the bench tonight - Chris Sarbaugh, Brett Bailey and Thomas Jacobs. We put the gas pedal on and didn't let up. We accomplished our mission, learning how to win on the road. I'm just elated for our group to get two road wins on this trip."
Northern Kentucky jumped out to an early 5-2 lead in the first three minutes of action, but after that it was all USD as the Toreros would take a 32-21 intermission lead and then build their advantage to as many as 33 points with less than one minute to play. The 31 point win is the team's biggest margin of victory since last year's season opener against San Diego Christian (+33, 9-58). Every Torero on the road trip saw action and at the end of the contest Nick Kerr and Therone Tillett each buried a trey for their first points of the season.
For the game USD shot 52.0% from the floor (26-50), 42.9% from beyond the arc (6-14) and 70.8% from the free throw line (17-24). USD outrebounded NKU, 44-40, but gave up 21 offensive rebounds to the Norse. Northern Kentucky was paced by Daniel Camps (11 points) and Jake Giesler (9 points, 15 rebounds).
The Toreros return home to host San Diego Christian College on Thursday, November 21st. The 7pm game will be the first annual ALS Basketball Classic at Jenny Craig Pavilion to raise awareness of ALS and to give hope to the brave San Diegans who are fighting Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Meet the Toreros: Nassir Barrino
6'0" freshman guard from Newark, New Jersey.
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6'10" freshman forward from Cayey, Puerto Rico.
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6'10" freshman forward from Boulder, Colo.
2015-16 Highlight Video
All the top plays from 2015-16
Jordan Angus - Male Torero of the Year
Angus reflects on his time at USD
Malina Hood - Female Torero of the Year
Malina Hood looks back at her USD career
NCAA Tournament Preview
San Diego faces Vanderbilt in first round
2016 Celebration of Excellence
Behind the Scenes at the COE
Toreros Participate in Linda Vista Parade
Toreros Participate in Linda Vista Parade
Men's Tennis senior Day
The Toreros host LMU and Pepperdine Saturday and Sunday
Softball WCC Preview
The Toreros host Saint Mary's Saturday and Sunday
2016 San Diego Crew Classic
The Toreros show speed against the nation's top crews
The Torero Baseball Experience
Kris Bryant & Brian Matusz reflect on their time at USD
MBB Senior Night
Jito Kok and Duda Sanadze prepare for the final home game
USD Baseball Season Preview
Season starts at No. 3 Vanderbilt February 19
USD Softball Season Preview
Season starts February 12
UCLA Preview
USD travels to No. 9 UCLA Friday
Toreros Host Kentucky Saturday
USD looks to defend home court against No. 22 Kentucky
Toreros Host Pepperdine & LMU
USD returns home after four-game road trip
Toreros Team Up with PYBL
Men's Basketball hosts annual clinic for Challenged Division
Men's Tennis 2016
USD opens at home vs UC Irvine and UCSD Saturday
BYU Preview
Preview of USD women's basketball WCC opener vs. BYU.
City Championship Highlights
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Toreros to Host Hope International
The 9-1 Toreros will host Hope International in their final game before WCC play
Toreros Stun Aztecs at Petco
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Toreros Return Home
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CSUN Preview
Coach Fisher and forward Maya Hood talk about Tuesday's home-opener against CSUN
USC Preview
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Davidson Preview
Jonah Hodges and Dale Lindsey talk about Jonah's return and preview Davidson game
San Diego Fall Classic Preview
Coach Dagman previews the San Diego Fall Classic
Nevada Preview
USD's Women's Basketball team will start their season at Nevada this weekend
USD Men's Basketball - The Origins (1955-1973)
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Campbell Preview
Coach Lindsey and Jeff Starr preview Campbell
Stetson Preview
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WCC Media Day
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Warner Recap
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Torero Community Service
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Drake Preview
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Dayton Preview
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LMU Preview
Pack the Stadium Night
ITA All-American's Preview
Petronijevic, Angus, & Vittek Prepare
Marist Preview
USD Looks to Extend Home Win Streak
Valparaiso Preview
Toreros First True Road Game of 2015
CSUN and UCSB Preview
Toreros Look to Extend Win Streak
Aztec Invite Recap
Both Squads Finish Second
SDSU Preview
Toreros Take on Cross-town Rival
WNMU Recap
Highlights from 45-21 win
2015 Home Opener
Previewing Western New Mexico
Volleyball Tournament Preview
A preview of the USD Tournament
Men's Soccer Season Opener
Previewing No. 16 Cal
Training Camp Update
Coach Lindsey Recaps the First Two Weeks
2015 WSOC Preview
A brief preview of the 2015 Toreros.