UtilityLouie
Mechanical
- May 3, 2001
- 102
I'm looking for suggestions on the best reference articles to build a spreadsheet to model Yankee hood performance on tissue machines. We have a number of machines. We also have multiple hood types (once through vs. recirc). So I may have to build two models to accurately evaluate certain situations.
I'd also like to hear suggestions for areas to place "adjustment" factors to have the model match existing conditions. I have access to a compiled Visual Basic program that doesn't work well (that I can't reverse engineer). You have to play with certain factors (sheet wetness or hood gap) to get the model to match up with the actual performance at one machine speed, but I'm not convinced the model created by making those assumptions can be applied to the same machine at higher speeds.
I'm just getting started on this and, of course, don't have enough time to work full time on this (per management). So, I'm going to have "be the tortoise", i.e.: slow and steady wins the race.
Any help would be much appreciated!
I'd also like to hear suggestions for areas to place "adjustment" factors to have the model match existing conditions. I have access to a compiled Visual Basic program that doesn't work well (that I can't reverse engineer). You have to play with certain factors (sheet wetness or hood gap) to get the model to match up with the actual performance at one machine speed, but I'm not convinced the model created by making those assumptions can be applied to the same machine at higher speeds.
I'm just getting started on this and, of course, don't have enough time to work full time on this (per management). So, I'm going to have "be the tortoise", i.e.: slow and steady wins the race.
Any help would be much appreciated!