Workpiece of Yankee cylinder section and process for manufacturing a Yankee cylinder

A process for manufacturing a Yankee cylinder, wherein a workpiece of Yankee cylinder section comprises on an end face of the workpiece:

• a welding bevel adapted to be welded from an outside of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section (1,2);
• a first reinforcement flange (10) protruding outwards along an axial direction of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section, wherein the first reinforcement flange is provided on the end face of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section (1,2) close to an inner circumferential wall of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section (1,2);
• a second reinforcement flange (102) protruding outwards along the axial direction of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section (1,2), wherein the second reinforcement flange is provided on the end face of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section (1,2) close to a radially inner end of the welding bevel;
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• a second reinforcement flange receiving part (103) adjacent to the second reinforcement flange (102) in a radial direction of the workpiece of the Yankee cylinder section (1,2);
• wherein the second reinforcement flange (102) is adapted to rest on a second reinforcement flange receiving part (203) of another workpiece of Yankee cylinder section to be welded (2), and the second reinforcement flange receiving part (103) is adapted to receive a second reinforcement flange (202) of the another workpiece of Yankee cylinder section to be welded (2), and
• wherein the second reinforcement flange (102) of the workpiece of Yankee cylinder section (1) rests on the second reinforcement flange (202) of the another workpiece of Yankee cylinder section to be welded (2) on corresponding circumferential sides of the second reinforcement flange (202) of the another workpiece of Yankee cylinder section,
• the process comprising:
• (a) providing the workpieces of Yankee cylinder section (1,2);
• (b) joining two of the workpieces of Yankee cylinder section to be welded together to form a Yankee cylinder case in such a way that the second reinforcement flange of the workpiece of Yankee cylinder section rests on the second reinforcement flange receiving part of the another workpiece of Yankee cylinder section;
• (c) welding a first reinforcement flanges (101,201) of the two workpieces of Yankee cylinder section (1,2) from an inner side of the Yankee cylinder case;
• (d) preheating welding bevels of the two workpieces of Yankee cylinder section (1,2) and welding the welding bevels from an outside of the Yankee cylinder case to form a weld (3);
• (e) removing the first reinforcement flange (101,201), the second reinforcement flange (102,202), a radial inner end area of the weld (3) formed by the welding bevels and surrounding material of the welding bevels by machining, so that a joint of the two workpieces of Yankee cylinder section (1,2) is machined to meet final dimension requirements for inner grooves of the Yankee cylinder;
• (f) removing residual materials on an outer surface of the Yankee cylinder case and the weld (3) by machining to meet final dimension requirements for an outer diameter of the Yankee cylinder.