A unitary deflection member. The unitary deflection member can have a fluid pervious reinforcing member and a patterned framework. The patterned framework can have a plurality of regularly spaced protuberances extending from the reinforcing member. At least two of said protuberances can be similar in size and shape, and can have linear segments having different cross-sectional areas along the z-direction.

A roll of sanitary tissue product comprising a shaped line of weakness, where the roll of sanitary tissue product may exhibit a roll compressibility of from about 4% to about 10% and a LWP Factor of greater than about 8.

A method is provided for producing a green paper for producing a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell. A first paper web is formed, and a second paper web is formed, which are brought together with and rigidly connected to the first paper web while still wet. The first paper web and the second paper web are mixed with metal powder and/or metal fibers and together form the green paper, optionally together with additional components and/or coatings. The final GDL is provided after a binding-removal process, a sintering process, a coating process, a (thermal) deposition process (atomic layer deposition process, ALD), and optionally additional process steps.

A method is provided for producing a green paper for producing a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell. A first paper web is formed, and a second paper web is formed, which are brought together with and rigidly connected to the first paper web while still wet. The first paper web and the second paper web are mixed with metal powder and/or metal fibers and together form the green paper, optionally together with additional components and/or coatings. The final GDL is provided after a binding-removal process, a sintering process, a coating process, a (thermal) deposition process (atomic layer deposition process, ALD), and optionally additional process steps.

A green paper is provided for producing a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell. A process is for producing a green paper for producing a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell. The green paper includes at least one first, watermarked paper web. The watermark forms the patterning for the flow field or gas distribution structure of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) produced from the green paper. The first paper web is admixed with metal powder and/or metal fibres. The eventual GDL is formed after debindering, sintering, coating, deposition of atomic layers (ALD—atomic layer deposition) and further operating steps.

A green paper is provided for producing a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell. A process is for producing a green paper for producing a gas diffusion layer (GDL) for a fuel cell. The green paper includes at least one first, watermarked paper web. The watermark forms the patterning for the flow field or gas distribution structure of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) produced from the green paper. The first paper web is admixed with metal powder and/or metal fibres. The eventual GDL is formed after debindering, sintering, coating, deposition of atomic layers (ALD—atomic layer deposition) and further operating steps.

A method for creping paper includes applying an adhesive composition to an outer surface of a creping cylinder (Yankee cylinder) to form an adhesive coating, contacting paper with the adhesive coating, removing the paper and adhesive coating from the creping cylinder, and determining a quality of the adhesive coating. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating may include measuring a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, a concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a water content of the adhesive coating, an ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations thereof. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating may also include determining a thickness of the adhesive coating by measuring light absorbed by the coating and calculating the thickness using Beer's Law. Systems and apparatuses for determining the quality of the adhesive coating and for creping paper are also disclosed.

A papermaking belt including zones of material laid down successively using a 3D printing process. The zones include at least a pocket zone configured to form three dimensional structures in a paper web by applying vacuum to pull the paper web against the pocket zone. In at least one exemplary embodiment, the zone also include at least one vacuum breaking zone configured to limit an amount of paper fibers pulled through the pocket zone by the applied vacuum.

A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet. The method includes compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a web having a consistency of about 30 percent to about 60 percent, creping the web under pressure in a creping nip between a transfer surface and a structuring fabric, the structuring fabric including knuckles formed on warp yarns of the structuring fabric, with the knuckles having a length in the machine direction (MD) of the absorbent sheet and a width in the cross machine direction (CD) of the absorbent sheet, wherein a planar volumetric density index of the structuring fabric multiplied by a ratio of the length of the knuckles to the width of the knuckles is at least about 43, and drying the web to form the absorbent cellulosic sheet.

A monitoring system comprising: (a) one or more sensors that monitor activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof of stock on a paper machine and (b) a control system in communication with the one or more sensors and one or more foil sections within the paper machine; wherein the control system measures the activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof of the stock and correlates the activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof to formation of fibers within the stock so that an angle, height, or both of the one or more foil sections are adjusted to change the activity, amplitude, size, scale, duration of activity or a combination thereof in the stock.