A method for controlling a slice flow of a slurry having two or more component slurries through a headbox for a paper making machine includes, inputting a wire speed of the paper making machine; determining a jet velocity setpoint based on the wire speed; determining a header pressure setpoint for two or more headers to generate the jet velocity determined by the jet velocity setpoint, each header providing one of the two or more component slurries to the headbox; and controlling the slice flow by: generating a first speed command to a first slurry pump to generate a header pressure determined by the header pressure setpoint in a first header; and generating a second speed command to a second slurry pump to generate the header pressure determined by the header pressure setpoint in a second header.

A sheet producing method includes a web forming step of forming a web by accumulating fiber in a dry system, a water providing step of providing the web with water, and a compression-heating step of compressing and simultaneously externally heating the web provided with water, wherein a water content of the web provided with water in the water providing step is 12% by mass or more, and a compression degree of the web between before and after the compression-heating step is 1/7 or less.

The invention relates to a method and system for improving the application of a coating on a Yankee cylinder (CR) in tissue paper machines. The invention implements a moisture-controlled environment (12) in an area of the exposed Yankee cylinder between the take-off position (TO) and ahead of the transfer position (TP) of the web, i.e. before and/or after the application of a coating with Performance Enhancing Material (PEM), wherein the cooling effect on the Yankee surface is increased by increased evaporation rate of water in the coating or water additionally applied onto the coating.

A powder container including a filter that separates air and powder from each other, a hopper that includes a first opening portion installed below the filter, a second opening portion that has an opening area that is smaller than that of the first opening portion, and an inclined surface that partially overlaps the filter in plan view, a container box installed so as to be detachable from the hopper, the container box containing the powder, and a detection sensor (an optical sensor) installed outside the container box so as to oppose a side surface of the container box, the detection sensor being installed near the second opening portion and near a side of the inclined surface in a lower direction.

A powder container including a filter that separates air and powder from each other, a hopper that includes a first opening portion installed below the filter, a second opening portion that has an opening area that is smaller than that of the first opening portion, and an inclined surface that partially overlaps the filter in plan view, a container box installed so as to be detachable from the hopper, the container box containing the powder, and a detection sensor (an optical sensor) installed outside the container box so as to oppose a side surface of the container box, the detection sensor being installed near the second opening portion and near a side of the inclined surface in a lower direction.

A fiber diameter measuring device, an inorganic fiber sheet producing device, a method for measuring a fiber diameter, and a method for producing an inorganic fiber sheet, capable of guaranteeing continuous safeness of the fiber diameter of an inorganic fiber in an inorganic fiber sheet is provided. A method further capable of measuring the fiber diameter of the inorganic fiber in the inorganic fiber sheet, not only after the production of the inorganic fiber sheet but also during the production of the inorganic fiber sheet is provided. The fiber diameter measuring device includes a sampling section capable of sampling a predetermined amount of the inorganic fiber in an entire area of the inorganic fiber sheet; and a measuring section configured to measure a fiber diameter of the sampled inorganic fiber.

An apparatus for transporting a tail end in a fiber web machine from one structural section to another includes nozzles for guiding the tail end on the guide plate by means of an air flow such that the blown air is brought onto a guide plate shaped into a curve in such a way that the air flow of the blown air guides the tail end onto the curved guide plate by means of a bump functioning as an aerodynamic profile formed in the curved guide plate.

A method for anomaly detection on a doctor blade of a papermaking machine includes obtaining doctor blade-related data, wherein the doctor blade-related data includes working condition data, status monitoring data, and design parameter data of the doctor blade, performing a predetermined data pre-processing on the doctor blade-related data to obtain a pre-processed data set, wherein the pre-processed data set includes processed data respectively corresponding to the working condition data, the status monitoring data, and the design parameter data; performing a predetermined feature extraction on the pre-processed data set, and fusing extracted features to obtain fused feature data; and analyzing the fused feature data based on different anomaly detection processes respectively, to perform a comprehensive anomaly detection on the doctor blade of the papermaking machine.

A method for evaluating a health status of a doctor blade of a papermaking machine includes obtaining doctor blade-related data, wherein the doctor blade-related data includes working condition data, status monitoring data, and design parameter data of the doctor blade, performing data pre-processing on the doctor blade-related data in a predetermined pre-processing manner to obtain a pre-processed data set, wherein the pre-processed data set includes processed data respectively corresponding to the working condition data, the status monitoring data, and the design parameter data. performing feature extraction on the pre-processed data set in a predetermined feature extraction manner, and processing extracted features to obtain processed feature data, and evaluating with respect to working condition, status monitoring, and design parameter respectively based on the processed feature data, to perform a comprehensive evaluation on the health status of the doctor blade of the papermaking machine.

A fibrous body accumulating device includes an accumulating section including a drum that introduces and releases a material including fibers, a detection section detecting a presence of the material in the drum, and an estimation section estimating an amount of the material in the drum based on a detection frequency at which the detection section detects the material. The fibrous body accumulating device further includes a storage section in which a calibration curve showing a relationship between the detection frequency and the amount of the material in the drum is stored, and the estimation section calculates information on the detection frequency and estimates the amount of the material in the drum with reference to the calibration curve.