A method of casting an MFC film on a substrate (52) comprises providing an MFC dispersion having a solids content of 2.5-25% by weight, and a viscosity above 4 Pas at a shear rate of 20 s.sup.?1; exposing the MFC dispersion to a first shearing step (9), providing a shear rate of above 10 s.sup.?1; introducing the MFC dispersion into a film forming device (4), laterally distributing (41) the MFC dispersion: exposing the distributed MFC dispersion to a second shearing step (42), providing a shear rate of above 100 s.sup.?1; decelerating (43) the distributed MFC dispersion: exposing the MFC dispersion to a third shearing step (44), providing a shear rate of above 100 s.sup.?1; and simultaneously with, or subsequent to, the third shearing step (44), depositing the MFC dispersion on the substrate to form a wet MFC film on the substrate.

Methods and systems for applying barrier coatings to nanocellulose-coated paper and paperboard.

Provided is a sheet manufacturing apparatus capable of desirably adjusting the thickness of the sheet, and forming sheets with highly uniform thickness or grammage. A sheet manufacturing apparatus configured to make a sheet from defibrated material of defibrated paper includes: a drum unit having a cylinder with a defibrated material storage space inside and multiple openings through which the defibrated material passes formed in the outside of the cylinder; an accumulator configured to accumulate the defibrated material that past the openings, forming a deposit; and a housing configured to enclose the drum unit and the accumulator, the housing having a vent through which air passes between the drum unit and the accumulator.

Methods of sequentially applying nanocellulose(s) onto the surface of paper and paperboard substrates, paper or paperboard prepared using said methods, and systems for producing paper or paperboard having sequentially applied nanocellulose(s).

A measuring device and method for simultaneously measuring both a slice lip opening and a setback of a headbox slice in a headbox of a papermaking machine are provided. The measuring device is formed by a block having a stop depending from the bottom at the back of the block that is adapted to be placed against the apron lip tip. A height measurement scale is located on a side surface and extends in a direction from the front to the back adapted for measuring the slice opening b. A setback distance measurement scale is located at the top extending from a zero position aligned in a fixed relation with the stop surface toward a front of the block for measuring the setback L. A movable sliding indicator connected to the block slides includes a slice lip locator adapted to move into sliding contact with the slice lip to indicate the setback distance L on the setback distance measuring scale while simultaneously indicating the slice opening b on the height measurement scale.

Absorbent materials and methods for making absorbent materials are provided. The absorbent material comprises cellulose fibers and a wet strength agent. The cellulose fibers comprise softwood fibers and hardwood fibers having a weight ratio of softwood fibers to hardwood fibers from about 82 to about 18 to about 97 to about 3. The absorbent material has excellent tensile strength properties. The absorbent material can be particularly useful as an absorbent material in food trays, especially food trays for fresh produce such as meat, fish and berries.

There is provided a dispersion device including: a supply section having a supply pipe for supplying a material containing fibers together with air, and a chamber that has a first swirl flow forming portion forming a first swirl flow of the air containing the material and a second swirl flow forming portion communicating with the first swirl flow forming portion and forming a second swirl flow in a direction opposite to the first swirl flow of the air containing the material and that is coupled to the supply pipe; a dispersion section that has a casing formed with a discharge port for discharging the material, stirs the material in the casing, and discharges and disperses the material from the discharge port into air; and a coupling section having a communication port through which the first swirl flow forming portion and the second swirl flow forming portion communicate with the casing.