A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a drum unit having a plurality of openings, a housing unit covering the drum unit, a transport unit on which a material containing fibers passing through the openings is accumulated as a web and which transports the accumulated web, a first roller that abuts the web transported by the transport unit, and a first seal unit that is provided on a first side wall of the housing unit and comes into contact with the first roller.

The invention relates to a roller for producing a fibrous web, in particular a paper web including a rotationally symmetrical base body which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis and has a shell surface on which there are arranged at least two elastically deformable and/or deflectable ring-shaped lamellas which extend away from the shell surface in the radial direction and which surround the base body in the circumferential direction, wherein the lamellas are arranged at least in sections at an angle relative to a center plane of the roller aligned perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the roller, thus forming an angle of inclination.

An electronic device for determining a location of a seal strip device in a strip of a papermaking machine includes a seal strip location identification component associated with the seal strip device, a current monitoring circuit configured to measure a current through the seal strip location identification component that is associated with the seal strip device, and a location circuit configured to transmit information related to the current through the seal strip location identification component, and configured to receive an address related to the location of the seal strip device. Related methods and systems are also described.

An electronic device for determining a location of a seal strip device in a strip of a papermaking machine includes a seal strip location identification component associated with the seal strip device, a current monitoring circuit configured to measure a current through the seal strip location identification component that is associated with the seal strip device, and a location circuit configured to transmit information related to the current through the seal strip location identification component, and configured to receive an address related to the location of the seal strip device. Related methods and systems are also described.

A method of forming a fibrous web on a papermaking machine including the steps of depositing a dilute fiber slurry out of a headbox to a forming area comprising a forming surface made up of a structured fabric, wherein the structured fabric is supported by a breast roll and a forming roll, and the forming area is devoid of any additional fabrics or belts other than the structured fabric, draining the dilute fiber slurry through the structured fabric, and drying the fiber slurry.

A method of forming a fibrous web on a papermaking machine including the steps of depositing a dilute fiber slurry out of a headbox to a forming area comprising a forming surface made up of a structured fabric, wherein the structured fabric is supported by a breast roll and a forming roll, and the forming area is devoid of any additional fabrics or belts other than the structured fabric, draining the dilute fiber slurry through the structured fabric, and drying the fiber slurry.