A process of forming a papermaking fabric includes determining a value of a characteristic of a first papermaking fabric related to one of (i) knuckles in the first papermaking fabric, (ii) pockets in the first papermaking fabric, and (iii) both knuckles and pockets formed in the first papermaking fabric. A first paper product having domes is formed using the first papermaking fabric. A property of the domes is determined in the first paper product and correlated to the determined value of the characteristic of the first papermaking fabric. A second papermaking fabric is formed such that a value of the characteristic in the second papermaking fabric is altered from the determined value of the characteristic in the first papermaking fabric. A second paper product having domes is formed. The property of the domes in the second paper product is different than the determined property of the domes in the first.

Systems for providing efficient manufacturing of paper, sheet, and/or box products of varying size and structure, often with pre-applied print (pre-print), are provided herein. Efficient customer ordering/tracking, job aggregation, print imposition, corrugator planning, and tracking and adjustments throughout the manufacturing process are contemplated. A reel editor is configured to edit the roll based on waste and/or errors that occurred during various manufacturing processes (e.g., during printing). A control plan defining what is on each roll of printed web product may be updated after editing. Depending on the configuration, the reel editor may be integrated with various manufacturing components. The reel editor may be configured to determine if there is enough waste on the roll to even making editing worthwhile, such as based on desired quality of the images, customer requirements, different price points, among other possible factors.

A battery packaging material which is slim, has excellent moldability, effectively prevents curl after molding, and moreover, is capable of imparting sufficient surface insulation to a battery. This battery packaging material is configured from a laminate which is at least provided with a polyester film layer, an aluminum alloy foil layer, and a thermally-fusible resin layer in this order. The thickness of the polyester film layer is 23-27 m, the thickness of the aluminum alloy foil layer is 33-37 m, the thickness of the thermally-fusible resin layer is 55-65 m, the thickness of the laminate is 130 m or less, and the insulation breakdown voltage of the polyester film layer-side surface is 13 kV or greater.

A method is provided for decision support in regulating an adhesive coating applied to Yankee dryers. Online sensors are configured to continuously measure stock characteristics, and additional sensors provide actual stock flow rate and machine speed. A controller predicts potential natural coating application from a fibrous sheet generated from the stock to the Yankee dryer surface, substantially in real time, based on the measured characteristics and sensed actual machine values. An output signal may be provided to a display unit, wherein an optimal adhesive coating feed rate may be determined and displayed for operator decision support. The controller may in an automatic mode be configured to regulate the adhesive coating feed rate based on a comparison of one or more determined optimal values associated with respective actual values. The method may include identifying fiber source changes in real time, and predicting a natural coating potential based partly on predetermined correlations.

The disclosure provides a method for monitoring and regulating a wall thickness distribution in a production process of containers, the method comprising: producing a container comprising fibers by a production process comprising a plurality of production steps, which uses a fiber-containing pulp, measuring a wall thickness distribution of the produced container, comparing the measured wall thickness distribution with a target wall thickness distribution, when there is a deviation of the measured from the target wall thickness distribution, regulating at least one of the plurality of production steps. The disclosure provides a container comprising fibers being produced by the method, to a device for monitoring and regulating a wall thickness distribution in a production process of containers comprising fibers by the method, and to a device for producing a container comprising fibers.

Integration of clothing performance into production planning, scheduling and execution of papermaking machines yields paper products with consistent acceptable quality with minimum downtime and inventory. Linking the selection and operation of papermaking machines to their respective clothing performances improves clothing life cycle. Selected operating parameters of a papermaking machine and historical clothing data are indicative of the machine's clothing condition. Order scheduling engine identifies manufacturing times for particular grades of product and generates order blocks. Papermaking machines are assigned to execute specific order blocks with provision that each machine completes execution of the assigned orders without any anticipated breakage of the wire or felts.

The invention relates to a method for monitoring the condition of a continuous element (44) moving in a fiber web or paper finishing machine, said monitoring being performed with a rotating machine element (41), which is equipped with a sensor assembly (24) that measures force or pressure and against which the continuous element moves. In the method, the machine element is made to rotate against the continuous element, a measurement signal (25) is generated between the machine element and the continuous element with the sensor assembly, and a cross-directional profile (21) of force or pressure generated between the machine element and the continuous element is formed from the measurement signal. Said moving continuous element is a fabric (32, 33) installed in a fabric run (22, 23) traveling via the machine element. In the method, the fabric is additionally installed in a fabric run, wherein it moves via said machine element equipped with a sensor assembly, a reference profile (35) is formed for the cross-directional profile after installing the fabric in the fabric run, the cross-directional profile formed from the measurement signal and representing force or pressure generated between the machine element and the fabric is compared with the reference profile, and information (37) is produced from the comparison for monitoring the condition of the fabric. The invention also relates to a corresponding system and a computer program product.

A method is provided for decision support in regulating an adhesive coating applied to Yankee dryers. Online sensors are configured to continuously measure stock characteristics, and additional sensors provide actual stock flow rate and machine speed. A controller predicts potential natural coating application from a fibrous sheet generated from the stock to the Yankee dryer surface, substantially in real time, based on the measured characteristics and sensed actual machine values. An output signal may be provided to a display unit, wherein an optimal adhesive coating feed rate may be determined and displayed for operator decision support. The controller may in an automatic mode be configured to regulate the adhesive coating feed rate based on a comparison of one or more determined optimal values associated with respective actual values. The method may include identifying fiber source changes in real time, and predicting a natural coating potential based partly on predetermined correlations.

Systems for providing efficient manufacturing of paper, sheet, and/or box products of varying size and structure, often with pre-applied print (pre-print), are provided herein. Efficient customer ordering/tracking, job aggregation, print imposition, corrugator planning, and tracking and adjustments throughout the manufacturing process are contemplated. A reel editor is configured to edit the roll based on waste and/or errors that occurred during various manufacturing processes (e.g., during printing). A control plan defining what is on each roll of printed web product may be updated after editing. Depending on the configuration, the reel editor may be integrated with various manufacturing components. The reel editor may be configured to determine if there is enough waste on the roll to even making editing worthwhile, such as based on desired quality of the images, customer requirements, different price points, among other possible factors.

An apparatus for controlling the conditions of at least one band circulating in a paper making machine along a circulation direction is provided with at least one first detecting device configured to detect at least one first parameter indicative of the humidity of the band and positionable in a first position between a pressing station and a conditioning station of the paper making machine; at least one second detecting device configured to detect at least one second parameter indicative of the humidity of the band and positionable in a second position downstream of the conditioning station; and at least one processing unit configured to determine at least one datum indicative of the condition of the band on the basis of the first parameter indicative of the humidity and of the second parameter indicative of the humidity.