A method for quantitating the amount of lint shed from a paper towel including cleaning a rectangular deposition surface having a short dimension and a long dimension, wherein cleaning comprises spraying the entire surface with glass cleaner, using a substantially lint-free squeegee to push the glass cleaner off one of two short sides of the surface, and using a substantially lint-free sponge to wipe the edges of the surface substantially free of lint; preparing a sample of paper towel to be analyzed; depositing lint from the sample onto the cleaned surface by moving the sample thereupon in a specific pattern; collecting the lint deposited on the surface; and determining the amount of collected lint.

The present invention provides an adaptive control system to control a plant using direct output feedback in which a function of the full plant state, as opposed to estimates thereof, is used for feedback control of the plant. The adaptive control system of this invention is therefore highly useful in the control of plants, particularly plants for controlling the physical properties of rolls of web material and more particularly a calendering apparatus. Accordingly, in a particularly preferred embodiment the adaptive control system of this invention controls loading of a calender apparatus, such as a pair of opposed rolls forming a calendering stack, based upon the physical properties of a previously processed web.

A device for measuring absorbent bodies that are spaced from each other on a continuous web comprises at least two microwave resonators configured to measure values of a shift of a resonance frequency and a spreading of a resonance frequency. The continuous web moves through the at least two microwave resonators and the at least two microwave resonators are positioned at an offset with respect to each other in the transverse and transport direction relative to a direction of transport of the continuous web in order to measure the entire width of the continuous web. At least one of a moisture and a density of the absorbent bodies is determined using the at least two microwave resonators to continuously determine the values of the shift of the resonance frequency and the spreading of the resonance frequency.

An assay procedure is described, which allows for the assessment in humans and in animals of a life force energy, which the Applicant refers to as KELEA, being an abbreviation for kinetic energy limiting electrostatic attraction KELEA serves as a non-food calorie source of cellular energy in what the Applicant calls the alternative cellular energy (ACE) pathway. A deficiency in the ACE pathway can contribute to various illnesses. Conversely, an adequate ACE pathway can assist in the healing process. The measurement of KELEA is based on the earlier finding that it can add to the measured weight of dipolar materials, including those containing cellulose. This later grouping extends to paper. KELEA can be transferred to, or alternatively, withdrawn from, paper, as determined by an increase or a decrease, respectively, in the measured weight of a sheet of paper. An increase or a decrease in the weight of a sheet of paper held by an individual provides an indication of adequacy or deficiency of the ACE pathway in the individual. Using the assay, procedures can be undertaken, including exposure to KELEA activated water and modifying mental attitudes, to convert a KELEA withdrawing result to a KELEA contributing result. The assay should find widespread use in advancing an understanding of the ACE pathway and its importance in human and animal wellness

Medicine packaging apparatuses and methods for accurately determining a remaining sheet amount of a medicine packaging sheet are described. The apparatus includes: a roll support section to which a core tube of a medicine packaging sheet roll is attached; a sensor disposed in the roll support section for outputting a count value according to a rotation amount; a wireless reader-writer unit for writing information to a core tube IC tag and reading said information; an information generation section for generating information to be written to the core tube IC tag; a remaining sheet amount estimation section for estimating a current amount of remaining sheet based on the information and dimensional information of the core tube; and a controller which selectively performs an operation if a reference time-point count value is not yet written to the core tube IC tag and another operation if the count value is already written thereto.

A process having the steps of producing the web material with the papermaking machine; measuring a molar amount of a monovalent inorganic ionizable cation species (MIICS) in the web material; measuring a molar amount of a divalent inorganic ionizable cation species (DIICS) in the web material; calculating a molar ratio of the measured molar amount of the MIICS to the measured molar amount of the DIICS in the web material; determining if the molar ratio of MIICS to DIICS is about less than or equal to 10; and, if the molar ratio of MIICS to DIICS is greater than about 10, adding an amount of DIICS to the papermaking machine to adjust the molar ratio of MIICS to DIICS so the web material adhering to the Yankee drum drying system has a molar ratio of MIICS to DIICS of about less than or equal to 10, is disclosed.

A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally comprises the steps of providing a papermaking machine with a monovalent inorganic ionizable cation species (MIICS) and a divalent inorganic ionizable cation species (DIICS) measuring devices, measuring molar concentrations of MIICS and DIICS in the web material with the MIICS and DIICS measuring devices and calculating a molar ratio of the measured molar concentration of the MIICS to the measured molar concentration of the DIICS, and subsequently determining if the calculated molar ratio is about less than or equal to 10. If the molar ratio is greater than 10, adding an amount of DIICS to the papermaking machine and manufacturing the web material with the papermaking machine with the added amount of DIICS.

A method for quantitating the amount of lint shed from a paper towel including cleaning a rectangular deposition surface having a short dimension and a long dimension, wherein cleaning comprises spraying the entire surface with glass cleaner, using a substantially lint-free squeegee to push the glass cleaner off one of two short sides of the surface, and using a substantially lint-free sponge to wipe the edges of the surface substantially free of lint; preparing a sample of paper towel to be analyzed; depositing lint from the sample onto the cleaned surface by moving the sample thereupon in a specific pattern; collecting the lint deposited on the surface; and determining the amount of collected lint.

A traversable measuring device (15) for determining a cross direction profile of a property of a moving lignocellulose-containing fiber web (2). The measuring device has a property measuring sensor (23) for determining a measurement result representing the property of the web at multiple cross directional measurement positions (P1, P2, P3, P4), a position measuring sensor (24) for determining the cross directional measurement position of the property measuring sensor associating to the respective measurement result, and an analysis device (25) for receiving the measurement results and the respective cross directional measurement positions (P1, P2, P3, P4) and for allocating the measurement results with the respective cross directional measurement positions for forming the cross direction profile of the web property (2). The measuring device has a mounting bracket (16) that is detachably fixable with quick clamping for fastening the measuring device at a measurement site in a fiber web machine (1).

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a measurement result obtained by a measurement unit that measures a characteristic of a print medium to be used in a printing apparatus, a notification control unit configured to cause a notification unit to provide notification of information indicating a print media type, and a storage unit configured to store information on a predetermined characteristic of each of a plurality of print media types, wherein, based on the measurement result acquired by the acquisition unit and usage history information indicating print media types used in the printing apparatus, the notification control unit causes the notification unit to provide notification of information indicating a print media type for which information on the predetermined characteristic stored in the storage unit corresponds to a characteristic indicated in the measurement result and which has a usage history indicated in the usage history information.