The air hood (3) for Yankee rolls (1) comprises at least one supply circuit (5, 6, 7) to supply dry hot air towards outlets (7A) to a working area, and at least one suction circuit (11) to suck wet air from the working area. The hood comprises a thermal insulation insulating at least partially the supply circuit from the suction circuit.

Methods and compositions useful in papermaking and tissuemaking applications are provided. Some embodiments of the methods and compositions include a polyaminoamide polymer functionalized with an acrylamidophenyl boronic acid and a crosslinked polyaminoamide functionalized with an acrylamidophenyl boronic acid. The methods and compositions provide useful properties for creping that include good adhesion even under excessively wet conditions, improved film uniformity, and good film durability, while maintaining good film softness and rewettability necessary for efficient runnability of the tissue machine.

A composition is disclosed that may include an adhesive agent and a release aid. A Yankee dryer coating is also disclosed that may include a release aid. The release aid may include a cationic polymer salt that is a reaction product of a polyamine or a polyalkyleneimine and a substituted alkyl trialkyl quaternary ammonium salt. Also provided are methods of treating and creping paper.

The invention relates to a Yankee drying hood arrangement (1) which has a first temperature main supply conduit (9, 9′) for a fluid such as hot air, or hot air and steam and/or water vapour, at a first temperature T1 and a second temperature main supply conduits (10, 10′) for a fluid such as hot air, or hot air and steam and/or water vapour, at a second temperature T2 which is not the same as T1, the first temperature and second temperature main supply conduits (9, 9′, 10, 10′) being in communication with the distributor conduits (8) such that a fluid such as hot air can stream from the first temperature and second temperature main supply conduits (9, 9′, 10, 10′) to the distributor conduits (8), wherein at least one distributor conduit (8) is provided with damper means (31) for changing the ratio between amount of fluid at temperature T1 from the first temperature main conduit and the amount of fluid at temperature T2 from the second temperature main conduit that streams into the distributor conduit.

A fibrous structure. The structure includes a plurality of semi-continuous knuckles extending from portions of the surface of the fibrous structure in a parallel path, wherein the plurality of semi-continuous knuckles are separated by adjacent semi-continuous pillow regions. Each semi-continuous knuckle comprises a plurality of discrete pillows, the plurality of discrete pillows are arranged in a spaced configuration along the path of each of the semi-continuous knuckle.

A method of making a tissue basesheet includes: (a) forming a nascent web from an aqueous furnish of papermaking fiber; (b) applying an aqueous composition of nanofibrillar cellulose to a surface of the nascent web; and (c) drying the nascent web to provide the tissue basesheet. Typically the basesheet is constructed with a tissue substrate of cellulosic papermaking fiber having applied to a surface thereof a layer of nanofibrillar cellulose, the tissue substrate having a basis weight of from 15 g/m.sup.2 to 30 g/m.sup.2 and the layer of nanofibrillar cellulose having a coatweight of from 0.25 g/m.sup.2 to 3 g/m.sup.2. The product may be incorporated into 2-ply or 3-ply bath tissue.

A fibrous structure. The structure may include a plurality of continuous or semi-continuous knuckles extending from portions of the surface of the fibrous structure in a parallel path, wherein the plurality of knuckles may be separated by adjacent continuous or semi-continuous pillows. Each knuckle may comprise a plurality of discrete pillows, the plurality of discrete pillows may be arranged in a spaced configuration along the path of each knuckle; alternatively, each pillow may comprise a plurality of discrete knuckles, the plurality of discrete knuckles may be arranged in a spaced configuration along the path of each pillow.

A method for creping paper includes applying an adhesive composition to an outer surface of a creping cylinder (Yankee cylinder) to form an adhesive coating, contacting paper with the adhesive coating, removing the paper and adhesive coating from the creping cylinder, and determining a quality of the adhesive coating. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating may include measuring a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, a concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a water content of the adhesive coating, an ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations thereof. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating may also include determining a thickness of the adhesive coating by measuring light absorbed by the coating and calculating the thickness using Beer's Law. Systems and apparatuses for determining the quality of the adhesive coating and for creping paper are also disclosed.

A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer.

Herein described is a plant (10) for manufacturing web-like paper material which comprises a system for controlling process fluids. The plant (10) comprises a first wet half-hood (14), a second dry half-hood (16) and four unidirectional flow regulating devices (28, 30; 34, 40) which, suitably positioned on the return circuits (22; 24) of the mist from both half-hoods (14; 16), allow the parallel operation of such half-hoods (14; 16). A fifth bidirectional flow regulating device (40) allows to selectively operate the half-hoods (14; 16) both in reverse cascade mode, that is releasing the mist coming from the first wet half-hood (14) on the return circuit (24) of the second dry half-hood (16), and then release all the mist coming from both the half-hoods (14; 16), and in direct cascade mode, that is releasing the mist coming from the second dry half-hood (16) into the return circuit (22) of the first wet half-hood (14), to release all the mist coming from both half-hoods (14; 16) into the atmosphere once again.