Abstract: A fiber reinforced plastic material is provided, the material including a fiber layer comprising a plurality of continuous carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic sheets, a veil layer comprising fibers selected from at least one of glass fiber and carbon fiber, and a resin layer comprising a resin film, wherein the veil layer is impregnated by at least a portion of the resin film.

Abstract: The inventive tissue products have high bulk and improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights. The tissue products may have a sheet bulk greater than about 15 cc/g, such as from about 15 to about 25 cc/g and a surface smoothness S90 value less than about 90 ?m. Further, the tissue products are generally strong enough to withstand use and may have a geometric mean tensile strength greater than about 2,000 g/3?. The tissue products may be converted into rolled tissue products having improved roll bulk, such as a roll bulk greater than 15 cc/g.

Abstract: A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine to doctor a moving surface, and the doctor apparatus (10) includes a doctor blade (16) and blade holder (11), which blade holder (11) has a holder component (14) preferably made of aluminum, to which the doctor blade (16) is mounted by a front plate (15), and a frame component (12) preferably made of fiber-reinforced polymer material, to which the holder component (14) is mounted. The doctor apparatus (10) having a loading element (22) arranged between the frame component (12) and holder component (14) to load the blade holder (11) and further the doctor blade (16). The invention also relates to a corresponding blade holder and holder component.

Abstract: A doctor blade cartridge for use in a doctor blade holder is disclosed. The doctor blade cartridge is for receiving a doctor blade, and includes at least one blade supporting member, wherein the blade supporting member is sufficiently stiff to support the doctor blade and includes load indication means for providing a signal indicative of at least one of blade supporting member strain and blade supporting member deflection.

Abstract: Improved coating blades are disclosed, as well as processes for manufacturing such blades. The inventive blades have an intermediate edge deposit effective to reduce heat transfer from a wear resistant top deposit to the blade substrate. In one embodiment, the intermediate layer is comprised of NiCr, possibly with embedded oxide particles. Suitably, the intermediate layer and the top deposit are applied by an HVOF process. It is also envisaged that the intermediate layer may be deposited by plasma spraying. The intermediate layer may comprise stabilized zirconia.

Abstract: A roll blade coating method including transferring an excessive amount of a coating liquid onto a continuously running web, and adjusting the excessive amount of the coating liquid to a desired adhesion amount with a roll blade, wherein the roll blade is held by a holding member for holding the roll blade, wherein the holding member is pressed by a plurality of air cylinders each configured to press the holding member, wherein the air cylinders are arranged in a side of the holding member, which side is opposite to a side where the holding member holds the roll blade, and wherein the air cylinders can separately be adjusted in air pressure.

Abstract: A coating system, a paper machine, and methods of their use are provided.

Abstract: There is described an apparatus (1) for coating a cylinder (C), in particular a wiping cylinder of an intaglio printing press, with a plastic composition comprising inter alia a blade mechanism (4) comprising a single substantially planar blade (40) with a straight edge (40a) extending along the full length of the cylinder to be coated and which is mounted rotatably about an axis parallel to the axis of rotation of the cylinder to be coated. The blade comprises, at its terminal end proximate to the cylinder, an inclined end portion (4a) having an inverted-V shape rising from the upper side of the blade, the top edge of the inclined end portion forming the straight edge of the blade. The blade is adapted to be rotated so that the straight edge of the blade undergoes an upward movement substantially tangential to the periphery of the cylinder in order to discontinue the application of the plastic composition onto the surface of the cylinder.

Abstract: A method for continuously producing crepe paper, comprising the steps of producing a paper web from a material suspension, mechanically dewatering the paper web in a press section, generating a crepe structure in the sheet structure of the paper web, and thermally drying the paper web. The paper web is applied to a glazing cylinder by means of a bulk-preserving pressing system in order to dry and generate a smooth surface on the paper web. The crepe paper is smooth on one side and can be used for a variety of further application areas.

Abstract: A system and method for self cleaning an air idler are provided. An air idler non-contactingly guides printable media using a flow of fluid through a porous surface portion. Rotation of the air idler results in rubbing contact with one or more wipers, during which debris is removed from the porous surface portion. A cleaning solution is used to remove ink and/or paper residue from the porous surface portion. The cleaning solution can wet one or more of the wipers. The cleaning solution can circulate through a reservoir disposed in contact with a portion of the air idler.

Abstract: A device for drying and treating a fiber-based moving fiber web (1) in a machine intended for producing tissue paper includes a metal belt (2) which is arranged to support the fiber web (1) and to transfer the fiber web (1) in the machine direction and which metal belt (2) is arranged as a continuous rotating cycle, at least one roll (3) the shell of which is in contact with the metal belt (2) arranged to rotate around, which roll (3) is for supporting and/or controlling the metal belt (2), and at least one counter element (5) arranged to create a contact area outside the metal belt (2) between the metal belt (2) and the counter element (5) for a process zone (6), via which process zone (6) the fiber web (1) is arranged to travel when using the device.

Abstract: A blade for doctoring a moving surface or for sizing or creping a fibrous material web produced or finished in a web machine, for example in a paper, board or tissue machine, includes at least one fiber optic waveguide arranged on a surface of the blade or embedded in the material of the blade. The at least one fiber optic waveguide includes a fiber core and a fiber cladding. The at least one fiber optic waveguide further includes at least one fiber Bragg grating.

Abstract: A doctoring system is disclosed for cleaning a moving surface in a papermaking machine, and the doctoring system includes a doctor blade and fluid assist system. The doctor blade is coupled to a doctor blade holder, and the doctor blade holder is coupled to a doctor-back. The fluid assist system is for providing a fluid under positive pressure that is higher than atmospheric pressure. The fluid is directed in a direction generally opposite a direction of movement of the moving surface such that fluid of high momentum is provided to impinge on water resident within the moving surface and adjacent a leading edge of the doctor blade during movement of the moving surface.

Abstract: A blade, in which at least the composite base structure of the blade is manufactured in a pultrusion process by pulling fibers through at least an impregnation stage and a curing stage, the base structure is equipped with at least one wear area and the said blade is detached from a blade blank formed of a base structure and a wear area. The wear area of the blade is formed of an edge-structure part protruding outside the edge of the base structure.

Abstract: A method in connection with coating, comprising a running web (8) arranged to be coated with a coating mix (11), coating means (1) arranged in connection with said web (8), a coating surface (6, 7) at the coating means (1) and arranged in contact with said web (8) to dose said coating mix (11), and said coating means (1) being provided with at least a first coating surface (6) and a second coating surface (7), in such a way that it is possible at said running web (8) to switch between the one (6) and the other (7) surfaces while at least one of said surfaces (6, 7) is in an active contact position.

Abstract: In a method for detaching a web threading tail from a moving surface in a fiber web machine, the web threading tail (12) is detached from a moving surface (23) by means of air that flows from a blow-off blow channel (19) included in a blade holder (14). A trailing blow (26) is directed to the web threading tail (12) using air that flows from a trailing blow channel (17) included in the blade holder (14). The blade holder (14) includes a flow surface (32), and the trailing blow (26) is blown to the same direction with or in a small angle relative to the flow surface (32). The invention also relates to a corresponding blade holder and a doctor apparatus for detaching a web threading tail from a moving surface in a fiber web machine.

Abstract: A blade for creping a paper web from a dryer surface is provided, said blade having a sliding surface facing the dryer surface during use of the blade, a web impact surface upon which the paper web impacts during creping, and a working apex formed between the sliding surface and the web impact surface, wherein the working apex is located no more than 30 percent of the total blade thickness away from a neutral fiber of the blade. Preferably, the working apex of the inventive creping blade is located at or close to the neutral fiber of the blade. A method for manufacturing the blade is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for transporting a fibre web (47) through a dry end of a fibre web processing machine from a drying section (1) to a reeling section (2) of the machine. According to the invention, the system comprises one or a plurality of groups of air modules, wherein each group of air modules is arranged for supplying and evacuating air from a predetermined, localized zone along the web run of the dry end, and wherein each group of air modules comprises at least one air supply module (9) being arranged for supplying air to the localized zone; and at least one air exhaust module (10) being arranged for evacuating air from the localized zone, wherein the air flow-rate of said at least one air supply module is balanced by the air flow-rate of said at least one air exhaust module such that dust-laden air is prevented from escaping the localized zone by other means than through said at least one air exhaust module.

Abstract: A doctor apparatus for a web forming machine for doctoring a moving surface with the doctor apparatus (10) has a blade (16), a blade holder (14) to which the blade (16) is adapted, a frame component (12) to which the blade holder (14) is adapted, and a loading element (23) arranged between the frame component (12) and the blade holder (14) for loading the blade holder (14) and further the blade (16). The loading element (23) is tied to both the frame component (12) and the blade holder (14). The invention also relates to a blade holder (14) and a method for a web forming machine for doctoring a moving surface (26).

Abstract: A blade for doctoring a moving surface or for sizing or creping a fibrous material web produced or finished in a web machine, for example in a paper, board or tissue machine, includes at least one fiber optic waveguide arranged on a surface of the blade or embedded in the material of the blade. The at least one fiber optic waveguide includes a fiber core and a fiber cladding. The at least one fiber optic waveguide further includes at least one fiber Bragg grating.

Abstract: A blade, in which at least the composite base structure of the blade is manufactured in a pultrusion process by pulling fibres through at least an impregnation stage and a curing stage, the base structure is equipped with at least one wear area and the said blade is detached from a blade blank formed of a base structure and a wear area. The wear area of the blade is formed of an edge-structure part protruding outside the edge of the base structure.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a blade (10), in which at least the composite base structure (15) of the blade (10) is manufactured in a pultrusion process (20) by pulling fibers (11) through at least an impregnation stage (12) and a curing stage (14), the base structure (15) is equipped with at least one wear area (16.1, 16.2), and the said blade (10) is detached from a blade blank (22) formed of a base structure (15) and a wear area (16.1, 16.2). The wear area of the blade (10) is formed of an edge-structure part (16.1, 16.2) protruding out side the edge of the base structure (15). In addition, the invention also concerns a corresponding blade and part components for manufacturing a blade according to the invention.

Abstract: Creping and cutting procedure and equipment, for paper manufacture which consists of a creping doctor (1) carrying a blade (2) which carries out the creping; a support plate (12) which can pivot on a pivot shaft (5) in the geometrical center of which the creping blade (2) works; primary means of actuation (3) which through the support plate (12) cause the rotation of the creping doctor (1) on a pivot shaft (4); and secondary means of actuation of variation of angle (6) which act on the support plate (12) and cause its rotation on a pivot shaft (5) ; in such a way that it is possible, with only two doctors (1), (7) to carry out the maneuvers of creping, blade changing, cutting and cleaning.

Abstract: Doctor blade for the paper industry, comprising a scraping plate (1) and holding means (p) for the scraping plate which in turn are held by a frame (a) the ends of which are securely fastened (2) by two fastening points (pf) to a stationary structure (f), characterized in that it comprises: a) mechanical means for adjustable fastening (3) between at least one end (2) of the frame and the stationary structure (f) in such a way that the distance (d) between the two fastening points (pf) can be varied by the user; and b) means for incorporating an additional mass (5) in adjustable quantities.

Abstract: A clothing for structuring a wet fibre web (1?) in a press section of a tissue papermaking machine is described which has a three-dimensional woven structure forming elevations (62) and depressions (63), said elevations, like the depressions, are repeated and distributed to form a pattern of polygonal, geometrically similar smallest unitary surfaces (64), each of said unitary surfaces having an area a and covering a plurality of depressions with the mean depth d. According to the invention, the area a and the mean depth d of each unitary surface (64) are adapted in relation to each other in such a way that, calculated by the length unit mm, their ratio is equal to or greater than 30 mm, wherein a is selected within the range of 1.0-3.0 mm2 and d is selected within the range of 0.03-0.09 mm. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a creped tissue paper web by using said structuring clothing.

Abstract: An apparatus for producing a fibrous web includes: a circulating permeable structured belt defining a sheet forming zone in which the fibrous web is formed; a circulating unstructured permeable supporting belt; a pressing section through which the fibrous web is led lying between the circulating permeable structured belt and the circulating unstructured permeable supporting belt; a Yankee cylinder having a surface and defining a press nip and a press nip region, wherein the fibrous web is led together with the structured belt through said press nip, the fibrous web in the region of the press nip being transferred from the structured belt to the surface of the Yankee cylinder; at least one doctor which doctors off the surface of the Yankee cylinder continuously; and a coating device which recoats the surface of the Yankee cylinder so that a renewed coating material is always present in the press nip.

Abstract: A doctor assembly is disclosed for use in a paper-making machine. The doctor assembly includes a doctor blade holder into which a doctor blade may be inserted and the doctor blade holder includes a pressure plate, pressure adjustment system, a support tray, and a bracket in accordance with an embodiment. The pressure plate is for supporting and aligning the doctor blade in a cross machine direction for application to a machine roll. The pressure adjustment system is for adjusting the pressure applied to the machine roll by the doctor blade, said pressure adjustment means including at least one fluid reservoir having a wall that contacts the pressure plate. The support tray for supporting the at least one fluid reservoir, and the support tray includes at least one bracket alignment feature. The bracket is attached to the support tray for pivotal attachment to the pressure plate.

Abstract: A system and method for transferring a continuously advancing paper web from a dryer to a reel section is provided. The system includes a first fabric defining a first moving conveyor. The first fabric may be a permeable fabric, which is positioned downstream from the dryer. A second fabric, which may also be permeable and defines a second moving conveyor, is also included. The first moving conveyor overlaps the second moving conveyor for a predetermined distance, and the first and second moving conveyors are configured to receive the paper web between the conveyors. A vacuum device is rotatably disposed against the first moving conveyor, and the dryer and the vacuum device are disposed relative to each other to form an open draw. The vacuum device is configured to produce a vacuum to attract the web to the first fabric for transferring the advancing web into the predetermined distance where the first and second conveyors overlap.

Abstract: A machine for creping sheet material such as paper, textiles, metal foils, or plastic, comprises a driving drum, and a pressing plate for pressing a length of sheet material against the drum to drive the material lengthwise in the machine direction, and a retarding member arranged to contact the lengthwise-driven sheet material to cause it to crepe. The pressing plate has a plurality of pressure application points or areas distributed across the width of the sheet material on the drum, the pressure application points or areas being associated with pneumatic cylinders for applying different pressures to different parts of the material across its width according to a given pressure profile. The pneumatic cylinders can be arranged in groups to provide an adjustable pressure profile across the material wherein the pressures applied at the opposite edges of the material and at intermediate parts of the material are adjustable independently of one another.

Abstract: A swing paper machine configured to manufacture both wet crepe paper web having a moisture content of at least 20% and dry crepe paper web having a moisture content less than about 15%. The paper machine includes a Yankee dryer having a paper web positioned thereon, a creping doctor blade configured to remove the paper web from the Yankee dryer as either the wet crepe paper web or the dry crepe paper web, a first reel, at least one carrier web, and at least one dryer. The wet crepe paper web is carried by the at least one carrier web to the at least one dryer for reducing a moisture content of the wet crepe paper web. The wet crepe paper web bypasses engagement with the first reel. The dry crepe paper web engages the first reel and is wound into a parent roll. The paper machine is changeable between manufacture of wet and dry crepe paper web without altering a position of the first reel and the at least one carrier web relative to the Yankee dryer.

Abstract: A creping foil having a machine direction, cross machine direction, and Z-direction normal to a plane formed by machine direction and cross machine directions. The creping foil also has a front face, back face, and bottom side. The front face has one or more top conduits with one or more upper pipes integrally mounted therein. The one or more upper pipes are rotatable about an axis in the cross machine direction and have one or more upper diameter holes. The bottom side has one or more bottom conduits with one or more lower pipes integrally mounted therein. The one or more lower pipes are rotatable about an axis in the cross machine direction and have one or more lower diameter holes.

Abstract: A device for the detachable fixing of a holder for a doctor blade located in a paper production plant, it being possible for the doctor blade, which is assigned to a supporting or guiding roll for the wire, for the felt or for the paper web, to be set in its position with respect to the supporting or guiding roll by way of an actuating device and, furthermore, it being possible for the holder for the doctor blade to be displaced on a support for the holder by way of a guide at least approximately in the axial direction of the supporting or guiding roll and fixed on the support in the operating position. A pressure hose is disposed between the holder for the doctor blade and the support. The pressure hose allows the holder for the doctor blade to be clamped to the support.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a doctor blade comprising: a body having a thickness, a sharp leading side, a trailing side, and working end comprising a bevel surface, wherein the bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, and wherein the Ra of the bevel surface is from about 1 ?-in to about 7 ?-in.

Abstract: A composite doctor blade to be installed in a blade holder (11) containing a throat (15) has a rear part (14) made of a composite material which has a profiling (16) which protrudes beyond the plane (18) defined by the doctor blade in order to retain the doctor blade in the blade holder (11). At a distance from the rear part (14), part (17) of the profiling (16) protrudes from the plane (18) to one side only. Moreover, the part (17) is higher than its width in the cross-sectional plane of the doctor blade.

Abstract: Machine, in particular a tissue machine, for production of a web of tissue material. The web of tissue material is produced by supplying at least two stock grades to a multilayer flow box, winding up the tissue web on a reel of a reel-up, and maintaining a winding nip having a line pressure of less than or equal to 0.8 kN/m to influence the hardness of the reel produced, in a machine that includes a multilayer flow box structured and arranged to supply at least two stock grades, an endless supporting belt, a drying cylinder and an opposing unit arranged to form a press nip, wherein endless supporting belt guides the web through the press nip, a reel-up for reeling up the tissue web, and a device to influence, in a predefined way, a hardness of a reel produced as the tissue web is reeled. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A beam structure for a web forming machine is arranged to be supported by its end components (10) on the web forming machine. The beam structure includes a casing structure (15) of a thin-sheet material, inside which a stiffener structure (30) is arranged. In addition, the casing structure (15) and the stiffener structure (30) are secured to each other to create a load-bearing beam structure.

Abstract: A creping doctor device for the scraping off and creping of a running paper web from a rotating cylinder, comprising a holder device arranged to be able to support a continuous, or divided, longitudinally moveable doctor blade, which doctor blade is arranged to have a length that exceeds at least twice the length of said cylinder and is provided with a scraping surface and a contact line and/or contact surface, which contact line and/or contact surface is intended to bear against the jacket surface of said rotating cylinder at a certain linear load, said doctor blade comprising a supporting part and a wear part that is moveable in relation to the supporting part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a fabric for a papermaking machine. The fabric includes a machine facing side and a web facing side having pockets formed by warp and weft yarns. Each pocket is defined by four sides on the web facing side, three of the four sides each being formed by a knuckle of a single yarn, and one of the sides being formed by a knuckle of a weft and of a warp yarn, wherein the weft yarn also defines a bottom surface of the pocket.

Abstract: A beam structure for a paper, board or finishing machine is suited for use in all applications where, for instance, a doctor or a coating device or a measuring device needs to be supported on a cross-directional beam of a paper or board machine. The beam (50) has an inner and outer shell (52, 54) which are situated inside each other and which are supported to each other over some of their length, and that one shell is supported stationarily by its ends to the frame structures (62) of the said paper, board or finishing machine, and that one shell deflects when the beam is loaded while the other shell remains essentially straight.

Abstract: A cooling system and method for a paper coating device, especially for cooling a coating blade of the coating device and a coating color to be coated on paper web, whereby a streaking and/or bleeding phenomena caused by accumulation of the coating color at the end of the coating blade are effectively inhibited. The cooling system comprises a cooling means equipped at a back surface of the coating blade, interconnecting hoses for communicating coolant to the cooling means, a circulating unit, and a heat-exchanging unit.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web, with at least one crêping nip which is limited on the one side by a crêping belt and on the other side by a web supporting face formed in particular by a mating roll and through which the fibrous web can be passed, whereby a relative speed is provided between the crêping belt and the web supporting face, whereby in order to achieve a good crêping effect with simultaneous little crêping belt wear the material and/or the structure of the web supporting face and the surface of the crêping belt are coordinated with each other with a view to reducing the crêping belt wear caused by operation of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus the surface of the web supporting face and/or the material forming the web supporting face are selected with a view to little crêping belt wear caused by operation of the apparatus, in particular with a view to a small coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A creping blade including a body having a leading side, a trailing side, and working end including a bevel surface. The bevel surface is defined by a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein the trailing edge of the creping blade has a trailing edge radius of greater than about 0.001 inches (about 0.0254 mm).

Abstract: A modified creping adhesive composition, comprising an adhesive component and at least one terpene modifier, and its use in the production of creped paper products by a process which includes the steps of adhering a paper web to the surface of a drying cylinder and separating the paper web from the drying cylinder with a creping blade.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a roll in a paper production plant has a doctor blade assigned to the surface of the roll. The doctor blade is mounted such that it can be pivoted with respect to the roll by two bearing journals that are aligned parallel to the axis of the roll. An actuating lever for pivoting the doctor blade is fixed to at least one of the two bearing journals. The bearing journal and the actuating lever are formed with mutually associated latching elements, by way of which the bearing journal and the actuating lever can be connected to each other in form-lock in different positions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for stabilizing a paper web, particularly a tissue web, with at least one (web) stabilizer (3, 7) after a drying cylinder (1), where the stabilizer (3) is located directly at the cylinder (1) under the paper web (2). It is mainly characterized by the angle of incidence ? of the stabilizer (3) at the drying cylinder (1) being adjustable.

Abstract: A doctor bed is provided for holding a circularly cylindrical metering rod, including a housing of a homogenous material, which is designed with a cross section at right angles to the cylinder longitudinal axis of the metering rod and has a circularly cylindrical recess which surrounds the metering rod with a form fit over at least 180°. The doctor bed is arranged on a machine processing a moving material web, there being arranged on the housing, in the region of the recess, at least one groove running parallel to the cylinder longitudinal axis of the metering rod. A wiping strip is arranged detachably between the metering rod and the doctor bed.

Abstract: A stationary working surface of a one roll microcreper member is of plastic resin having low wear and friction properties. As a primary pressing member subject to concentrated force it is 0.040 inch thick. One or both opposed retarder members of a bladed microcreper are of the plastic. Thermoplastics meeting wear and friction limits, e.g. ultra high density polyethylene, are employed. Primary extensions, some having openings, slots or holes serve as flexible retarders to engage treated material. By a load-spreading surface, the thermoplastic primary member is restrained without distortion. By this surface being linear it slideably inserts into a mounting. By this surface being parallel to the roll axis the primary member is free for cross-machine thermal expansion. A primary member shown is sheet form, mounted between sheet metal members, one with a restraint surface. Sheet materials of polyolefins, wood pulp, etc.

Abstract: Paper machine for manufacturing a fibre web of paper without through air drying (TAD) or pressing, comprising: a wet end, having a wire section with at least one forming wire, a clothing, being air and water permeable, and a dewatering unit for dewatering the fibre web; and a drying section, comprising a drying surface for the fibre web; and also a transfer roll for transferring the fibre web to the drying section, wherein the fibre web is supported by said clothing from the wire section all the way to and over the transfer roll. The clothing has a three dimensional structure for structuring the fibre web.

Abstract: A swing paper machine configured to manufacture both wet crepe paper web having a moisture content of at least 20% and dry crepe paper web having a moisture content less than about 15%. The paper machine includes a Yankee dryer having a paper web positioned thereon, a creping doctor blade configured to remove the paper web from the Yankee dryer as either the wet crepe paper web or the dry crepe paper web, a first reel, at least one carrier web, and at least one dryer. The wet crepe paper web is carried by the at least one carrier web to the at least one dryer for reducing a moisture content of the wet crepe paper web. The wet crepe paper web bypasses engagement with the first reel. The dry crepe paper web engages the first reel and is wound into a parent roll. The paper machine is changeable between manufacture of wet and dry crepe paper web without altering a position of the first reel and the at least one carrier web relative to the Yankee dryer.