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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8126583 | Method for supplying a chemical or chemical compound in a fibrous web machine and an apparatus for implementing the method A chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied via at least two displacement pumps (1, 4) to a common supply line (11), through which the chemical or chemical compound (L) is supplied to the operating device (12) of a fibrous web machine. Each ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8060234 | Accurate tracking of web features through converting processes There is described a method and apparatus for tracking the location of web features through a converting process, one application of which can involve tracking paper defects from a paper machine as detected by a camera system, to a winder where the sheet is wound to... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7873433 | Production optimization using data received from a removable component This invention relates to a system and a method for optimization of the process performance of a web-processing machine, in particular a machine for the production or further processing of paper, paperboard or tissue, including the following steps: storage of specif... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7809462 | Power savings method for rotating pulp and paper machinery A power saving method for rotating pulp and paper machinery includes a fiber quality measurement device, a control system and a variable speed drive. The power savings method is applied to either fiber refiners or pressurized screens. Pulp stock enters a rotating ma... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7584013 | Method and apparatus for achieving a fast cross direction caliper control recovery time Fast cross direction caliper control recovery time in a sheet making machine during startup of the machine after a sheet break is achieved provided that a preselected time duration measured from the occurrence of the sheet break to the clearing of sheet break has el... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7435314 | Method for the production of a fibrous web In a method for the production of a fibrous web, especially a paper or cardboard web, an automatic ash control system and an automatic retention control system for the reduction or suppression of an interactive build-up of the two controls are linked via a model for... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437208 | System for computer-aided measurement of quality and/or process data in a paper machine A system for the computer-aided measurement of quality and/or process data during the production and/or conversion of a material web, in particular paper or board web, by way of correlation with raw measured data. The raw measured data is present in the form of othe... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431800 | Device and method for on-line control of the fibre direction of a fibre web A device and a method for on-line control of the fibre direction of a fire web (8), being manufactured from stock delivered from a headbox (3) through a discharge opening (11) defined by movable lips (9, 10), while using a fibre direction... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7396437 | Method and system for controlling the web formation Method and system for controlling web formation in the forming section of a paper machine includes measuring the amount of white water occurring during drainage in at least one drainage region of the forming section; and carrying out the web formation control on the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7388968 | Method and device for length measurement of packaging webs The present invention concerns a method and a device for absolute measurement of a print repeat length and/or at least one package length of a moving packaging web (1) in line with a printing machine. Normally the print repeat length and one package length ar... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7334233 | Method and apparatus for multiple slaves to receive data from multiple masters in a data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for managing requests for data by processes in a data processing system. Requests for data from the processes in slave mode are tracked. Data received by a device driver is stored, wherein the data may originate from mu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323085 | Basis weight of the liner in a fibrous web A method for determining the basis weight of a first ply of a fibrous web, which covers a second ply of the fibrous web including the steps of positioning an electromagnetic transmitter and an electromagnetic receiver, radiating the fibrous web, receiving a measurin... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319965 | Method and apparatus to control the operating speed of a manufacturing facility A method and apparatus for controlling the operating speed of a manufacturing facility is disclosed. It includes determining a desired operating speed that is dependent on at least one economic variable. The variables vary with the operating speed. Also, the operati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318882 | Method and apparatus for monitoring of the dry line in a Foudrinier paper machine and for control based thereupon In order to observe the dry line formed on the surface of wood fibre pulp on the moving wire in a Fourdrinier paper machine, its—atrea of appearance is scanned at a low angle with a thin beam cluster (A1, B1) which, being generated by a laser radiati... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300548 | Method and apparatus for controlling cross-machine direction (CD) controller settings to improve CD control performance in a web making machine A web making machine is monitored to identify at least one cross-machine direction (CD) actuator that is developing local mapping problems. The identified CD actuator and a segment of surrounding actuators are probed to determine a performance curve for the actuator... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290450 | Process diagnostics A diagnostic device for use in a industrial process includes monitoring electronics or diagnostic circuitry configured to diagnose or identify a condition or other occurrence in the industrial process. The system can be implemented in a process device such as a flow... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291856 | Sensor and methods for measuring select components in moving sheet products A compact, long lasting sensor for measuring components such as moisture in moving sheets including paper in a papermaking apparatus employs light sources that produce radiation within defined wavelength regions of interest and the light sources are modulated at hig... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279072 | Method and apparatus for adjusting operation of wire section Adjusting the operation of a wire section, in which the development of the consistency of stock on the wire section (2) is determined and the effect of the consistency determined above on the formation and/or porosity of a paper web (3) is determined. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7278847 | Dynamically configured 3-D object creation system with built-in printhead failure correction mechanism A three dimensional object creation system that prints objects layer by layer, the system including a plurality of printheads, the system printing at least part of each of multiple layers simultaneously, the system configured to enable at least one first printhead t... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7264692 | Method for monitoring the operation of a doctor assembly in a paper machine and a doctor assembly for implementing the method The operation of a doctor assembly (16) in a paper machine is monitored. In case of a malfunction, the paper machine's (10) control devices (14-14′, 15) are used to carry out the necessary measures for eliminating the malfunction and ca... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7220115 | 3-D product printing system incorporating an electrical connection printhead A system that prints three dimensional products, the system including at least one printhead that prints electrical connections to at least one object incorporated in the products. ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206654 | Digitally active 3-D object creation system A three dimensional object creation system that prints objects layer by layer, the system including a plurality of printheads, the system printing at least part of each of multiple layers simultaneously. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204914 | System and method for controlling a processor including a digester utilizing time-based assessments A system for controlling a processor having at least one sampling port connected to a stage of the processor in order to sample a reactant product from the processor. The system includes a controller configured to control a processing parameter of the processor base... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198696 | Method for manufacturing paper with a constant filler content A method of controlling the production of filler-containing paper. Filler and retention agent are delivered to a paper manufacturing system in a process of paper manufacture. The amount of filler in the paper is measured, as is also the filler concentration or the t... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200461 | Method for monitoring and analyzing a process The invention relates to a method for monitoring and analyzing a production process. In the method, a large number of variables are measured from the process, with the aid of these variables, fingerprints according to a good and a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7194363 | Ultrasonic flowmeter A low power ultrasonic flowmeter to be powered by a two wire power supply loop is described, comprising: an ultrasonic flow sensor, a signal processing unit for determining a measurement result based on measurements performed by the ultrasonic flow sensor, an input/... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7181308 | Method for monitoring and analyzing a paper production process The invention relates to a method for monitoring and analyzing a production process. In the method, a large number of variables are measured from the process, with the aid of these variables, fingerprints according to a good process situation, relative to runnabilit... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7167770 | Method of correcting transfer of a thin material and a thin material transfer apparatus A transfer correcting method for a thin material transfer apparatus includes detecting a front end of a thin material by the sensor, and transferring the thin material from a position of the sensor, to a processing unit, and further a reference transfer range from t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164145 | Measuring fiber orientation by detecting dispersion of polarized light An image-based technique that measures the orientation of fibers in a moving web of nonwoven material. At least four light spots on one side of the web are illuminated essentially simultaneously with at least four plane-polarized incident substantially perpendicular... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164958 | Modification planning arrangement A modification planning arrangement and method for a paper, board, finishing, or pulp machine, which includes as parties, a customer (10), a main supplier (11) and at least one sub-supplier (12), as well as a server linked to them over a telecom... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7144242 | System for creating 3D products A system for creating three dimensional products is provided. The system has a plurality of subsystems, with each subsystem configured to print one layer of N1 of a plurality of layers making up a three dimensional product, where N1 is greater ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7128808 | Method and apparatus for identifying mapping of paper machine actuator A method and an apparatus for identifying mapping of a paper machine by means of a mapping test. The invention comprises forming a mapping model which takes the linear and non-linear shrinkage of a paper web into account. The mapping test result is analyzed to form ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7101461 | Method and apparatus for imaging a paper web A system and process for measuring paper formation characteristics in real time is disclosed. The system comprises apparatus used in a papermaking process, and includes a rotating forming fabric having an upper and lower surface. A paper slurry is deposited upon the... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7085615 | Dynamic on-line optimization of production processes A process is modeled by a dynamic model, handling time dependent relations between manipulated variables of different process sections (10A–D) and measured process output variables. Suggested input trajectories for manipulated variables for a subsequent tim... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082348 | Computer based method and system for controlling an industrial process A computer based method for controlling an industrial process that includes at least two unit processes, including the steps of directly controlling the process by a control model including one or more algorithms, and automatic diagnosis of the validity of the proce... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7067039 | Method and equipment in connection with a paper machine or a paper web finishing apparatus A variable representing runnability of a paper web to be manufactured with a paper machine or processed with a finishing apparatus is measured and the speed difference between operational groups of the paper machine and/or the finishing apparatus is adjusted on the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7048827 | Dynamic calibration of papermaking machine Sheetmaking processes such as papermaking making systems employ water weight sensors underneath the moving water permeable wire that supports the wet stock (pulp slurry). A dynamically compensated calibration equation that equates the water weight plus fiber weight ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039570 | Flexographic simulator and diagnostic system A flexographic printing press simulation application provides virtual control of various types of flexographic printing presses. Running on an industry standard personal computer, the simulation application allows a user to modify a wide variety of printing process ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7024261 | Modular automation apparatus A modular automation apparatus is provided that includes a base unit adapted to receive an automation module. The automation module includes at least one automation device for performing one or more specific automation functions and preferably a selectively programm... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020717 | System and method for resynchronizing interprocess communications connection between consumer and publisher applications by using a shared state memory among message topic server and message routers A distributed messaging method for publishing topical data messages in a communications network can include the steps of receiving in a first message router from a data consumer a request to subscribe to a message topic; responsive to receiving the subscription requ... | 03/28/2006 |
