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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7846299 | Apparatus and method for controlling product grade changes in a paper machine or other machine A paper machine includes equipment for processing or producing a product in a continuous manner, such as a paper sheet. A grade change occurs when the equipment transitions from producing or processing a product having a first grade to producing or processing a prod... | 12/07/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7115188 | Process and apparatus for monitoring dewatering in a wet section of a paper machine Process and apparatus for monitoring dewatering in a wet end section of a web production machine. The process includes measuring water flowing into the wet end section, measuring water flowing out of the wet end section, measuring conductivity of the wet web enterin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7077995 | Method for treating aqueous systems with locally generated chlorine dioxide The present invention provides a new method for the in situ generation of chlorine dioxide from a solution of sodium chlorite and carbon dioxide. The present invention produces effective levels of chlorine dioxide without having to resort to the use of hydrochloric ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6998021 | Arrangement for paper machine, and blow box In a paper machine which comprises process elements and a measuring beam, the measuring beam is arranged at least at one paper machine process element so that a measuring device for measuring quality properties of a paper web is arrangeable in the measuring beam. Th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6929716 | Method for the manufacture or treatment of a material web A method for the manufacture or treatment of a material web, in particular of a paper or a cardboard web, while using a respective machine, in particular a paper machine, including the step of measuring the hardness and/or the compactness of at least one clothing, i... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6905573 | Method and equipment for cleaning and maintaining rolls The surface of a web is monitored by a fault detection system (20), a machine condition monitoring system, a quality measurement system, a web moisture measurement and/or a web temperature measurement and the soiled part of the surface of the roll is detected... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904331 | Method of paper machine control and apparatus for the method The present invention is characterized in that in a simulation for predicting a steam pressure setpoint after grade change, an initial moisture percentage is evaluated from differences between bone-dry basis weights and between machine speeds before and after grade ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6733629 | Method of controlling the operation of an approach system of a paper machine or the like web formation apparatus The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for controlling the operation of an approach system of a paper machine or the like web formation apparatus. Especially preferably the method of controlling the operation of an approach system according to the i... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6712936 | Method for manufacturing paper and paperboard using fracture toughness measurement A mathematical model is used to design paper and paperboard having improved runnability. The mathematical model provides an estimate of fracture toughness for an optimized paper product based on specific measurement parameters, e.g., filler percent, softwood content... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6712937 | Method of operating a machine for the manufacture and/or refinement of material webs System and method of operating a machine for manufacturing and/or refining a material web wherein the machine includes at least one machine section. The method includes arranging a plurality of measurement zones in series along a process direction and detecting data... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6640152 | Modeling and control of sheet weight and moisture for paper machine transition Headbox transient responses for sheet weight and moisture are modeled as a combination of two sets of time constants and dead time delays. One set represents a shorter delay with faster response dynamics, the fast mode weight and moisture responses, and t... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6547930 | Method for estimating dryer vapor pressure in papermaking machine and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to improvement in a method for estimating a setting value of a dryer steam pressure after papermaking exchange according to simulation in a papermaking machine and an apparatus therefor, where a steam pressure setting value a... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6524441 | Process for detecting and correcting a fiber orientation cross direction profile change Process and a device for detecting a change in the fiber orientation cross-direction profile of a paper or cardboard web in the manufacturing process on a paper or cardboard machine. It is recognized that a change in the fiber orientation cross-direction ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6491792 | Apparatus for controlling a headbox in a paper machine Method and apparatus for controlling the mixing proportions of feed streams being supplied to a headbox, using devices for sampling two or more of the feed streams upstream of the headbox and devices for measuring concentration of constituents in or other... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6485610 | Method and apparatus for the treatment of a material web and for control of the behavior of a material web The solution of the invention relates to a method and apparatus for the treatment of a paper web in a paper or cardboard machine. The essential feature of the solution of the invention is that a moving material web (1), its properties and/or its behavior ... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6482296 | Integrated machine control method and machine control module The present invention relates to a method for controlling a papermaking machine/board machine/tissue machine or the like, which papermaking machine/board machine/tissue machine or the like includes basic unit assembly groups, such as a headbox, a wire sec... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6466839 | Fast CD and MD control in a sheetmaking machine A system of providing fast machine direction (MD) and cross direction (CD) basis weight adjustments using a simultaneous multi-point water weight sensor which provides independent MD and CD measurements is described. The water weight sensor is placed unde... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6440270 | Method and apparatus for controlling dryer section of paper machine In controlling the dryer section of a paper machine, the basis weight and moisture of the paper web, the energy fed into the drying cylinders of the dryer section and the machine speed are measured, and then the surface temperature of the drying cylinders... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6423184 | Method and equipment for regulation of the initial part of the dryer section in a paper machine A method and an equipment for regulation of the initial part of the dryer section in a paper machine. Moisture is removed from the paper web in the press section (10) and the paper web is dried in the dryer section (R). The paper web is dried against heat... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6368453 | Chip feeding to a comminuted cellulosic fibrous material treatment vessel In the feeding of a slurry of comminuted cellulosic fibrous material to a digester (continuous or batch) in the production of chemical pulp, one of the tanks used in the feed system (which preferably includes a high pressure feeder) may be eliminated with... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6365004 | Method and apparatus for drying a paper web A method and apparatus effect drying of a paper web using a plurality of heated drying cylinders and at least one air impingement module having a hood. The paper web is brought into operative contact with the heated drying cylinders, and at least one of t... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6355142 | Method of controlling headbox jet velocity for foamed furnishes Controlling the velocity of a jet of foamed furnish leaving the slice of a pressurized headbox of a paper or a tissue making machine by measuring the density and pressure of a flow of foamed furnish provided by a pump to estimate an atmospheric pressure a... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6352615 | Method and equipment in a paper/board machine for regulation of the difference of draw The invention concerns an equipment in a paper/board machine for regulation of the difference of draw. In the solution in accordance with the invention, the difference of draw in the web is regulated on the basis of the measured tension of the web. Prefer... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6290816 | Paper machine with closed loop control system A paper machine for making a fiber web includes an approach flow system with a plurality of control modules. Each control module controls one of a plurality of adjustable input parameters. A wet end receives a fiber suspension from the approach flow syste... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6264792 | Method for producing calendered paper A method and apparatus for producing calendered paper by an on-line manufacturing system comprising at least a paper machine and a multi-nip calender. The method comprises following steps: removing water from a formed paper web by pressing, drying the pre... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6231722 | Method and system for monitoring the process of separation of a web A method and system for monitoring a separation process of a web in a paper machine in which the web is separated from a roll and passed into a free draw, which is preferably the first free draw of the web in the paper machine. A separation point of the w... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228222 | Press arrangement and method thereof A method for the treatment of a material web and a press arrangement with a plurality of press gaps. A roll has a flexible press jacket supported from an inside, and forms a respective press gap with each of at least two further driven rolls. The drive po... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6203667 | Method for regulating basis weight of paper or board in a paper or board machine Method for regulating the basis weight of paper or board in a paper or board machine in which the machine stock is comprised of a number of component stocks and the basis weight of the dry paper or board is measured, preferably by on-line basis-weight mea... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6203665 | Process for setting a uniform characteristic cross-direction profile for a paper web Process for setting a uniform characteristic cross-direction profile for a paper web with regard to at least formation, basis weight, and fiber orientation in a paper machine. The paper machine can include a headbox with an adjustable die exit opening and... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6200421 | Apparatus and process for feeding stock to a papermachine The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for feeding papermaking stock to a papermachine. The apparatus comprises a mixing vessel (12) for receiving and mixing stock components and a pipe (40) for feeding the resulting mixed stock to said paper... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6185468 | Decoupling controller for use with a process having two input variables and two output variables A decoupling controller for use with a process such as paper-making having two input variables such as stock flow and steam pressure and two output variables such as moisture and basis weight. Decoupling is accomplished by the use of linked internal model... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6179964 | Method and control device for paper web profile control with plurality of sensors The invention relates to a closed-loop control device and a method for the control of the cross-machine and/or machine direction profile of at least one quality feature in the paper manufacturing process with the aid of two sensors. The first sensor picks... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6168687 | System and method for sheet measurement and control in papermaking machine Significant improvements in papermaking control can be achieved by employing an array of sensors that are positioned underneath the wire of the machine to measure the conductivity of the aqueous wet stock. The conductivity of the wet stock is directly pro... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6149770 | Underwire water weight turbulence sensor A system and method of providing on-line turbulence measurements in a sheetmaking machine and using these measurements to perform on-line adjustments to turbulence-inducing and adjusting elements in the sheetmaking machine to optimize final sheet product ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6129817 | Unified on-line/off-line paper web formation analyzer Paper web formation analyzers can be employed both on operating paper machines at high speed and on cut samples as a desk top unit, so as to unify formation evaluation for both situations.... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6099690 | System and method for sheet measurement and control in papermaking machine Significant improvements in papermaking control can be achieved by employing an array of sensors that are positioned underneath the wire of the machine to measure the conductivity of the aqueous wet stock. The conductivity of the wet stock is directly pro... | 08/08/2000 |
