3073 results about "Papermaking" patented technology

A multi-ply fibrous structure product having two or more plies of fibrous structure where at least one of the plies has a plurality of domes formed during the papermaking process and there are from about 10 to about 1000 domes per square inch of the product. At least one of the plies of the multi-ply fibrous structure has a plurality of embossments thereon with a total embossment area of from about 3% to about 15%. The embossments may be arranged such that they define non-geometric foreground patterns of unembossed cells.

An absorbent paper sheet for tissue or towel includes from about 99 percent to about 70 percent by weight of cellulosic papermaking fiber and from about 1 percent to about 30 percent by weight fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber which was regenerated form a cellulosic dope utilizing a tertiary amine N-oxide solvent or an ionic liquid. Fibrillation of the microfiber is controlled such that it has a reduced coarseness and a reduced freeness as compared with unfibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber from which it is made and provides at least one of the following attributes to the absorbent sheet: (a) the absorbent sheet exhibits an elevated SAT value and an elevated wet tensile value as compared with a like sheet prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber; (b) the absorbent sheet exhibits an elevated wet/dry CD tensile ratio as compared with a like sheet prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber; (c) the absorbent sheet exhibits a lower GM Break Modulus than a like sheet having like tensile values prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber; or (d) the absorbent sheet exhibits an elevated bulk as compared with a like sheet having like tensile values prepared without fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber. In some embodiments, the pulp is pre-treated with debonder to enhance the wet/dry CD tensile ratio of the sheet.

The present invention relates to a method for reducing the polymer and bentonite requirement in papermaking wherein medium and high molecular weight polymers are reacted with bentonite. Further, mechanical shearing of the furnish after polymer addition is not required.

A continuous sheet having a combination of acidic and basic water-absorbing resin particles that are essentially not neutralized and can be continuously manufactured on conventional papermaking apparatus, using a wet, dry, or wet-dry process to manufacture a water-absorbent sheet-like substrate containing 50%-100% by weight of the combination of acidic and basic water-absorbent particles. The acidic and basic essentially unneutralized resins can be contained in the sheet material articles of the present invention as separate acidic and basic resin particles, or as multicomponent particles containing both the acidic and basic resins. The sheet materials can be manufactured having new and unexpected structural integrity, with little or no shakeout or loss of superabsorbent particles during or after manufacture while exhibiting exceptional water absorption and retention properties. The sheet materials have an ability to absorb liquids quickly, demonstrate good fluid permeability and conductivity into and through the resin particles, and have a high gel strength such that the hydrogel formed from the SAP particles resists deformation under an applied stress or pressure, when used alone or in a mixture with other water-absorbing resins.

In this papermaking process, a first strength agent is added to a stock suspension containing pulp and optionally other additives prior to its being formed into a web at the wet end of a papermaking machine. The web is then formed and processed into paper. A second strength agent is then applied to the surface of the paper. The strength agents may be selected to have opposite charge.

A process for making absorbent sheet includes: (a) depositing an aqueous furnish of cellulosic fiber on a forming fabric; (b) dewatering the wet web to a consistency of from about 15 to about 40 percent; (c) transferring the dewatered web from the forming fabric to another fabric traveling at a speed of from about 10 to about 80 percent slower than the forming fabric; (d) wet-shaping the web on an impression fabric whereby the web is macroscopically rearranged to conform to the surface of the impression fabric; and (e) impingement air drying the web. The process is particularly suitable for making high bulk products form difficult to process furnishes such as recycle furnishes and for making high basis weight products without compressive dewatering with a papermaking felt.

A low-compaction method of making an absorbent cellulosic web includes: forming a nascent web from a papermaking furnish; dewatering the nascent web to a consistency of from about 10 to about 30 percent on a foraminous forming support traveling at a first speed; rush-transferring the web at a consistency of from 10 to about 30 percent to an open texture fabric traveling at a second speed slower than the first speed of the forming support; further dewatering the web on the impression fabric to a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent by way of (i) combining the open texture fabric bearing said web with a fluid distribution membrane and an anti-rewet felt as the three pass through a nip into a pressure chamber defined in part by a plurality of nip rolls, the fluid distribution membrane bearing against the side of the open texture fabric away from the web, with the anti-rewet felt bearing against the web, and (ii) applying a pneumatic pressure gradient from the distributor membrane through the web thereby dewatering the web; and drying the web. Preferably the process includes the steps of selecting the papermaking furnish and controlling the process such that the dried web has a void volume fraction of at least 0.7, a hydraulic diameter in the range of from about 3 to about 20 microns and a Wet Springback Ratio of at least about 0.65. Optionally provided is a high solids fabric crepe in a pressure nip.

The invention provides tissue products comprising hesperaloe fibers and having satisfactory strength in-use and good dispersibility. To produce the instant tissue products the inventors have successfully moderated the changes in strength and stiffness typically associated with substituting conventional wood papermaking fibers, such as NSWK, with hesperaloe fibers. Not only have the inventors succeeded in moderating changes to strength and stiffness they have improved dispersibility. As such, the tissue products of the present invention have properties comparable to, or better than, those produced using conventional papermaking fibers, such as wood pulp fibers.

The invention discloses a bulk production line for reconstituted tobacco thin sheets by a dry papermaking method. The whole production line mainly comprises a raw material treatment part, a tobacco forming part and a thin sheet forming part, wherein material transportation is mainly executed through a carrying roller and a mesh belt, and is assisted through air flow of a fan; a conveying component of the whole production line is provided with a cleaning device, a tensioning device and a deviation correction device. According to the production line, wood pulp or tobaccos are smashed into fibers, then reconstituted tobaccos are produced through dry forming; finished products, namely the tobacco thin sheets, are produced through reconstituted tobacco treatment; the production requirements on the reconstituted tobacco thin sheet low sewage emission, low energy consumption and high quality are met.

A security paper for producing security documents, such as bank notes, identity cards or the like, having at least one opening, whereby the opening is produced during papermaking and does not have a sharp limiting edge in the edge area.

Disclosed is a composition for softening a wet laid cellulosic structure. A particularly preferred structure is an absorbent tissue. Further disclosed are tissue structures softened using the composition. The composition includes an effective amount of a softening active ingredient; a vehicle in which the softening active ingredient is dispersed; an electrolyte dissolved in the vehicle; and a bilayer disrupter. The electrolyte and the bilayer disrupter cooperate to cause the viscosity of the composition to be less than the viscosity of a dispersion of the softening active ingredient in the vehicle alone. Preferably, the softening active ingredient is a quaternary ammonium compound with the formula:

(R₁)_4-m—N⁺—[(CH₂)_n—Y—R₃]_mX⁻

the vehicle is water, the electrolyte is calcium chloride, and the bilayer disrupter is a nonionic surfactant. Also disclosed is a method of using the compound by adding it at a use concentration to the wet end of a papermaking process.

The invention relates to a method for preparing calcium sulfate crystal whiskers (CaSO4) by using impurity-containing gypsum as a raw material. The method comprises the following steps of: removing main impurities in the raw material which is the low-priced impurity-containing gypsum resource in a mode of roasting, acid-complex leaching and alkaline leaching and simultaneously thinning crystal grains to obtain a superfine dihydrate calcium sulfate precursor which is high in purity and dispersibility; and preparing the anhydrous calcium sulfate crystal whiskers with a length of 20 to 2,000mu m, a diameter of 0.5 to 20 mu m, a length-diameter ratio of 40 to 1,000 and a weight percent content of over 95 percent in a mode of hydrothermal conversion-roasting of a fluxing agent. The method has the advantages of low-priced and easily bought raw materials, simple process, wide application range, and high added value. The calcium sulfate crystal whiskers prepared by the method have a big length-diameter ratio and regular shape, and can be used as reinforcing, heat insulating or flame retardant materials in industries of plastics, rubbers, coatings, papermaking, building materials and the like.

A composite papermaking fabric having an upper support fabric including upper warp and weft yarns and a lower contact fabric including lower warp and weft yarns. The upper fabric is woven in a first weave pattern which forms a support surface and the lower fabric is woven in a broken twill weave pattern which forms the contact surface. The composite fabric includes paired binder yarns which weave in alternating sequences with the upper and lower fabrics binding them together. The broken twill weave pattern provides plural floats of cross-machine direction yarns passing outwardly of a plurality of adjacent lower warp yarns forming a plurality of adjacent cross-machine direction floats. Certain of the paired floats comprise a lower weft yarn and a binder yarn while others may comprise two lower weft yarns. The lower weft yarn floats are positioned to shield and protect the binder yarn floats along their entire length.

Oxidative compositions and processes that preserve and enhance the brightness and improve color of pulp or paper when applied during different stages of the papermaking process are identified. The oxidative composition and method maintains and/or enhances brightness, prevents yellowing, and enhances the performance of paper products. Used in combination with optical brighteners and/or chelants the oxidative agents produce a synergistic effect not previously identified in the paper process.

A sheet-like article including fibers and carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanohorns adhering to the surface of the fibers in a uniformly dispersed state without agglomeration to form a network structure on the fibers. The sheet-like article is preferably made by converting the fibers and a dispersion of the carbon nanotubes and/or carbon nanohorns by a wet papermaking process. To use cellulose fibers as main fibers provides a good sheet-like article.

The technological process of treating papermaking effluent for reuse based on membrane integrating technique has membrane bioreactor, continuous membrane filter and reverse osmosis unit integrated for high efficiency treatment of papermaking effluent. The papermaking effluent treating process includes drum filtering and flocculating deposition to eliminate most suspended matter and colloid matter, anaerobic and aerobic biochemical treatment, filtering in membrane separating element, continuous membrane filtering, and treating with reverse osmosis membrane to reach the papermaking water standard. The present invention is especially suitable for treating hard-to-treat papermaking effluent.

A method of making linerboard with elevated CD strength includes: a) compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fibers; b) applying the dewatered web having apparently random fiber distribution to a translating transfer surface moving at a first speed; c) fabric-creping the web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 15 to about 75 percent utilizing a patterned creping fabric. The creping step occurs under pressure in a fabric-creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric, wherein the fabric is traveling at second speed slower than the speed of the transfer surface and the fabric pattern, nip parameters, velocity, delta and web consistency are selected such that the web is creped from the transfer surface and distributed on the creping fabric. The fabric-creped web has an elevated CD strength as compared with the web prior to fabric-creping. The process further includes: d) wet-pressing the web after fabric-creping; and e) drying the web.

Methods to improve dewatering in industrial and municipal sludges are described. One method involves admixing sludge from a papermaking process and modified cellulose to provide modified sludge with the modified cellulose present in an effective amount to improve dewatering in the treated sludge, such as in allowing use of reduced amounts of coagulant and/or reducing dewatering times, increased dewatered volumes, and reduced sludge product moisture contents, and the like. The dewatered sludge may be formed into a dried particulate, and may be used as filler or other component of concrete, rubber, asphalt, plastics, resin-wood composite products, and other composite products.

A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structure and belt structure, designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paperprocessing applications, requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto a base substrate in a precise predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) or more. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and, optionally, may be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.

The invention relates to organic silicon modified acrylate emulsion and a preparation method thereof. A core-shell structure synthesis method is adopted for preparation, a core layer/shell layer glass transition temperature is designed to be -30- -25 DEG C/ 0-5 DEG C and lower than conventional core-shell emulsion. The emulsion comprises core-shell emulsion monomers, initiator accounting for 0.4-0.6% of the total mass of the monomers, composite emulsifier accounting for 2.5-4.5% of the total mass of the monomers, pH (potential hydrogen) buffering agent accounting for 0.4-0.6% of the total mass of the monomers and the balance deionized water. The emulsion preparation method includes (1) pre-emulsifying, (2) core-layer emulsion preparation, and (3) core-shell emulsion preparation. The emulsion which is aqueous emulsion is environment-friendly and high in stability, bonding power and tensile strength, has functions of softening, smoothening and the like for surface treatment of fabrics and the like, and is widely applicable to the fields of spinning, papermaking, leather, painting, water-based ink and the like.

Compositions and processes that preserve and enhance the brightness and improve color of pulp or paper when applied during different stages of the papermaking process are identified. The composition and method maintains and/or enhances brightness, prevent yellowing, and enhances the performance of paper products. Used in combination with optical brighteners and/or chelants the described agents produce a synergistic effect not previously identified in the paper process.

The invention discloses a two-stage ultrasonic vibration atomizer, which comprises a liquid conveying pipeline, a bolt, a rear cover plate, a piezoelectric ceramic plate, an electrode sheet, an amplitude transformer, a first-stage atomizing spray head and a second-stage atomizing radiation surface, wherein the rear cover plate, the piezoelectric ceramic plate and the electrode sheet are pressed by the connection between the amplitude transformer and the thread at the front end of the bolt, so as to form a second-stage ultrasonic atomizing vibrator; the first-stage atomizing spray head is connected with the front end of the amplitude transformer; and the second-stage atomizing radiation surface is clamped between the front end of the amplitude transformer and the rear end of the first-stage atomizing spray head. According to the invention, the vibrator part adopts a sandwich transducer structure, and has high power capability; the first-stage atomizing is realized by the micro-spraying holes on the first-stage atomizing spray head; the second-stage atomizing is realized by ultrasonic vibration; and through two-stage atomizing, the two-stage ultrasonic vibration atomizer has the advantages of small gas atomizing grains and the like, and can be applied to the fields of cooling of mechanical processing and cutting heat, air moistening, medical treatment, dedusting, deodorizing, weaving, printing and dyeing, tobacco, flowers, papermaking, electronics, spray-coating, chemical industry, granulating, fungus culturing, fruit storage and the like.

The present invention contemplates a process for forming polyaminoamide polymers formed by the reaction of a dibasic acid/ester with excess amounts of an amine; the intermediate polymer resulting therefrom; a process for synthesizing effective, high solids resins resulting from the reaction of intermediate polymers with an epihalohydrin; and the resultant high, solids resin. These resins may be used as wet strength resins in the papermaking industry.

The invention relates to a method for preparing multifunctional titanium dioxide pigment with a chlorination method, which comprises the following steps of: blending a titanium dioxide primary product into titanium dioxide slurry by adopting a chlorination method and adjusting a pH value between 9.0 and 11.0; adding a phosphate dispersing agent and carrying out grinding treatment; removing a grinding medium from the slurry and heating; adding a water-soluble silicate solution for curing; adjusting the pH value of the slurry for forming amorphous silica and curing for forming a first coating layer; cooling the slurry to 50-70 DEG C; adding a sodium metaaluminate solution and curing; adjusting the pH value of the slurry between 8.0 and 9.0, curing and forming an amorphous alumina coating layer on the first coating layer; adding an aluminum salt solution, maintaining the pH of the slurry between 7.0 and 9.0 and curing; adjusting the pH value of the slurry between 6.0 and 7.0 and curing; and washing the slurry with deionized water till the conductivity of a filter cake is larger than 15,000 ohm.cm, and carrying out drying and steaming pulverizing treatment to obtain a finished product. The multifunctional titanium dioxide pigment prepared with the method has higher weather resistance, whiteness, covering capability, opacity and dispersibility and excellent processing performance in the fields of coating, plastics, papermaking, and the like.

A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material onto a base substrate in a predetermined pattern in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns) or more. Polymeric resin material is then deposited on the base substrate to cover all areas except those on which the sacrificial material has been previously applied. The polymeric resin material is then set by means appropriate to its composition, and the sacrificial material removed. Optionally, the polymeric resin material may then be abraded to provide the belt with a uniform thickness, and a smooth, macroscopically monoplanar surface.

The invention discloses a preparation method for regenerating tobacco leaves by using an aromatic tobacco papermaking method, belonging to the technical field of tobacco leaf regeneration by using a papermaking method in the tobacco industry. The preparation method is characterized by comprising the following steps of: extracting aromatic tobacco with an aqueous solution containing an organic solvent, separating solid and liquid, a concentrating extract into extractum, adding aromatic tobacco seed powder and a mixed solvent to the extractum to prepare coating fluid; mixing aromatic tobacco slag with tobacco cabo slag extracted through water to pulp into a film base through manufacturing and forming paper with pulp; coating the film base with the prepared coating liquid, drying, cutting and crushing into finished regenerating tobacco leaf products of aromatic tobacco type by using the aromatic tobacco papermaking method. The invention provides the tobacco regenerating method by using the papermaking method which can fully utilize the whole leaves, scraps, broken leaves and aromatic tobacco seed resources and have the characteristic of producing typical aromatic tobacco.

The invention discloses a method for preparing starch microspheres, which comprises the following steps of: stirring 20 to 70 percent of plant starch emulsion at the constant temperature in the critical temperature of starch gelatinization for 10 to 30 minutes under the action of 2 to 15 percent of water-soluble thickening agent, standing, cooling naturally, removing supernate, washing, and drying to prepare the starch microspheres. The surfaces of the prepared starch microspheres are smooth, the inner part is hollow, one or more nano-scale micropores are distributed on the surface, the wall thickness is uniform, the grain diameter is between 10 and 100 micrometers, and the wall thickness is between 1 and 10 micrometers. The prepared starch microspheres have a simple preparation process and readily available materials, and are widely applied to fields of medicines, cosmetics, food modifiers, printing ink, papermaking and the like.

The nanometer microcrystal cellulose powder is surface modified nanometer microcrystal cellulose with added hydrophilic colloid in the amount of 5-150 wt% of nanometer microcrystal cellulose and has grain size of 6.3-100 nanometers. During its preparation, hydrophilic colloid is dispersed homogeneously into water dispersed medium of surface modified nanometer microcrystal cellulose and the mixture is then dried and crushed. The nanometer microcrystal cellulose is easy to be water dispersed to form colloid, which is homogeneous and high in gluing strength and has the small size of microcrystal cellulose maintained, so that it has wide and unique application foreground in food production, medicine, papermaking, textile, new material preparation and other fields.

The invention belongs to the technical field of a papermaking process and particularly relates to a process for preparing cultural paper by utilizing full-recovered pulp. The process for preparing the cultural paper by utilizing the full-recovered pulp comprises the following preparation steps of: a step A of sorting and loading waste paper raw materials; a step B of beating; a step C of screening and purifying; a step D of carrying out primary floatation deinking; a step E of carrying out primary concentration and heat dispersion; a step F of carrying out secondary floatation deinking; a step G of carrying out secondary concentration and heat dispersion; a step H of carrying out oxidation bleaching; a step I of carrying out reduction bleaching; a step J of storing in a tower; a step K of milling pulp; a step L of preparing the pulp; a step M of forming and manufacturing the paper with the pulp; a step N of squeezing and dehydrating; a step O of drying; a step P of squeezing and sizing; and a step Q of carrying out press polishing and then completing processing of a finished product by the working sections of reeling, rewinding, packaging and warehousing. According to the process disclosed by the invention, the high-quality cultural paper of which the appearance quality and the physical indexes all reach the domestic and overseas standards is produced by utilizing the low-price waste paper raw materials; the production cost is reduced; the production environment is clean and environmental-friendly; and the production efficiency is high.

The present invention discloses a modified calcium sulfate crystal whisker papermaking filler, a preparation method and applications thereof, wherein a modified calcium sulfate crystal whisker papermaking filler is prepared, and then the modified calcium sulfate crystal whisker papermaking filler is applied in papermaking industry. The application of the modified calcium sulfate crystal whisker papermaking filler in the papermaking industry comprises: 1) selection a papermaking slurry, (2) use of the modified calcium sulfate crystal whisker papermaking filler and related auxiliary materials, 3) papermaking, and 4) white water circulation. According to the present invention, the calcium sulfate crystal whisker raw material source is wide, conditions are wide, and solid waste pollution can be effectively solved; the modified calcium sulfate crystal whisker product has characteristics of high whiteness, low abrasion, effectively-controlled solubility, high papermaking retain rate, and low white water load, the problem of pipe scale is eliminated, and the product can completely replace calcium carbonate, kaolin, talc powder, and other papermaking fillers, and partial plant fiber raw materials; and the method has characteristics of low equipment investment, simple modification process, strong operability and low cost, and is applicable for large scale production.