Tissue Industry
Web monitoring and inspection are now indispensable tools for tissue manufacturing and converting. Tissue machines can have many breaks (over 20/day), but most of them last no more than 5 minutes. These breaks can be identified with 4 to 6 cameras making the investment affordable, with a rapid return on investment. TotalVision systems are now an integral part of many systems from multi-camera monitoring to web inspection at the reel for quality control. Our portable and Muv-E Cart systems have also proven to be popular for customers wishing to cover many different machines and locations.
While TotalVision integration synchronizes wet-end and dry-end cameras for a same-sheet view of all breaks and defects, WebInspector® camera arrays also provides operators with more quality controls and data at various stages of production. On a tissue machine, web inspection is primarily a tool used at the dry-end to ensure product quality prior to converting processes. Some of the critical information gathered by WebInspector® prior to converting includes:
Forming Section |
Press Section |
Dryer/creping Section |
sheet transfer |
reeling |
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Tissue Converting
On the tissue converting side the applications are diversified and require extensive WMS system customization to provide the needed visibility into small, complex locations. Much work has now been accomplished in this area in the last couple of years. With over 40 successful converting installations it is expected that WMS applications will become standard practice for all types of tissue and towel converters to ensure the required high operating efficiencies.
As the parent reel is loaded on the converting line, data gathered by WebInspector® from the tissue production machine assists the operator with optimization of the output of the line with details of the incoming product quality. TotalVision also monitors process quality for embossing quality and accuracy of log measurement and finishing quality. Any quality issues are flagged and any substandard product is recycled. Other converting operations services performed by TotalVision include:
Unwind |
Printer |
Embosser/Laminator |
Rewinder |
Rewinder-Exit |
Log Saw |
Core Maker |
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Papertech’s tissue-specific solutions include: application-tailored event capturing systems for tissue machines and re-winders, laminator (glue application roll) monitoring, embossing clarity measurement, application-tailored web inspection solutions for tissue machines and re-winders, discreet item monitoring analysis for applications beyond the re-winder, and more. Additionally, Papertech has begun working with tissue re-winder top suppliers to embed the TotalVision system within their re-winders for more advanced vision solutions.
Please refer to our tissue applications page for more information on specific applications.