Tissue (T)

 

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Focused on on-going and emerging topics of interest within the industry, the Tissue program attracts tissue professionals from all areas within manufacturing, converting and supply.

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Tissue Technical Program

  The program is currently being developed. Please visit the TAPPICon website often for updates.

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
8:00am - 10:00am ET	T1: Energy
	Session Chair: Andy Chorney, Essity
	T1.1	How Can Cogeneration Benefit a Tissue Mill	Mihail Shekhter, Valmet North America
	T1.2	Energy Optimization of the Yankee Hood Air System	Alfredo Sarli, Valmet, Ltd.
	T1.3	Automating Tissue Waste, The Last Frontier	Nick Beitler, Industrial Shredders
	T1.4	Nested Machine Vision For Paring Data Between A Tissue Machine and Converting Line	Brian Mock, Event Capture Systems Inc.
2:00pm - 3:30pm ET	T2: Fibers
	Session Chair: Jeff Peters, BTG
	T2.1	Innovating Recycled Fibers Using High-Shear Homogenization for Sustainable Packaging and Hygiene Bioproducts	Mrittika Debnath, North Carolina State University
	T2.2	Developing Strength from Recycled Fibers using Micro Fibrillation	David Zerr, Pulmac Systems International
	T2.3	Correctly Utilizing Maintenance Outages to Improve Future Machine Alignment and Reliability Decision-Making	Bob Bustin, Oasis Alignment
	T2.4	Alternative Fibers for Hygiene Tissue Applications	Ramo Vera, North Carolina State University
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
8:00 - 9:00 AM	T3: Chemistry
	Session Chair: Tim Patterson, Solenis, LLC
	T3.1	New Simplified High-Performance Yankee Coating for Advanced Machines	Jia-Yu Wang, Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
	T3.2	Wet Strength Alternative for Towel	Lucyna Pawlowska, Kemira

 

9:15 - 10:15 AM	T4: Vibration
	Session Chair: Dave Zerr, Pulmac Systems International
	T4.1	Introducing Yankee Operation Intelligence – A Next Generation Crepe Blade Vibration Monitoring Tool	Gary Furman, Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
	T4.2	Best Practices: Vibration Monitoring of Pulp & Paper Production Assets	Peter Eitnier, Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies
10:30 – 11:30 AM	T5: Fiber Modification
	Session Chair: Anthony Petty II, Solenis, LLC
	T5.1	Sustainable Surface Modification Strategies for Upgrading Softness and Tensile Properties of Lignocellulosic Fibers	Hasan Jameel, North Carolina State University
	T5.2	Understanding of Quat Binding with Cellulosic Fibers and Wipes for Sustainable Hygiene Product Developments	Lokendra Pal, North Carolina State University