摘要:
A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet, the method comprising: compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber orientation; applying the dewatered web having the apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber orientation to a translating transfer surface that is moving at a transfer surface speed; fabric-creping the web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30% to about 60% utilizing a creping fabric, the fabric-creping step occurring under pressure in a fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric, wherein the creping fabric is traveling at a fabric speed that is slower than the transfer surface speed; applying the web to a Yankee dryer; creping the web from the Yankee dryer; and winding the web on a reel, wherein the fabric pattern, nip parameters, velocity delta, and web consistency and composition are selected such that: the web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping fabric to form a web with a local basis weight variation, the web including at least (i) a plurality of fiber-enriched regions of a relatively high local basis weight, and (ii) a plurality of elongated regions having a relatively low local basis weight and being generally oriented along the machine direction (MD) of the sheet; and the process exhibits a Caliper Gain/% Reel Crepe ratio of at least 1.5.
摘要:
A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet comprising: a) compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber; b) applying the dewatered web having the 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 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a patterned creping fabric, the creping step occurring under pressure in a fabric creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping fabric wherein the fabric is traveling at a second speed slower than the speed of said transfer surface, the fabric pattern, nip parameters, velocity delta and web consistency being selected such that the web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping fabric to form a web with a drawable reticulum.
摘要:
An absorbent cellulosic sheet is formed by belt creping a nascent web at a consistency of 30% to 60% utilizing a generally planar perforated polymeric creping belt to form a sheet with fiber enriched higher basis weight hollow domed regions on one side of the sheet joined by a network of lower local basis weight connecting regions forming a network where upwardly and inwardly inflected consolidated fibrous regions exhibiting CD fiber orientation bias form transition areas between the connecting regions and the domed regions. When formed into roll products, the cellulosic sheets exhibit a surprising combination of bulk, roll firmness, absorbency and softness. The consolidated fibrous regions are preferably saddle shaped and exhibit a matted structure on both their outer and inner surfaces.