Sheet manufacturing apparatus, control method thereof, and sheet manufacturing method
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Oct 4, 2022
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Feb 27, 2018
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Abstract
The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a fibrillating unit that fibrillates a raw material including fibers in a gas, an additive supply unit that supplies an additive, a mixing unit including a first rotating unit that mixes a fibrillated matter fibrillated by the fibrillating unit and the additive supplied by the additive supply unit, a depositing unit that deposits a mixture mixed by the mixing unit, a web forming unit including a mesh belt that transports a deposited material deposited by the depositing unit and a suction mechanism that sucks the deposited material to the mesh belt, and a control unit that changes granularity of a surface of the sheet by controlling at least one of a supply amount per unit time from the additive supply unit, a rotation velocity of the first rotating unit of the mixing unit, and a suction force of the suction mechanism.
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- 15 United States
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION | SHINJUKU-KU TOKYO |
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- 2018 Application Filing Year
- D21B Class
- 59 Applications Filed
- 33 Patents Issued To-Date
- 55.94 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Higuchi, Naotaka | Nagano, JP | 70 | 334 |
# of filed Patents : 70 Total Citations : 334 | |||
Tsujino, Kiyoshi | Nagano, JP | 63 | 283 |
# of filed Patents : 63 Total Citations : 283 | |||
Ueno, Yoshihiro | Nagano, JP | 135 | 1178 |
# of filed Patents : 135 Total Citations : 1178 |
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- D21B Class
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