TAPPI Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Meeting Set for November 5-6 in Neenah, Wis.

Yankee drying experts from around the world are planning their fall meeting for November 5-6 in the heart of North American tissue making, Neenah, Wis., USA. The committee meets twice per year to share knowledge and best practices to increase safety and reduce delay that negatively impacts dryer operations and overall productivity. The fall meeting will include the development of standard practices and presentations on doctor setup/profiling and metalizing yankee dryers. More information and registration details are available online.

The meeting will be held in conjunction with the Lake States TAPPI/North Central PIMA Energy Forum and is open to all TAPPI members and visitors (one time only). To attend as a visitor, please contact Scott Springmier.

Immediately following the biannual Yankee Dryer Safety and Reliability Meeting, TAPPI will hold the popular Tissue Runnability Course November 7-9 at Miron Construction in Neenah. The course will provide an excellent knowledge base for process engineers, machine supervisors, reliability professionals, and suppliers responsible for maximizing uptime and saleable tissue production. Attendees will learn to:

Improve tissue quality and consistency
Understand contributors to waste and downtime
Learn reliability and maintenance best practices
Diagnose and troubleshoot problems quickly

The course includes two and one-half days of focused instruction from a dozen globally recognized tissue making experts. More information is available online. A registration discount is offered to TAPPI members.

TAPPI
http://www.tappi.org/