Then on Tuesday morning, the 29th, from 8:00 a.m. – 10 a.m., a review of tensile, absorbency, and softness measurement techniques will be covered in Tissue Properties Workshop II, titled Test Methods in Development. Speakers include David Loebker of Procter & Gamble, Tim Patterson of Ashland Water Technologies, Michael J. Kocurek, professor emeritus at North Carolina State University, and Jeff Lundeen, of Georgia-Pacific.
Following the morning break on that same day, from 10:30 a.m. – noon, Tissue Properties Workshop III looks at Laboratory Meaurement Control. This session provides a review of sources of variation in tissue testing and advice for setting up or evaluating the performance of a test lab.
In addition to the three Tissue Properties Workshops, this year’s second annual Tissue360° Forum program will focus on converting innovations, technical advances in base sheet structure, fiber and wet end chemistry technologies, and yankee dryer operations. All material is non-commercial and is selected and peer-reviewed by industry leaders with extensive tissue expertise. The program is co-located with TAPPI’s PaperCon 2014 Conference and NETInc Nonwovens Conference—attendees may attend all three events for one charge. Specific Tissue topics include:
The full program is available online. There will also be a trade fair, spouse program, and numerous networking opportunities.
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