The 2015 TAPPI Tissue 101-Properties and Processes Course scheduled for November 17-18 at TAPPI’s Training Facility in Peachtree Corners, Ga., USA, offers an introductory-level curriculum designed for anyone new to tissue. Tissue 101 is designed to improve understanding of tissue properties and how they are impacted by the manufacturing process.

 

Course Topics: 

• Introduction to tissue business and products
• Web-fiber networks and physical properties test methods
• Fibers and furnishes, stock preparation and control
• Wet-end chemistry and control
• Forming, water removal, and drying processes
• Pressing fabrics, creping
• Dry-end processes and chemical additives
• Sheet and roll handling, and converting.

More information about Tissue 101 is available online.

 

Registration is also now available online. 

 

TAPPI Tissue 202-Converting Operations Course, set for August 11-13, in Green Bay, Wis., USA, is currently sold out. A second date will be announced soon. For more information, contact Mary Beth Cornell at TAPPI.