Tissue Manufacturing Course Focuses on Product Performance

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Tissue performance properties and manufacturing practices will be explored from several production-oriented perspectives at the 2011 TAPPI Tissue Properties and Manufacture Course being held this week, April 13 – 17, in Appleton, Wis., USA. This special course is designed for participants who need an intermediate level, comprehensive, and structured course on tissue properties, and the effect of manufacturing processes on product performance properties. Course topics cover:

• Tissue properties and tests and how these relate to sheet structure
• Performance effects of fiber raw materials, pulp mill, and recycling operations
• Stock prep refining for tissue
• Chemicals for tissue
• Tissue machine wet end operations and effects on sheet structure and properties, multilayer headboxes, formation, fiber orientation, dewatering, and fabrics for sheet forming and sheet structure
• TAD and yankee drying and effects on properties
• Wet felts for obtaining desired sheet structure
• Creping
• Calendering
• Embossing.

Instructor Michael J. Kocurek, PhD, Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University, has taught this tissue short course to operators at multiple corporations and mills. Dr. Kocurek has taught Paper Properties for undergraduate students for 18 years at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, and at North Carolina State University. He has taught TAPPI’s oldest and highly ranked short course on Introduction to Pulp Paper for more than 37 years.

Instructor Darren K. Swales, PhD, is technical applications group manager for Kemira North America, This group interfaces closely with Kemira’s sales and research and development, as well as mill production staff to facilitate product development and application knowledge. Dr. Swales is an active member of TAPPI, vice-chair of the Paper Additives subcommittee, and the Additives track manager for PaperCon 2011.

More information about this course and online registration is available on the TAPPI Website.