Fiber structure manufacturing apparatus and fiber structure manufacturing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYuki OGUCHI
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Abstract
A fiber structure manufacturing apparatus that includes: a defibration unit that pulverizes and defibrates a raw sheet material that contains fibers; a transportation unit that transports a defibrated material after defibration by the defibration unit; a forming unit that forms a fiber structure from the defibrated material transported by the transportation unit; a temperature acquisition unit that acquires a temperature inside the defibration unit; and a control unit that controls a mass flow of gas that contains the defibrated material transported from the defibration unit in accordance with the temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition unit.
Claims8
A fiber structure manufacturing apparatus, comprising:
- a defibration unit that pulverizes and defibrates a raw sheet material that contains fibers;
- a transportation unit that transports a defibrated material after defibration by the defibration unit;
- a forming unit that forms a fiber structure from the defibrated material transported by the transportation unit;
- a temperature acquisition unit that acquires a temperature inside the defibration unit;
- and
- a control unit that controls a mass flow of gas that contains the defibrated material transported from the defibration unit in accordance with the temperature acquired by the temperature acquisition unit.
A fiber structure manufacturing method, comprising:
- acquiring a temperature inside a defibration unit;
- controlling, in accordance with the acquired temperature, a mass flow of gas that contains a defibrated material that is transported;
- pulverizing and defibrating a raw sheet material that contains fibers;
- transporting, by a transportation unit, the defibrated material after defibration;
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- forming a fiber structure from the defibrated material transported by the transportation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.