Method and apparatus for producing product from stock pulp sheet
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorHitoshi Hadejiri
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Abstract
A method of production of a product from a stock pulp sheet uses conveyor rolls to convey a stock pulp sheet to a crusher. During conveyance to the crusher, a defective part in the stock pulp sheet is detected by a detector. The detected defective part is removed from the stock pulp sheet by a remover. The stock pulp sheet from which the defective part is removed is supplied to the crusher to produce crushed pulp. The produced crushed pulp is used to produce a product in a product producer.
Claims6
A method of producing a product from a stock pulp sheet, comprising the steps of:
- conveying the stock pulp sheet to a crusher,
- detecting a defective part in the stock pulp sheet by a detector during the conveyance to the crusher and removing the detected defective part from the stock pulp sheet by a remover,
- feeding the stock pulp sheet from which the defective part has been removed into the crusher to produce crushed pulp, and
- using the produced crushed pulp to produce a product.
An apparatus for producing a product from a stock pulp sheet, comprising
- a crusher which crushes the stock pulp sheet to produce crushed pulp,
- a conveyor which conveys the stock pulp sheet toward the crusher,
- a detector which detects a defective part in the stock pulp sheets during conveyance to the crusher,
- a remover which removes from the stock pulp sheet the detected defective part detected during conveyance to the crusher, and
- a producer which uses the produced crushed pulp to produce a product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.