Sheet manufacturing apparatus

A sheet manufacturing apparatus that forms a sheet using a web, the apparatus comprising:

• an accumulation unit that accumulates the web containing at least a fiber on a first transport belt;
• a first transport unit that causes the first transport belt to circle around so as to transport the web;
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• a second transport unit that is spaced from the first transport unit in a perpendicular direction, is disposed with a part thereof shifted from the first transport unit toward a downstream side in a transport direction of the web, and sucks the web in a direction in which the web is spaced from the first transport belt and transports the web, the perpendicular direction being perpendicular to the transport direction,
• the second transport unit including a suction unit that generates a suction force, a second transport belt that circles around, and a suction chamber which is positioned in an inner side of the second transport belt circling around and of which an inner space is sucked by the suction unit, the suction unit creating suction inside the suction chamber to suck the web onto the second transport belt, and
• the second transport unit having a surface which faces toward the first transport belt and having a plurality of holes arranged on the surface such that each of the holes penetrates from the surface to the inner space in the perpendicular direction,
• the suction unit being positioned on an outer side of the second transport belt and arranged, relative to the second transport belt, in a suction direction that is orthogonal to the transport direction of the web and that is orthogonal to the perpendicular direction,
• a plurality of pairs of adjacent holes of the holes being arranged on the surface, the adjacent holes being arranged in the suction direction,
• a first pair of the adjacent holes having a first center-to-center distance in the suction direction between the first pair, a second pair of the adjacent holes having a second center-to-center distance in the suction direction between the second pair, the first pair being positioned closest to the suction unit among the plurality of the pairs, the second pair being positioned farthest from the suction unit among the plurality of the pairs, the first center-to-center distance being greater than the second center-to-center distance.

A sheet manufacturing apparatus that forms a sheet using a web, the apparatus comprising:

• an accumulation unit that accumulates the web containing at least a fiber on a first transport belt;
• a first transport unit that causes the first transport belt to circle around so as to transport the web;
• and
• a second transport unit that is spaced from the first transport unit in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the web, is disposed with a part thereof shifted from the first transport unit toward a downstream side in a transport direction of the web, and sucks the web in a direction in which the web is spaced from the first transport belt and transports the web,
• the second transport unit including a suction unit that generates a suction force, a second transport belt that circles around, and a suction chamber which is positioned in an inner side of the second transport belt circling around and of which an inner space is sucked by the suction unit, the suction unit creating suction inside the suction chamber to suck the web onto the second transport belt,
• the second transport unit having a surface which faces toward the first transport belt and having a plurality of holes arranged on the surface such that each of the holes penetrates from the surface to the inner space in a perpendicular direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the web,
• the suction unit being positioned on an outer side of the second transport belt in a suction direction that is orthogonal to the perpendicular direction and that is orthogonal to the transport direction of the web and parallel to the surface of the web,
• a plurality of pairs of adjacent holes of the holes being arranged on the surface, the adjacent holes being arranged in the suction direction,
• a first pair of the adjacent holes having a first center-to-center distance in the suction direction between the first pair, a second pair of the adjacent holes having a second center-to-center distance in the suction direction between the second pair, the first pair being positioned closest to the suction unit among the plurality of the pairs, the second pair being positioned farthest from the suction unit among the plurality of the pairs, the first center-to-center distance being greater than the second center-to-center distance.