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Paper web breakage prediction using principal components analysis and classification and regression trees

  • US 6,522,978 B1
  • Filed: 08/13/2001
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for predicting a web break in a paper machine located about a paper mill, comprising:

  • a paper mill database containing a plurality of measurements obtained from the paper mill, each of the plurality of measurements relating to a predetermined paper machine variable;

    a processor for processing each of the plurality of measurements into break sensitivity data; and

    a break predictor responsive to the processor for predicting a web break sensitivity within the paper machine from the plurality of processed measurements.

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