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Support for innovation and workforce development, TAPPI Journal August 2026
Advanced manufacturing is gaining attention in developed economies due to national security issues, calls for developing domestic supply chains, and more importantly, the need for creating jobs. COVID-19 exposed vulnerabilities in the manufacturing of lifesaving and critical items such as N95 masks. Tariffs are considered one avenue to protect domestic manufacturing, but in the case of manufactured products like commodity textiles, a tariff barrier alone will not be able to bring back manufacturing. It is a beneficial move by the U.S. government to boost manufacturing through investments in research and development (R&D), enhancing the advanced manufacturing sector focusing on defense and medical items through the establishment of centers like the Advanced Functional Fabrics of America. Additionally, schemes to grow a skilled workforce both at factory and R&D levels will be valuable.
Journal articles
Image classification of the furnace bed height in recovery boilers, TAPPI Journal July 2026
ABSTRACT: The goal of this study is to develop an approach for classifying char bed height in a recovery boiler during operation. The resulting classified images form a dataset that can be used by the mill to support operational improvements. The study integrates data from the digester, evaporation plant, recovery boiler, and recausticizing plant, along with the classified image data. A convolutional neural network (CNN) was trained on bed camera images that were manually annotated to classify furnace bed height. The model was then used to generate a binary bedheight parameter over a 16-month period, and an extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) model was applied to identify relationships with operating parameters across the recovery cycle. The outcomes of this research may offer deeper insights into the processes underlying bed dynamics. Ultimately, the developed system may serve as a tool for optimizing bed conditions and supporting stable combustion.
Webinars
Chest and Tank Cleaning Tune-Up in the Pulp & Paper Industry
Chest and Tank Cleaning Tune-Up in the Pulp & Paper Industry A webinar designed to discover how to maximize the life of your equipment with chest and tank cleaning - and reduce safety and health
2018 TAPPI Selects Young Professional of the Year
2018 TAPPI Selects Young Professional of the Year TAPPI Selects Young Professionals of the Year for 2018 Emerging leaders represent WestRock, Domtar, MICA Corporation, Kohler Coating, Inc., and
2022 Association Awards
Congratulations to TAPPI's 2022 Association Award Winners Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award The TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award is the highest honor that the Association can bestow upon an
Corrugated Week 2026 Heads to Fort Worth, Texas
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PepsiCo’s Sustainable Packaging Leader Announced as a Keynote for TAPPI’s FlexPack PLACE 2026
Registration is now open for this biennial flexible packaging event
Advanced Renewable Materials
The division is comprised of professionals who work to advance research, development and deployment of advanced renewable materials to help meet the material needs of people and society.
Process Control
The division promotes the advancement of technology and its applications in the fields of process control, electrical engineering and mill-wide information systems within the pulp and paper and allied industries.