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Editorial: Industry coating expert Gregg Reed joins TAPPI Journal editorial board, TAPPI Journal November 2021

ABSTRACT: TAPPI and the TAPPI JOURNAL (TJ) editorial staff would like to welcome a new member to the TJ editorial board, Gregg Reed, Ph.D., technical support leader at Imerys in Gray, GA. In his current position, Gregg develops new mineral and specialty coating products for paper and packaging applications and manages customer requests, including pilot trials. He also supervises the activities of technicians and chemists in the laboratory.

Determining operating variables that impact internal fiber bonding using Wedge statistical analysis methods, TAPPI Journal November 2021

ABSTRACT: In this study, Wedge statistical analysis tools were used to collect, collate, clean up, plot, and analyze several years of operational data from a commercial paper machine. The z-direction tensile (ZDT) and Scott Bond tests were chosen as representative of fiber bond strength. After analyzing thousands of operational parameters, the ones with the most significant impact upon ZDT involved starch application method, starch penetration, and the amount of starch applied. Scott bond was found to be significantly impacted by formation and refining. Final calendering of the paper web has also shown an impact on internal fiber bonding.

Setting—and Achieving—Sustainability Goals, Paper360º November/December 2021

Setting—and Achieving—Sustainability Goals, Paper360º November/December 2021

Understanding the EUDR: Challenges and Opportunities for the Forest Products Sector, Paper360º September/October 2024

TAPPI News, Paper360º September/October 2024

The Challenges Ahead for the Global Tissue Industry, Tissue360º Spring/Summer 2024

Empowering Sustainable Tissue Production, Tissue360º Spring/Summer 2024

Empowering Sustainable Tissue Production, Tissue360º Spring/

Optimizing Production While Ensuring Product Quality, Tissue360º Spring/Summer 2024

Preventing Console Overload, TAPPICon26

Stop swapping your pumps and start testing them instead, 2022PEERS/IBBC Conference (22PEE/22IBB)