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Going to the Moon to Grow Food with Cellulose-based Media, Paper360º March/April 2025

The Impact of Digitalization on our Changing Workforce, Paper360º March/April 2021

The Impact of Digitalization on our Changing Workforce, Paper360º March/April 2021

Preventive and Predictive Conveyor Maintenance, Paper360º May/June 2024

We’ve Got Good Chemistry: Innovations Papermakers Need to Know About, Paper360º March/April 2020

We’ve Got Good Chemistry: Innovations Papermakers Need to Know About, Paper360º March/April 2020

Capturing the Momentum of Change, Paper360º November/December 2020

Capturing the Momentum of Change, Paper360º November/December 2020

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.

Tetraethyl orthosilicate-containing dispersion coating — water vapor and liquid water barrier properties, TAPPI Journal September 2021

ABSTRACT: An aqueous styrene-butadiene latex dispersion coating containing in-situ processed tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS) applied on paperboard demonstrated improved water barrier performance. Coatings containing TEOS equivalent to 0.8% silicon dioxide (SiO2; dry basis) exhibited water vapor performance of < 25 g/m2/day (23°C, 50% relative humidity [RH]) and liquid water barrier performance Cobb 1800 s of < 6 g/m2, when applied as a single-layer 18 g/m2 coating. Cobb 1800 s barrier performance was still good (< 11 g/m2) at coat weights of 7–10 g/m2. The use of filler materials such as kaolin improved the vapor barrier properties of the coating, but this was not critical to the liquid water barrier properties.

Contrasting underlying mechanisms of different barrier coating types, TAPPI Journal January 2018

Contrasting underlying mechanisms of different barrier coating types, TAPPI Journal January 2018

Leading our Industry, Paper360º May/June 2018

Leading our Industry, Paper360º May/June 2018

The Paper360° TOP 75, Paper360º September/October 2019

The Paper360° TOP 75, Paper360º September/October 2019