Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Kristin Ann Goerg

Michael Alan Hermans

Fung-jou Chen

Mark Alan Burazin

Michael John Rekoske

Robert J Makolin

Julia Smith Bahlman

Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr

Theodore E Farrington, Jr

Robert John Makolin

Soft throughdried tissues, which are sufficiently soft to serve as premium bathroom tissues, can be made without the use of a Yankee dryer. The typical Yankee functions of building machine direction and cross-machine direction stretch are replaced by a wet end rush transfer and the throughdrying fabric design, respectively. It is particularly advantageous to form the tissue with chemimechanically treated fibers in at least one layer. The resulting tissues have high bulk (about 6 cubic centimeters per gram or greater) and low stiffness.

Soft tissue

The throughdryability of dewatered, but wet, sheets made from papermaking fibers can be significantly increased by subjecting an aqueous suspension of the fibers at high consistency to elevated temperatures with sufficient working of the fibers. Such a treatment is particularly effective for improving the efficiency of throughdrying processes used in the manufacture of certain products, such as tissues and paper towels, made from furnishes having a significant amount of secondary or recycled fibers.

Method of treating papermaking fibers for making tissue

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Kristin Ann Goerg