Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

Michael Mattioli

Michael Barth Venturino

Richard Mark Konetzke

Apparatus for transporting material in a manufacturing process are disclosed. A disclosed vacuum conveyer system may comprise a vacuum box extending between a first box end and a second box end, the vacuum box comprising a vacuum box vacuum chamber, a nose roll disposed adjacent to the first box end, the nose roll comprising a nose roll vacuum chamber, and a foraminous member disposed about both of the nose roll and the vacuum box. The vacuum system may further comprise a first airflow conduit connecting the vacuum box vacuum chamber to a vacuum source and a second airflow conduit connecting the nose roll vacuum chamber to the vacuum source.

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Little Chute, WI, United States of America

Michael Mattioli