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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2019
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Nao Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is technology enabling appropriately maintaining or adjusting the thickness of accumulated fiber when accumulating and processing fiber. A sheet manufacturing apparatushas a distributorthat distributes a mixture MX containing fiber; a second web formerthat forms a second web W; a mesh beltthat conveys the second web Win a conveyance direction F; a roller unitthat compresses the second web W; a measurement devicethat measures the distribution of the thickness of the second web Win a second direction intersecting the conveyance direction Fwhile the second web Wis being compressed by the roller unit, or after the second web Wis compressed by the roller unit; and a controllerthat compares a measurement from the measurement devicewith a set thickness distribution, and controls the thickness distribution of the second web W