Patent ID: 11859345
Assignee: VALMET TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC D  B | IPC B  D

Claim 6:
7. A fabric and sensing system for paper making or pulp making, the system comprising: a fabric having a longitudinal direction (MD) and a cross direction (CMD), and longitudinal yarns and cross directional yarns forming a weave, the fabric having a first surface (FS) spaced from a second surface (SS) in a thickness direction, the fabric extending in the cross direction from a first edge to a second edge defining a whole width of the fabric and wherein the fabric extends in the longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end, the first end and the second end having seam forming counterparts that are joinable together by a pin; a string comprising at least one sensor embedded in the fabric weave, wherein the string is separate from the longitudinal yarns and the cross directional yarns forming the weave of the fabric and wherein the string has a length which corresponds to the whole width of the fabric thereby enabling obtaining overall profiling data over an entire machine width of the fabric, allowing when something goes wrong in the process, being detected right away, wherein the seam forming counterparts define seam loops, and wherein the string is configured to extend inside the seam loops in the cross direction of the fabric; wherein the at least one sensor being thereby positioned to produce measurement results relating to at least one aspect of the fabric and to wirelessly transmit the measurement results; a reader external to the fabric and configured to receive the measurement results wirelessly transmitted by the at least one sensor; and a computer which processes the received measurement results and sends them to a cloud service which stores the measurement results.