Patent Publication Number: US-2021172121-A1

Title: Yankee dryer profiler and control

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/860,054, filed Jan. 2, 2018, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/870,604, filed Sep. 30, 2015, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/048,593, filed Oct. 8, 2013, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/711,462, filed Oct. 9, 2012, all of which are incorporated by reference in this disclosure in their entirety. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     The present disclosure relates to methods and processes of creping paper to produce tissue and towel products and, more specifically, to methods and processes of coating a Yankee dryer during the creping process. 
     A Yankee dryer is a pressure vessel used in the production of tissue paper. Yankee dryers are primarily used to remove excess moisture from pulp that is about to be converted into paper. However, in paper creping processes, a Yankee dryer may be used as a creping cylinder. The creping cylinder is equipped with a creping blade (in combination with other forms of doctoring blades), and the outer surface of the creping cylinder is sprayed with adhesives to make the paper stick. Creping of the paper is done by scraping/removing the mostly dried paper and adhesive adhered thereto off of the outer surface of the creping cylinder with the creping doctor blade, thereby creping the paper by introducing a crinkle into the paper. The resulting crinkle may be controlled by the strength of the adhesive, the helping action of the release component of the coating, paper pulp characteristics, the geometry of the creping doctor blade, and the speed difference between the creping cylinder and final section of the paper machine. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY 
     The quality of the adhesive coating applied to the surface of the creping cylinder can greatly influence the quality of the creped paper produced from the creping process. The quality of the adhesive coating is related to the topography of the adhesive coating (i.e., the thickness and consistency of the adhesive coating), composition of the adhesive coating, ash content, degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymers in the adhesive coating, rheology of the adhesive coating, temperature, and other properties of the adhesive coating. Each of these aspects of the adhesive coating can contribute to the overall quality of the adhesive coating and ultimately the quality of the creped paper produced from the creping process. 
     Conventional creping processes have relied on sampling the finished tissue paper downstream of the creping cylinder and sending the samples to a lab for analysis of the quality of the tissue paper, composition of the adhesive, and/or identification of areas of insufficient adhesive application. These conventional methods of assessing the quality of the adhesive coating do not provide direct measurement of the adhesive coating and require time to complete the analytical testing of the final tissue paper samples. Therefore, the conventional methods of assessing the quality of the adhesive coating have not been useful for integrating into real time control systems for controlling the creping process. 
     Some conventional creping processes have included methods for monitoring the thickness of the adhesive coating applied to the outer surface of the creping cylinder to predict the quality of the downstream creped paper. However, measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating does provide only a partial assessment of the quality of the adhesive coating applied to the outer surface of the creping cylinder. For example, thickness information does not provide insight or information on the composition of the adhesive coating, the degree of cross-linking of the polymers in the adhesive coating, the rheology of the adhesive coating, the ash content, or any other property of the adhesive coating. Therefore, these conventional methods and systems for measuring thickness are incapable of providing a comprehensive assessment of the quality of the adhesive coating. 
     Additionally, conventional methods and system used to measure the thickness of the adhesive coating on a creping cylinder of a creping process are not capable of providing measurements of the thickness with great enough resolution to fine tune the creping process. 
     Therefore, there is a continuing need for paper creping methods and processes that include systems and methods for determining a quality of the adhesive coating applied to the creping cylinder. The present disclosure is directed to paper creping methods and processes that include determining a plurality of characteristics of the adhesive coating applied to the outer surface of the creping cylinder and adjusting the properties of the adhesive coating to improve and/or maintain the quality of the creped paper (i.e., tissue paper) produced from the creping process. 
     In some aspects of the present disclosure, a method for creping paper is disclosed that includes applying an adhesive composition to an outer surface of a creping cylinder to form an adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, the adhesive composition comprising an adhesive polymer and water. The method may further include contacting a continuous paper sheet with the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, removing or separating the continuous paper sheet and at least a portion of the adhesive coating from the outer surface of the creping cylinder, and determining a quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder may include measuring at least one of a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, a concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a water content of the adhesive coating, an ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations of thereof; and determining a thickness of the adhesive coating. In some embodiments, determining the thickness of the adhesive coating may include directing a beam of light through the adhesive coating at an angle, wherein at least a portion of the beam reflects from the surface of the creping cylinder and passes back through the adhesive coating; measuring an initial intensity of the beam; measuring a final intensity of the at least a portion of the beam reflected and passed back through the adhesive coating; determining an absorbance of the beam of light by the adhesive coating from a difference between the initial intensity and the final intensity of the beam; and calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating from the absorbance by the adhesive coating. 
     In other aspects of the present disclosure, a system for determining the quality of the adhesive coating applied to a creping cylinder may include a plurality of instruments combined to directly analyze the adhesive coating applied to the outer surface of the creping cylinder by optical methods. In some embodiments, the system may include a coating evaluation system that includes a topography instrument operable to measure at least one of a thickness of the adhesive coating, the topography of the adhesive coating, the rheology of the adhesive coating, or combinations of these. The topography instrument may include a light source system operable to direct a beam of light towards the adhesive coating and measure an initial intensity of the beam, an imaging system operable to capture an image of the beam after the beam is reflected from the outer surface of the creping cylinder, and a beam intensity detector system operable to measure the final intensity of the beam after the beam has been passed through the adhesive coating and reflected from the outer surface of the creping cylinder. The coating evaluation system may further include first spectrometer operable to determine at least one of a concentration of an adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, the concentration of one or more other constituents of the adhesive coating, or combinations of these. In some embodiments, the first spectrometer may include a UV—VIS-NIR 200 nm through 1000 nm wavelength spectrometer and light source. The coating evaluation system may further include a second spectrometer operable to determine a water content, an ash content, or both. In some embodiments, the second spectrometer may be a NIR 1000 nm through 2500 nm wavelength spectrometer and light source. The coating evaluation system may further include a temperature sensor such as an IR temperature detecting spectrometer. 
     In still other aspects, creping blade sensing system may include a plurality of sensing blocks mounted to a creping blade holder of the creping blade to directly analyze the creping process. In some embodiments, the creping blade sensing system may include multiple sensor blocks mounted along the creping blade. In some embodiments, the multiple sensor blocks may be mounted every few inches along the creping blade. Each sensor block may be operable to measure vibration, pressure, and temperature at multiple points along the creping blade. 
     In still other aspects of the present disclosure, a creped-paper inspection system may include a roll-up moisture detecting spectrometer to directly analyze the final moisture content in the finished product. The creped-paper inspection system may also include a moisture detecting spectrometer over the final roll-up station to determine the final moisture content of the tissue product produced by the creping process. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The following detailed description of specific embodiments of the present disclosure can be best understood when read in conjunction with the following drawings, where like structure is indicated with like reference numerals and in which: 
         FIG. 1  schematically depicts a creping process, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 2  schematically depicts a coating system (i.e., Yankee dryer coating system (Coating Application Manifold/Spraying System)) of the creping process of  FIG. 1 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 3  schematically depicts a repair wand of the creping process of  FIG. 1  for correcting defects in an adhesive coating applied to a creping cylinder of the creping process, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 4  schematically depicts a coating inspection system of the creping process of  FIG. 1 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 5  schematically depicts a perspective view of a topography instrument of the coating inspection system of  FIG. 4 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 6  schematically depicts a perspective view of a light source system of the topography instrument of  FIG. 5 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 7  schematically depicts an alternative light source for the light source system of  FIG. 6 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 8  schematically depicts a perspective view of a detector system of the topography instrument of  FIG. 5 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 9  schematically depicts a perspective view of a microscope imaging system of the detector system of  FIG. 8 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 10  schematically depicts a cross-section of the coating inspection system of  FIG. 4 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 11  schematically depicts a perspective view of the outer housing of the coating inspection system of  FIG. 10 , according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 12  schematically depicts operation of the topography instrument of  FIG. 5  with an uncoated creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 13  schematically depicts operation of the topography instrument of  FIG. 5  for determining the thickness of the adhesive coating on a coated creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 14  graphically depicts the absorbance of water (y-axis) in the near-infrared (NIR) spectrum in a wavelength range from 1000 nm to 2500 nm (x-axis), according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 15  graphically depicts absorbance spectra of an adhesive polymer (y-axis) over a wavelength range of from 200 nm to 600 nm, the absorbance spectra representing different concentrations of the adhesive polymer in an aqueous solution, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 16  is an image of laser spots captured by the microscope imaging device of  FIG. 8  from a moving creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 17  illustrates the effect of the spot image change due to thickness changes of an applied coating to a reflective surface, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 18  graphically depicts the absorbance spectrum measured by a spectrometer of the coating inspection system of  FIG. 4  and reference absorbance curve for barium sulfate (BaSO4), which is optically flat, expressed in intensity (y-axis) as a function of wavelength (x-axis), the absorbance spectrum facilitating calibration of the spectrometer, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 19  schematically depicts a side view of an embodiment of a creping blade having a Hall Effect device for measuring blade pressure and a piezoelectric device for vibration pick-up, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 20  schematically depicts a side view of an embodiment of a creping blade having a capacitive load cell for measuring blade pressure and a piezoelectric device for vibration pick-up, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 21  schematically depicts a side view of an embodiment of a creping blade having a standard load cell device for measuring blade pressure and a piezoelectric device for vibration pick-up, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 22  schematically depicts a side view of an embodiment of a creping blade having a capacitance plate device for measuring blade pressure and a piezoelectric device for vibration pick-up, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 23  schematically depicts a side view of an embodiment of a creping blade having an optical device (e.g., an LED intensity device) for measuring blade pressure and a piezoelectric device for vibration pick-up, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 24  schematically depicts a perspective view of a creping blade having a plurality of sensor blocks positioned along the width of the creping blade to monitor creping blade conditions, where each of the plurality of sensor blocks includes a pressure sensor, a vibration sensor, a temperature sensor, or combinations of these, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 25  schematically depicts a creped paper inspection system positioned at the final roll-up station of the creping process, the creped paper inspection system configured to move back and forth across the width of the web of creped paper and including a near infrared sensor for measuring moisture content in the creped paper and a temperature sensor, according to one or more embodiments as shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 26  graphically depicts an absorbance spectrum (y-axis) for uncoated stainless steel having an Ra of 16 over a wavelength range of from 200 nm to 1000 nm (x-axis) under ultraviolet long-wave spectrum, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 27  graphically depicts an absorbance spectrum (y-axis) for stainless steel having an Ra of 16 and coated with 0.8 mils of an adhesive composition over a wavelength range of from 200 nm to 1000 nm (x-axis) under ultraviolet long-wave spectrum, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 28A  graphically depicts the topography (y-axis) of an outer surface of a creping cylinder measured by the topography instrument of  FIG. 5  as a function of the lateral position (x-axis) on the creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 28B  graphically depicts a coating thickness and topography of an adhesive coating having an as-applied thickness of 0.000045 inches, the coating thickness and topography (y-axis) measured by the topography instrument of  FIG. 5  as a function of the lateral position (x-axis) on the creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; 
         FIG. 28C  graphically depicts a coating thickness and topography of an adhesive coating having an as-applied thickness of 0.000048 inches, the coating thickness and topography (y-axis) measured by the topography instrument of  FIG. 5  as a function of the lateral position (x-axis) on the creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein; and 
         FIG. 28D  graphically depicts a coating thickness and topography of an adhesive coating having an as-applied thickness of 0.000200 inches, the coating thickness and topography (y-axis) measured by the topography instrument of  FIG. 5  as a function of the lateral position (x-axis) on the creping cylinder, according to one or more embodiments shown and described herein. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present disclosure includes systems and methods for determining the quality of an adhesive coating applied to the creping cylinder of a paper-creping process, and methods of creping paper that include determining the quality of the adhesive coating applied to the creping cylinder. For example, in some embodiments disclosed herein, a method for creping paper may include applying an adhesive composition to an outer surface of a creping cylinder to form an adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, the adhesive composition comprising an adhesive polymer and water, contacting a continuous paper sheet with the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, removing or separating the continuous paper sheet and at least a portion of the adhesive coating from the outer surface of the creping cylinder, and determining a quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder. In some embodiments, the method of determining the quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder may include measuring at least one of a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, a concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a water content of the adhesive coating, an ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations thereof. The method of determining the quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder may also include determining a thickness of the adhesive coating by directing a beam of light through the adhesive coating at an angle, at least a portion of the beam reflecting from the surface of the creping cylinder and passes back through the adhesive coating. Determining the thickness of the adhesive coating may further include measuring an initial intensity of the beam, measuring a final intensity of the at least a portion of the beam reflected and passed back through the adhesive coating, determining an absorbance of the beam of light by the adhesive coating from a difference between the initial intensity and the final intensity of the beam, and calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating from the absorbance by the adhesive coating. In some embodiments, the quality of the adhesive coating may be used to adjust one or more parameters of the paper creping process, such as the composition of the adhesive composition applied to the creping cylinder or application of the adhesive composition to the creping cylinder. The present disclosure also includes systems and apparatuses operable to determine the quality of the adhesive coating. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 1 , a creping process according to embodiments of the present disclosure is illustrated, the creping process is generally referred to by reference number  100 . The creping process  100  includes a creping cylinder  102  having an outer surface  104 . The creping cylinder  102  is rotatable about an axis. The creping cylinder  102  may be driven at a rotational speed that causes the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to travel at a linear speed. In some embodiments, the linear speed of the outer surface  104  may be up to 70 miles per hour, or even greater than 70 miles per hour. In some embodiments, the creping cylinder  102  may be heated, such as by introducing steam to the interior of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the creping cylinder  102  may include a quadrature encoder (not shown) operable to track the rotational position of the creping cylinder  102  to a resolution of 0.15 degrees or 0.212 inches of rotation relative to the movement of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     In general, the creping process  100  further includes a creping blade  106 , a coating system  108 , an optional repair wand  110 , an adhesive system  112 , a coating inspection system  114 , and a take-up roll  142 . Additionally, the creping process  100  may include a main control system  120  and an operator control station  124 , both of which may be communicatively coupled to one or more of the creping blade  106 , coating system  108 , repair wand  110 , adhesive system  112 , coating inspection system  114 , or other component of the creping process  100 . 
     The creping blade  106  is positioned proximate to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and is operable to scrape the paper and a portion of the at least partially dried adhesive off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The coating system  108  is positioned downstream of the creping blade  106  in the direction of rotation  116  of the creping cylinder  102 . The coating system  108  may be fluidly coupled to the adhesive system  112  and is operable to apply an adhesive composition to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to form the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring to  FIG. 2 , in some embodiments, the coating system  108  may include a manifold  150  that includes a plurality of nozzles  152  spaced horizontally across the width of the creping cylinder  102 . The nozzles  152  may be operable to deliver a spray of the adhesive composition from the adhesive system  112  ( FIG. 1 ) onto the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , thereby producing the adhesive coating  130  thereon. The coating system  108  may also include a flow meter (not shown) and a pressure gauge (not shown). In some embodiments, the flow meter and the pressure gauge may be fluidly coupled to the manifold  150 . In some embodiments, the flow meter may be a master pulsed-type flow meter. The flow meter and pressure gauge for the manifold  150  may be operable to provide feedback to the control system  120  and may reflect the current amount of adhesive coating being applied. In some embodiments, the flow meter and/or the pressure gauge may provide feedback to the control system  120  on changes to the adhesive coating addition rates in order to control the coating component mix ratios. 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , the optional repair wand  110  may include a repair nozzle  154  and a positioning rail  156 . The positioning rail  156  may be oriented generally parallel to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , and the repair nozzle  154  may be positioned and oriented towards the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The nozzle  154  may be movably coupled to the positioning rail  156  by a positioner  158 . The positioner  158  may be operable to translate the nozzle  154  along the positioning rail  156 . The repair wand  110  may be operable to deliver a spray of the adhesive composition from the adhesive system  112  to a portion of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring back to  FIG. 1 , in some embodiments, the repair wand  110  may be disposed downstream of the coating system  108  in the direction of rotation  116  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     Referring again to  FIG. 1 , the creping blade  106  is positioned downstream (i.e., in the direction of rotation  116 ) of the coating system  108 . The creping blade  106  is positioned with a blade edge oriented proximate to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In operation of the creping process  100 , the coating system  108  sprays the adhesive coating  130  onto the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Downstream of the coating system  108 , a web of paper  132  is contacted with the adhesive coating  130  on the creping cylinder  102  through passage of the paper  132  between the creping cylinder  102  and a nip roller  134  positioned proximate to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The paper  132  in contact with the adhesive coating  130  travels with the outer surface  104  of the rotating creping cylinder  102  to the creping blade  106 . Between the nip roller  134  and the creping blade  106 , heat from the creping cylinder  102  may remove moisture from the paper  132  and/or the adhesive coating  130 , thereby reducing the moisture content of the paper  132  and/or adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the heat from the creping cylinder  102  may at least partially cure or harden the adhesive coating  130  in contact with the paper  132  before the paper  132  reaches the creping blade  106 . 
     The creping blade  106  continuously scrapes the paper  132  and at least a portion of the adhesive coating  130  from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to produce the creped paper  140 . The creped paper  140  may be wound on a take-up roll  142  downstream of the creping process  100  or transported to one or more than one downstream processes. In some embodiments, the creping process may include a creped paper inspection station  144  downstream of the creping blade  106 . The creped paper inspection station  144  may include one or a plurality of instruments for measuring one or a plurality of properties of the creped paper  140 . For example, in some embodiments, the creped paper inspection station  144  may include an infrared moisture spectrometer configured to determine a moisture content of the creped paper  140  and/or an infrared temperature sensor to measure a temperature of the creped paper  140 . 
     Referring again to  FIG. 1 , the creping process  100  includes a coating inspection system  114  positioned downstream of the coating system  108  in the direction of rotation  116  of the creping cylinder  102 . The coating inspection system  114  may be positioned proximate the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and oriented to direct a plurality of instruments towards the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the coating inspection system  114  may be oriented generally normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring now to  FIG. 4 , the coating inspection system  114  includes a topography instrument  200 , which may be operable to determine at least one of a thickness and topography of the adhesive coating  130 , a rheology of the adhesive coating  130 , and a distance from the coating inspection system  114  to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the coating inspection system  114  also includes one or more than one of a first spectrometer  302 , a second spectrometer  304 , a temperature sensor  306 , or other sensor system. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 5 , the topography instrument  200  will now be described. The topography instrument  200  includes a light source system  202  and a detector system  204 . The light source system  202  may be operable to produce a beam of light and direct the beam  206  of light towards the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The light source system  202  may be positioned to direct the beam  206  of light at an angle α relative to the direction  208  normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . For example, in some embodiments, the angle α may be greater than or equal to 40°, or greater than or equal to 45°. In some embodiments, the angle α may be less than Brewster&#39;s angle, which is the angle of incidence at which light with a particular polarization (e.g., p polarized) is perfectly transmitted through a transparent dielectric surface, with no reflection. Brewster&#39;s angle for the adhesive composition may be calculated from the following Equation 1 (EQU. 1): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     where n 1  is the refractive index for air and n 2  is the expected refractive index of the coating. The refractive index of the coating is expected to be greater than 1.33, which is the refractive index for water, but less than 1.5, which is a typical refractive index for glass. This will yield and expected Brewster&#39;s angle of approximately 52.75 degrees. In some embodiments, the angle α may be from 40° to 53°, or from 40° to 50°. In some embodiments, the angle α may be about 45°. The detector system  204  may be positioned to receive the beam  206  of light passed through the adhesive coating  130  and reflected off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , one embodiment of the light source system  202  for producing the beam  206  of light is depicted. The light source system  202  includes at least one light source (e.g., first light source  210  and/or second light source  212 ) operable to produce the beam  206  of light. In some embodiments, the beam  206  of light may be a collimated beam. In some embodiments, the beam  206  of light may include a single wavelength of light or a plurality of wavelengths of light. In some embodiments, the beam  206  may include a plurality of discrete wavelengths of light, such as 1, 2, 3, 4, or more than 4 discrete wavelengths of light. In some embodiments, the beam  206  may be a dual wavelength beam having a first wavelength and a second wavelength, which is different than the first wavelength. In some embodiments, the wavelengths of the beam  206  may be in the visible spectrum, such as from 380 nanometers (nm) to 750 nm. 
     The dual wavelength beam may improve operation of the topography instrument  200  by enabling the topography instrument  200  to measure the topography, thickness, and rheology of a broader range of materials. As will be discussed subsequently, the topography instrument  200  relies on determining an absorbance of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130 . Different materials used to make the adhesive coating  130  have different absorptivity for different wavelengths of light. The inclusion of two or more discrete wavelengths of light into the beam  206  may provide redundancy in cases in which the materials in the adhesive coating  130  do not absorb enough of one specific wavelength. Additionally, the absorbance of one or more wavelengths of light in the beam  206  may be used to verify the topography, thickness, or rheology determined from the absorbance of one or more other discrete wavelengths of light in the beam  206 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , in some embodiments, the light source system  202  may include a first light source  210  and a second light source  212 . Each of the first light source  210  and the second light source  212  may be operable to produce a collimated beam of light. For example, the first light source  210  may be operable to produce a first beam  211  of light having a first wavelength, and the second light source  212  may be operable to produce a second beam  213  of light having a second wavelength. The first light source  210  and the second light source  212  may be any light source capable of producing a collimated beam of light. For example, the first light source  210  and/or the second light source  212  may be lasers, LEDs, or other light source capable of producing a collimated beam of light. In some embodiments, the first light source  210  may be a red laser operable to produce the first beam  211  of laser light having a discrete wavelength greater than or equal to 600 nm, such as from 600 nm to 750 nm, or from 620 nm to 750 nm, for example. In some embodiments, the second light source  212  may be a blue laser operable to produce the second beam  213  of light having a discrete wavelength of less than or equal to 500 nm, such as in a range of from 380 nm to 500 nm, or from 400 nm to 500 nm. In some embodiments, the light source may include one or a plurality of thermally-cooled diode lasers with electronically adjustable intensity (i.e., power output). 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , in some embodiments, the light source system  202  may include optics to combine a portion of the first beam  211  and a portion of the second beam  213  into the dual wavelength beam  206 . The optics may include one or a plurality of mirrors  218 , one or a plurality of beam splitters  220 , and one or a plurality of aperture plates  222 . In some embodiments represented in  FIG. 6 , the first beam  211  from the first light source  210  may be reflected from the mirror  218  towards a beam splitter  220 . The second beam  213  from the second light source  212  may also encounter the beam splitter  220 . The beam splitter  220  may allow a portion of the first beam  211  and the second beam  213  to pass through the beam splitter and may reflect another portion of the first beam  211  and the second beam  213 . 
     Referring still to  FIG. 6 , the reflected portion of the first beam  211  and the passed-through portion of the second beam  213  may be directed to one or a plurality of output intensity detectors operable to measure an output intensity of the first beam  211  and/or the second beam  213 . For example, in some embodiments, such as those represented in  FIG. 6 , the light source system  202  may include a first output intensity detector  214  and a second output intensity detector  216 . The first output intensity detector  214  and the second output intensity detector  216  may each be operable to determine an intensity of one of the wavelengths of light incorporated into the beam  206 . The first output intensity detector  214  and the second output intensity detector  216  may be any device or instrument capable of measuring an intensity of a beam of light. For example, in some embodiments, the first output intensity detector  214  and the second output intensity detector  216  may include, but are not limited to, photo diode sensors. Other intensity detectors are contemplated. In some embodiments, the first output intensity detector  214  may include a first filter  215 , which may be a dichroic filter, for example, and the second output intensity detector  216  may include a second filter  217 , which may also be a dichroic filter. The first filter  215  and the second filter  217  may be operable to filter the diverted portions of the first beam  211  and the second beam  213 , respectively, so that only a single narrow wavelength band (e.g., bandwidth of about 10 nm, for example) of light is introduced to each of the first output intensity detector  214  and the second output intensity detector  216 . In some embodiments, the dichroic filters may filter the beam down to a narrow wavelength band of light having a bandwidth of about 10 nm. 
     The passed-through portion of the first beam  211  and the reflected portion of the second beam  213  may thus be combined to form the dual wavelength beam  206 . The dual wavelength beam  206  may then be passed through the aperture plate  222  to reduce the diameter of the beam  206  directed to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The aperture plate  222  may include an aperture having a diameter of from 0.01 inches to 0.04 inches. The aperture reduces the beam diameter of the beam  206  focused onto the adhesive coating  130  on the creping cylinder  102 . As the diameter of the aperture is reduced, the dynamic range of the topography instrument  200  to determine the distance from the topography instrument  200  to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  increases. However, reducing the diameter of the aperture may also reduce the number and magnitude of reflections and refractions of the beam encountering the adhesive coating  130 , thereby reducing the amount of data available for determining the topography, thickness, and rheology of the adhesive coating  130 . Referring again to  FIG. 5 , from the aperture plate  222 , the dual wavelength beam  206  is directed towards the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  at the angle α previously discussed. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 7 , an alternative light source  402  for the first and second light sources  210 ,  212  ( FIG. 5 ) is depicted. The light source  402  may be a high power LED light source at any wavelength, which can be substituted for a laser light source in the light source system  202  ( FIG. 5 ). The alternative light source  402  may include a fan  404  operable to blow cooling air onto a heatsink  406 . The heatsink  406  may be seated onto and in thermal contact with the metal core board  408  that helps transfer the heat generated by the high power LED  410 , which is coupled to the side of the metal core board  408  opposite the heatsink  406 . In some embodiments, the alternative light source  402  may include an aspheric lens  412  operable to direct a major portion of the light rays being emitted from the LED source  410  to the next lens which may be a first achromatic doublet lens  414 . The first achromatic doublet lens  414  may then direct the light to the next lens which is a concave lens  416 . The first achromatic doublet lens  414  concentrates the rays down to a point. The concave lens  416  straightens the light into a smaller beam with a much higher intensity. The alternative light source  402  may include a second achromatic doublet lens  418  positioned so that the beam passes from the concave lens  416  to the second achromatic doublet lens  418 . The second achromatic doublet lens  418  may be operable to further concentrate the beam down to a point. The highly concentrated beam from the second achromatic doublet lens  418  may be again straightened out by a concave lens  420  into a straight highly concentrated beam. In some embodiments, the alternative light source  402  may include an aperture plate  422  operable to limit the final diameter of the beam. The aperture plate  422  may include an aperture  424 . In some embodiments, the alternative light source  402  may be used for the first light source  210  ( FIG. 6 ) and/or the second light source  213  ( FIG. 6 ). In other embodiments, the alternative light source  402  may be incorporated into the light source system  202  in addition to the first light source  210  and the second light source  213 . Other types of alternative light sources may also be used in the light source system  202  of the topography instrument  200 . 
     Referring again to  FIG. 5 , the detector system  204  may be positioned to receive the portions of the beam  206  reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring to  FIG. 8 , the detector system  204  may include an imaging system  228  and a beam intensity measuring system  230 . The imaging system  228  may be operable to capture an image of a cross-section of the beam  206  after being passed through the adhesive coating  130  and reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring to  FIG. 9 , in some embodiments, the imaging system  228  may include a polarizing lens  240 , a focusing lens  242 , an adjusting iris  246 , a microscope tube  248 , and a camera  250 . The imaging system  228  may also include a focus adjustment  244  operable to adjust the focusing lens  242 . In some embodiments, the camera  250  may be a CCD camera that includes a pixel array. In some embodiments, the CCD camera may be a megapixel camera having greater than or equal to one million pixels. The pixel array of the CCD camera may be at least 1000 pixels by 1000 pixels. In some embodiments, the CCD camera may have a field of view having a width of from 0.04 inches to 0.1 inches, or about 0.06 inches at the magnification of the microscope, the width being measured from the leftmost pixels to the rightmost pixels. In some embodiments, the pixel array of the CCD camera may be 1280 pixels by 1280 pixels. Thus, in these embodiments, the CCD camera may have a resolution of 0.06 inches per 1280 pixels, which is 0.000046875 inches per pixel (i.e., about 21,333 pixels per inch). Although the imaging system  228  is depicted in  FIG. 5  as having a microscope tube  248  and a camera  250 , other imaging devices may be used for or in conjunction with the imaging system  228 . 
     Referring again to  FIG. 8 , the beam intensity measuring system  230  may include one or a plurality of beam intensity detectors operable to measure an intensity of the beam  206  reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . For example, in some embodiments, such as the embodiments represented in  FIG. 8 , the beam intensity measuring system  230  may include a first beam intensity detector  232  and a second beam intensity detector  234 . The first beam intensity detector  232  and the second beam intensity detector  234  may each be operable to determine an intensity of one of the wavelengths of light incorporated into the beam  206 . The first beam intensity detector  232  and the second beam intensity detector  234  may each be any device or instrument capable of measuring an intensity of a beam of light. For example, in some embodiments, the first beam intensity detector  232  and the second beam intensity detector  234  may include, but are not limited to, photo diode sensors. Other types of light intensity detectors are contemplated. In some embodiments, the first beam intensity detector  232  may include a first filter  233 , which may be a dichroic filter, for example, and the second beam intensity detector  234  may include a second filter  235 , which may also be a dichroic filter. The first filter  233  and the second filter  235  may be operable to filter the beam  206  so that only a single narrow wavelength band (bandwidth of about 10 nm) of light is introduced to each of the first beam intensity detector  232  and the second beam intensity detector  234 . The first filter  233  the second filter  235  may include dichroic filters having bandwidths of 10 nm around the target wavelengths of the dichroic filters. The beam intensity measuring system  230  may include optics to direct a portion of the beam  206  to each of the first filter  233  and the second filter  235 . The optics may include, but are not limited to, one or more mirrors, lenses  236 , beam splitters  238 , or other optical devices, or combinations of optical devices. 
     Referring again to  FIG. 5 , in operation of the topography instrument  200 , the light source system  202  is operable to produce the beam  206  of light and direct the beam  206  of light towards the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The light source system  202  may direct the beam  206  towards the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  at the angle α with the direction  208  normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The beam  206  passes through the adhesive coating  130  to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . At least a portion of the beam  206  reflects from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and passes back through the adhesive coating  130 . The beam  206  may pass out of the adhesive coating  130 . When the beam  206  reaches the detector system  204 , the beam splitter  238  may direct a first portion of the beam  206  to the imaging system  228  and a second portion of the beam  206  to the beam intensity measuring system  230 . At the beam intensity measuring system, the second portion of the beam  206  may be further divided into portions directed to each of the beam intensity detectors, such as the first beam intensity detector  232  and the second beam intensity detector  234 . 
     Referring again to  FIG. 4 , the coating inspection system  114  may include the first spectrometer  302 , which may include a light source (not shown) and a detector (not shown). The light source may be operable to produce light with a plurality of wavelengths in the ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared wavelengths. In some embodiments, the light source may be capable of producing consistent and constant radiant energy across a spectrum of from 200 nm to 1000 nm. The light source may include a single light source or multiple light sources. For example, in some embodiments, the light source may include a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs), each LED capable of emitting light having one or a plurality of wavelengths of light. The LEDs may be chosen at various wavelengths so that the light source produces consistent and constant radiant energy across the wavelength spectrum of from 200 nm to 1000 nm. The LEDs may be cooled, such as by liquid cooling, to remove heat produced from the LEDs. In some embodiments, each LED may be independently controlled for the radiant energy it produces. Alternatively or additionally, in some embodiments, the light source may include a replaceable incandescent light source, which may be operable to produce consistent and constant radiant energy having wavelengths in at least the visible spectrum. In some embodiments, the light source(s) may employ variable power in order to maintain a constant and flat radiant power over the entire range of the first spectrometer  302 . 
     The detector of the first spectrometer  302  may be operable to detect the intensity and wavelengths of the light from the light source passed through the adhesive coating  130  and reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the detector may include a plurality of photodiodes. In some embodiments, each of the photodiodes may be dedicated to one of the LEDs of the light source. The detector may also include amplifiers and control circuits for each of the LED-photodiode pairs. In some embodiments, the detector of the first spectrometer  302  may be about 0.2 nm. 
     The first spectrometer  302  may be operable to measure one or more properties of the adhesive coating  130 . For example, the first spectrometer  302  may be operable to measure an absorbance spectrum, a fluorescence spectrum, or other property of the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the first spectrometer  302  may be operable to measure an absorbance spectrum of the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the absorbance spectrum of the adhesive coating  130  measured by the first spectrometer  302  may be used to determine an amount of adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, concentration of one or more other constituents of the adhesive coating  130 , or combinations of these. Operation of the coating inspection system  114  to the determine the amount of adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, concentration of one or more other constituents of the adhesive coating  130 , or combinations of these from the absorbance spectrum of the adhesive coating  130  as determined by the first spectrometer  302  will be described in greater detail subsequently in this disclosure. 
     Referring still to  FIG. 4 , the coating inspection system  114  may include the second spectrometer  304 , which may include a light source (not shown) and a detector (not shown). The light source may be operable to produce light with a plurality of wavelengths in the near infrared spectrum. As used herein, the term “near infrared spectrum” refers to light having wavelengths in a range of from 750 nm to 2500 nm. In some embodiments, the light source may be capable of producing consistent and constant radiant energy across a spectrum of from 1000 nm to 2500 nm. The light source may include a single light source or multiple light sources. The light sources may be chosen at various wavelengths so that the light source produces more consistent and constant radiant energy across the wavelength spectrum of from 1000 nm to 2500 nm. In some embodiments, the light sources for the second spectrometer  304  for the 1000 nm through 2500 nm light may include incandescent light sources or other heat producing light sources. These light sources (heat sources) may be cooled, such as by liquid cooling, to remove heat produced from the heat sources. In some embodiments, each heat source of the second spectrometer  304  may be independently controlled for the radiant energy it produces. In some embodiments, the light source(s) of the second spectrometer  304  may employ variable power in order to maintain a constant and flat radiant power over the entire wavelength range of the second spectrometer  304 . 
     The detector of the second spectrometer  304  may be operable to detect the intensity and wavelengths of the light from the light source that is reflected from the adhesive coating  130  and/or the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the detector may include a plurality of lead sulfide PbS detectors (PbS detectors). In some embodiments, each of the PbS detectors may be dedicated to one of the heat sources of the overall heat source. The detector may also include amplifiers and control circuits for each of the PbS detector pairs. In some embodiments, the resolution of the second spectrometer  304  may be about 3 nm. 
     In some embodiments, the second spectrometer  304  may be operable to measure a near infrared (NIR) absorbance spectrum of the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the NIR absorbance spectrum of the adhesive coating  130  measured by the second spectrometer  304  may be used to determine an amount of water (i.e., water/moisture content) and/or an amount of ash (i.e., ash content) in the adhesive coating  130 . Operation of the coating inspection system  114  to determine the amount of water and/or ash from the NIR absorbance spectrum of the adhesive coating  130  as determined by the second spectrometer  304  will be described in greater detail subsequently in this disclosure. 
     Referring again to  FIG. 4 , coating inspection system  114  may also include one or more than one temperature sensor  306  operable to measure the temperature of the adhesive coating  130  and/or the temperature of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the temperature sensor(s)  306  may be an infrared temperature sensor. 
     Referring now to  FIG. 10 , the coating inspection system  114  may include an instrument housing  260 . In some embodiments, the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , the second spectrometer  304 , the temperature sensors  306 , or other instruments of the coating inspection system  114  may be disposed within the instrument housing  260 . In some embodiments, the instrument housing  260  may be a temperature and humidity controlled within a NEMA 12 enclosure. In some embodiments, the instrument housing  260  may be sealed, air tight, and water/moisture proof. The instrument housing  260  may have a lens  278  positioned along a side of the instrument housing  260  facing towards the creping cylinder  102 . The lens  278  may be optically transparent and operable to enable light from the various instruments of the coating inspection system  114  to pass through with minimal or no reduction in the intensity of the light. In some embodiments, additional corrections may be made to the data received by the instruments or the reference curves to correct for the presence of the lens. 
     The instrument housing  260  may include a temperature control system (not shown) operable to maintain the atmosphere inside the instrument housing  260  at a constant temperature, such as within +/−0.5° F. of a temperature setpoint. In some embodiments, constant temperature may be about 70° F.+/−0.5° F. The atmosphere inside the instrument housing  260  may include air or other gas. In some embodiments, the atmosphere inside the instrument housing  260  may be liquid cooled and heated in order to maintain a constant temperature of 70° F.+/−0.5° F. at all times. The instrument housing  260  may be liquid cooled and/or liquid heated using a filtered coolant and containment tank (not shown) which may contain antifreeze. This liquid coolant may be heated and cooled as needed to maintain proper temperature of the atmosphere inside the instrument housing  160 . The coolant may be pumped through the instrument housing  260  and the scanning instrument array disposed therein to ensure that the proper temperatures are maintained. In some embodiments, the flow rate of the cooling liquid may be monitored with a pulse type flow meter. In some embodiments, the liquid coolant may also be circulated through the main control cabinet to provide cooling to the electronics of the control system  120  disposed within the main control cabinet. 
     Referring still to  FIG. 10 , in some embodiments, the temperature control system may include one or more than one fan  268  operable to circulate air or other gas throughout instrument housing  260 . In some embodiments, the instrument housing  260  may include one or more than one temperature sensor inside the instrument housing  260 . The temperature sensor may be operable to measure a temperature of the atmosphere within the instrument housing  260 . The temperature of the atmosphere within the instrument housing  260  may be indicative of the temperature of one or more than one of the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , the second spectrometer  304 , or the temperature sensor  306  disposed within the instrument housing  260 . 
     In some embodiments, the atmosphere within the instrument housing  260  may be continuously circulated over or through a desiccant to remove moisture from the atmosphere within the instrument housing  260 . In some embodiments, the desiccant may include a replaceable bed of anhydrous calcium chloride (CaCl 2 )), which may maintain a nearly zero percent humidity within the instrument housing  260 . For example, the desiccant may be operable to maintain the humidity in the instrument housing  260  less than 1%, or less than 0.5%, or even less than 0.1% by weight. In some embodiments, the instrument housing  260  may include one or more than one humidity sensor operable to measure the humidity of the atmosphere within the instrument housing  260 . Enclosing the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , the second spectrometer  304 , and the temperature sensor  306  within the instrument housing  260  and controlling the temperature and humidity may enable the coating inspection system  114  to operate and provide acceptable performance in dusty or dirty environments and environments with ambient temperatures up to 300° F. 
       FIG. 10  illustrates an interior view of the coating inspection system  114  shown in  FIG. 4  and the associated air purge flow.  FIG. 11  illustrates an outer housing  286  that surrounds and protects the coating inspection system  114 . Collectively,  FIGS. 10 and 11  illustrate the coating inspection system  114  comprising: (i) the topography instrument  200  comprising the microscope imaging system (e.g., CCD camera microscope) and light source system  202  (e.g., laser source); (ii) a the first spectrometer  302  (e.g., a UV-VIS-NIR 200 nm through 1000 nm spectrometer and light source); (iii) the second spectrometer  304  (e.g., a NIR 1000 nm through 2500 nm spectrometer and light source); and (iv) a temperature sensor  306  (e.g., an IR temperature detecting spectrometer). Referring to  FIG. 10 , the instrument housing  260  may be coupled to a first instrument positioner operable to translate the instrument housing  260  laterally along the width W ( FIG. 4 ) of the creping cylinder  102 . As used herein, the term “laterally” refers to a direction that is axial relative to the axis of rotation of the creping cylinder  102  and transverse with respect to the web of paper processed by the creping process  100 . In some embodiments, the first instrument positioner may be a lubricated linear ball and guide assembly and the instrument housing  260  may travel back and forth along the lubricated linear ball and guide assembly. The linear ball and guide bars of the linear ball and guide assembly may be made of stainless steel for the shafting with powder coated support beams. The linear ball screws may be continuously lubricated to dissolve any build-up of sprayed chemicals, such as the adhesive composition. 
     The first instrument positioner may include a stepper motor drive and electronics operable to laterally position the instrument housing  260  and the instruments therein to within an accuracy of about 0.001 inch. In some embodiments, the coating inspection system  114  may include an instrument quadrature encoder that is operable to track and determine the position of the instrument housing  260  and the instruments disposed therein to within about 0.001 inch as the first instrument positioner traverses the instrument housing  260  back and forth across the width W of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the first instrument positioner may be operable to translate the coating inspection system  114  in discrete increments, which may correspond to data cells having a data cell width. The data cell width may be fixed across the width W of the outer surface  104 . For example, in some embodiments, the data cell width may be 0.1 inches. 
     In some embodiments, the coating inspection system  114  may include a second instrument positioner (e.g., a rail movement, positioning stage, or other type of positioner) operatively coupled to the topography instrument  200 . The second instrument positioner may be operable to translate the topography instrument  200  in a direction normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., moving the topography instrument  200  closer to or farther away from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 ). For example, in some embodiments, the second instrument positioner may include a linear positioning stage, rail movement, or other type of positioner operable to move the topography instrument  200  closer to or farther away from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the second instrument positioner may be coupled to the instrument housing so that the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , the second spectrometer  304 , and the temperature sensor  306  may all be translated in a direction normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  toward and away from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the second instrument positioner may include a micro-stepping stepper motor to translate the coating inspection system  114 , including the topography instrument  200 , first spectrometer  302 , second spectrometer  304 , and temperature sensor  306 , along the second instrument positioner. The second instrument positioner may be operable to position the topography instrument  200  relative to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to maintain the beam  206  in the center of the image area of the microscope imaging system  228  ( FIG. 5 ). Additionally, the second instrument positioner may enable the topography instrument  200  to track the wear of the creping cylinder  102  ( FIG. 1 ) down to a resolution of 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns) so that operators may be able to predict when maintenance is needed on the creping cylinder  102 . 
     In some embodiments, the entire scanning instrument array (i.e., including the topography instrument  200 , first spectrometer  302 , second spectrometer  304 , temperature sensor  306 , and any other instrument included in the coating inspection system  114 ) may be supported over its length by using a truss structure which may support the weight of the various instruments and maintain alignment while the instrument array is traversed back and forth across the width W of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring to  FIGS. 10 and 11 , in some embodiments, the instrument housing  260  and truss structure may be entirely enclosed within an outer housing  286  which may be operable to keep the debris, water, and paper out of the linear guide assembly (i.e., positioner) and the scanning instrument array contained therein. In some embodiments, the outer housing  286  may be a stainless steel housing. In some embodiments, the outer housing  286  may include a small opening  288  through which filtered purging air may flow out of the outer housing  286  toward the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the opening  288  may be narrow and may extend along a side of the outer housing  286  facing towards the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, a belt  270  may be coupled to the instrument housing  260  and extend laterally therefrom to block the opening  288  except for the portion of the opening  288  at the position of the instrument housing  260  and aligned with the lens  278  thereof. Referring to  FIG. 10 , purging air  276  introduced to the outer housing  286  may flow out of the outer housing  286  through the opening. The purging air  276  may provide a positive air pressure for the open area where the scanning instruments peer out of the outer housing  286 . The positive pressure caused by the purging air  276  may maintain the lenses clean and free of the process debris, such as paper fibers or droplets of adhesive composition from application of the adhesive coating  130  for example. 
     Clean, filtered, and electronically monitored purge air delivered to the outer housing  286  by an air purging pump may be used to keep the lenses  278  clean and to keep debris out of the scanning instrument array. Plant air is dirty and costly. Thus, controlling the quality of the scanning instrument array purging air by employing electronics to monitor the purging air system for proper flowrate and filter condition may help to maintain accurate operation of the coating inspection system  114 . In some embodiments, the intake for the purging air system may be positioned outside of the manufacturing facility to ensure the intake purging air supply is as clean as possible before filtering, conditioning, or other treatment. 
     Referring again to  FIG. 1 , the control system  120  may include at least one processor and at least one memory module communicatively coupled to the processor. The control system  120  may be communicatively coupled to the coating inspection system  114 , the coating system  108 , and the creping process  100 , through the network  122 . For example, in some embodiments, the control system  120  may be communicatively coupled to one or more than one of the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , the second spectrometer  304 , the temperature sensor  306 , the instrument quadrature encoder for the instrument housing  260 , the cylinder quadrature encoder for the creping cylinder  102 , the flow meter for the coating system  108 , and the pressure gauge for the coating system  108 . The control system  120  may also be communicatively coupled to any other temperature sensor, pressure sensor, moisture sensor, pump, blower, cooling fan, positioner, or other control or sensing device incorporated into the creping process  100 . The present disclosure may be embodied in hardware and/or in software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc.). The control system  120  may have at least one processor and at least one computer-readable medium. A computer-usable or the computer-readable medium or memory module may be any medium that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. 
     The computer-usable or computer-readable medium or memory module may be, for example but not limited to, an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, device, or propagation medium. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette, a random access memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or Flash memory), an optical fiber, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM). Note that the computer-usable or computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via, for instance, optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted, or otherwise processed in a suitable manner, if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory. 
     Computer program code for carrying out operations of the present disclosure may be written in a high-level programming language, such as C or C++, for development convenience. In addition, computer program code for carrying out operations of the present disclosure may also be written in other programming languages, such as, but not limited to, interpreted languages. Some modules or routines may be written in assembly language or even micro-code to enhance performance and/or memory usage. However, software embodiments of the present disclosure do not depend on implementation with a particular programming language. It will be further appreciated that the functionality of any or all of the program modules may also be implemented using discrete hardware components, one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), or a programmed digital signal processor or microcontroller. The network  122  may include wired or wireless communication pathways communicatively coupling the control system  120  to the various other system components (e.g., sensors, pumps, valves, instruments, gauges, motors, etc.). 
     Referring again to  FIG. 1 , the control system  120  may include a main control cabinet  126  configured to house multiple processors and multiple memory units. For example, in some embodiments, the main control cabinet  126  may be configured to house multiple networked PC type computers. These will be a minimum of 8 cores each and operate at clock speeds of 4.5 GHz or faster. The processors will be liquid cooled. In some embodiments, the main control cabinet  126  may also include one or more processors and memory modules for controlling one or more of the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , the second spectrometer  304 , the temperature sensor  306 , or other instrument of the coating inspection system  114 . In some embodiments, the main control cabinet  126  may be NEMA 12 and may be cooled with an air conditioning unit. In some embodiments, the control system  120  may include a remote operator station  124  operable to allow an operator of the creping process  100  to remotely control and observe the systems and operations of the creping process  100 , including the coating inspection system  114 . The remote operator station  124  may enable the operator to access all function of the unit from this remote control console. 
     The coating inspection system  114  previously discussed can be used to determine a quality of the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The quality of the adhesive coating  130  can be evaluated by determining a plurality of properties or characteristics of the adhesive coating  130 . For example, the quality of the adhesive coating  130  can be evaluated by measuring one or a plurality of the following properties and characteristics: the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 ; the topography of the adhesive coating  130 ; the rheology of the adhesive composition; the moisture content; the ash content; and/or the adhesive polymer content of the adhesive coating  130  using the coating inspection system  114 . Additionally, the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may also be measured using the coating inspection system  114 . The coating inspection system  114  may be operable to provide real time information on these properties and characteristics of the adhesive coating  130  that can be used to make adjustments to one or more operating parameters of the creping process  100 , thereby improving the quality of the creped tissue paper produced by the creping process  100 . For example, the quality of the adhesive coating  130  determined from information obtained by the coating inspection system  114  may be used to adjust the adhesive composition or application of the adhesive composition to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  during operation of the creping process  100 . 
     As previously discussed, the topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114  may be operable to measure the thickness, topography, and/or the rheology of the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Referring to  FIG. 4 , the coating inspection system  114 , including the topography instrument  200 , may be driven back and forth across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to accurately profile the applied coating thickness (depth) across the Yankee surface in contiguous 0.1 inch wide increments. 
     The topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114  can be used to determine the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  by one of two methods. In the first method, an image of the cross-section of the beam  206  after passing through the adhesive coating  130  is captured using the imaging system  228  and the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined from the captured image. With the first method, the accuracy of the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  can be determined to a level of 0.0002 inches or better. In the second method, the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by measuring an initial intensity (output intensity) of the beam  206  using the output intensity detectors, measuring the final intensity of the light beam  206  after passing through the adhesive coating  130  with the beam intensity measuring system  230 , determining an absorbance of the light beam by the adhesive coating  130  from a difference between the initial intensity and the final intensity of the beam  206 , and calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the absorbance by the adhesive coating using Beer&#39;s Law and trigonometric relationships. With the second method, the accuracy of the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  can be determined to a level of 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns) or better. 
     The topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114  may be further used to determine or measure a profile of the entire Yankee dryer surface topography (i.e., topography of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  or topography of the adhesive coating  130  applied thereto) to an accuracy of 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns) or better. The rheology of the applied adhesive coating  130  can be determined by the topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114  by comparing the coating thickness results of a linear grouping of the data cells (0.1 inch wide each) after each pass of the instrument array across the creping cylinder. Using the topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114 , the rheology of the adhesive composition in the adhesive coating  130  may be determined to a level of 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns) or better. Rheology will be a result of the condition of the coating substance expressed in a change in thickness due to flow, caused by stress, but will depend on the degree of cross-linking between polymer chains and on the coating moisture content. Therefore, the rheology of the adhesive in the adhesive coating  130  may be determined through a combination of measurements obtained from the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , and the second spectrometer  304  of the coating inspection system  114 . Methods for measuring the thickness, topography, and/or rheology of the adhesive coating  130  using the topography instrument  200  will now be described in greater detail. 
     Referring to  FIGS. 5-8 , as previously discussed, the imaging system  228  of the topography instrument  200  may be utilized in the first method to determine the thickness and/or topography of the adhesive coating  130 . The first method of measuring the thickness employs common laws of physics governing reflection versus refraction of light rays passing into a translucent medium (e.g., the adhesive coating  130 ) from air, reflecting off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., the Yankee surface), passing back through the adhesive coating  130 , and finally refracting back out again, exiting the applied adhesive coating  130  into the air. The first method may include one or more of the following steps: generating a beam  206  of light with the light source system  202 ; measuring an initial intensity of the beam  206 , directing the beam  206  of light towards the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 ; capturing an image of the beam  206  with the imaging system  228  of the topography instrument  200  after the beam  206  has passed through the adhesive coating  130  and reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 ; and determining a thickness or a topography of the adhesive coating  130  from the initial intensity of the beam  206  and the captured image of the beam  206 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , as previously described, the light may be a beam  206  of light generated by the light source system  202 . In some embodiments, the light source system  202  may combine the light from two lasers, one at 670 nm (i.e., first beam  211 ) and one at 440 nm (i.e., second beam  213 ), through mirrors and beam-splitters into one dual wavelength beam  206 . An aperture plate  222  having a 0.01 inch to 0.04 inch aperture may be utilized to modify the beam diameter of the beam  206  focused onto the adhesive coating  130  and the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., the coated Yankee Surface). The beam  206  may be directed towards the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  at a beam entry angle α of incidence of greater than or equal to 40 degrees. The diameter of the aperture may influence the dynamic range in the determination of the distance from the topography instrument  200  to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee surface) and the volume of reflections and refractions of the light through the coating. For example, a smaller diameter aperture will increase the dynamic range in determining the distance of the topography instrument  200  to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , but will reduce the volume of reflections and refractions through the adhesive coating  130 , thereby reducing the quantity of data available for determining the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . The aperture diameter of the aperture may be chosen such that the smaller the beam diameter you employ will increase the dynamic range in determining the distance of the instrument to the Yankee surface (for topography of the Yankee dryer surface) but at the same time will reduce the amount of volume of reflections and refractions through the coating thereby reducing the amount of data available for determining the coating thickness. In some embodiments, an aperture having a diameter of 0.025 inches may provide the best results for the purpose of this instrument with respect to balancing dynamic range with quantity of data available for determining the thickness. At the angle α of greater than or equal to 40 degrees, nearly 80% to 90% of the emitted laser light in the beam  206  may be refracted into the coating medium (i.e., the adhesive coating  130 ). This is based on the refractive index of the applied coating medium (i.e., the adhesive coating  130 ), which is generally translucent. Some wave patterns may be generated by the use of the aperture plate  222 , but these wave patterns are of lesser intensity compared to the intensity of the main beam  206  and can be ignored by either adjusting the exposure time of the camera, or by setting a mathematical threshold for pixel response. 
     As previously described, the first method includes measuring the initial intensity of the beam  206 . It is a requirement that the quantum of laser energy emitted be known. Referring to  FIG. 6 , the light source system  202  includes one or more output intensity detectors, such as the first output intensity detector  214  and the second output intensity detector  216 , each of which may be operable to measure the initial intensity of one wavelength of light. As previously described, the output intensity detectors may be photo diode sensors with wavelength specific dichroic filters to isolate a narrow wavelength band around the wavelength of light to be measured by the photodiode sensor. Through the use of the wavelength specific dichroic filters (bandwidth=10 nm) and photo diode sensors, with the associated amplification circuits, the exact energies of each laser output can be determined. 
     Referring to  FIG. 12 , the topography instrument  200  is shown directing the beam  206  produced by the light source system  202  towards the uncoated creping cylinder  102  at the angle α between the beam  206  and the direction  208  normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Although the angle α is shown in  FIG. 12  as being 45 degrees, it is understood that the angle α can be any angle greater than or equal to 40 degrees and less than the Brewster&#39;s angle of the adhesive coating  130 , as previously described in this disclosure. The topography instrument  200  may be positioned a distance D measured in the direction  208  normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 12 , without the adhesive coating  130  on the creping cylinder  102 , the beam  206  may reflect off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and may travel towards the detector system  204 . Referring to  FIG. 5 , the imaging system  228  (e.g., CCD camera) of the detector system  204  may be positioned to capture an image of the beam  206  reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  without the adhesive coating  130  applied. The image of the reflected beam  206  without the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may provide a baseline profile on the reflection and absorbance of the metal of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . This baseline profile of the reflection and absorbance of the metal of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may be used to compensate for the absorbance of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  when determining the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , the travel path of the beam  206  from the light source system  202  to the detector system  204  is illustrated with the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The proportions in  FIG. 13  have been exaggerated for purposes of illustration. As the beam  206  passes into the adhesive coating  130 , the beam  206  refracts through the adhesive coating, which is a translucent medium, until the beam  206  reflects off the metal surface of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  beneath the adhesive coating  130 . The surface finish of the creping cylinder  102  (Yankee) may have a surface roughness characterized by an Ra in a range of from 12 Ra (450 microinches) to 25 Ra (1000 microinches). At the surface roughness of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , the light beam  206  may reflect off of this surface in a mostly predictable manner generating a pattern of reflection relative to the finish/polish of this metal surface and modified by the thickness of the applied coating. As described in ASME B46.1, Ra is the arithmetic average of the absolute values of the profile height deviations from the mean line, recorded within the evaluation length. Simply put, Ra is the average of a set of individual measurements of the peaks and valleys of a surface. The Ra for a surface can be calculated from the following Equation 2 (EQU. 2). 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                       
                   
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     In EQU. 2, L is the evaluation length in inches, Z(x) is the profile height function. Some portion of the reflected rays will reflect at different angles than expected due to imperfections (i.e., hills and valleys) in the topography (finish) of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  at its current state of polish (Ra value). Even as the Yankee surface (i.e., the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 ) becomes smoother (i.e., reduced Ra) over time, the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  will always include microscopic defects in the surface which will cause these random reflection patterns relative to the current Ra value. 
     Referring to  FIG. 13 , the path traveled by the beam  206  through the adhesive coating  130  may be described through consideration of Snell&#39;s Law. Snell&#39;s Law is based on the phenomenon that occurs when light passes from a less optically dense medium such as air into a translucent medium (more optically dense) such as the adhesive coating  130 . When the beam  206  enters the adhesive coating  130 , the speed of the light comprising the beam  206  from the laser source will slow down and shift toward a lower wavelength and will also change in direction slightly. This shift in direction will always be toward normal when light is entering into a more optically dense medium. In some embodiments, since the beam  206  includes two different wavelengths of light (440 nm and 670 nm), there will be a slightly different resultant angle for the 440 nm beam compared to the 670 nm beam (i.e., each wavelength of light in the beam  206  will have a slightly different refraction angle upon entering the adhesive coating  130 ). For instance, for a visible wavelength light of wavelength of 550 nm entering water (refractive index of n=1.333) at an angle of 42 degrees, the resultant refraction angle entering the water from air would be 30 degrees (sin −1 (sin 42×1/1.33=30.2)) shifted toward normal on average. This is based on the average refractive index of 550 nm with n=1.333. Depending on the wavelength it will be slightly different for 440 nm and 670 nm, for which is n=1.337 and n=1.331, respectively, for water. The difference is determined using Snell&#39;s Law, which is provided below in Equation 3 (EQU. 3) for the case of refraction of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130 . 
         n   air  sin α= n   coating  sin β  EQU. 3
 
     In EQU. 3, n air  is the refractive index of the ambient air, α is angle α of incidence of the beam  206  on the surface of the adhesive coating  130 , n coating  is the refractive index of the adhesive coating  130 , and angle β is the internal angle shown in  FIG. 13  between the beam  206  traveling through the adhesive coating  130  and the direction  208  normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The refractive index of air n air  is generally considered to be 1 (1.000277 for air at standard temperature and pressure), and the refractive index of the coating n coating  may be between 1.333 and 1.6, however, the differences in refractive index (n) between different wavelengths is mentioned here only for reference implying that the actual refraction patterns will differ slightly blue to red. 
     When the beam  206  of laser light reflects off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee surface) and travels back through the adhesive coating  130 , the exact opposite refraction condition results when the beam  206  reaches the interface between the adhesive coating  130  and the air. The internal angle of 30 degrees, traveling through the applied coating, from the refracted initial beam of 42 degrees, will not hit the surface of the coating where 6% of the light will be reflected at 30 degrees again and 96% of this resultant beam will be refracted, and exit the coating medium at 49 degrees from the angle of incidence. Therefore, not only will the original image of the beam  206  be shifted dimensionally, but it will also be dimmer when received by the pixels of the imaging system  228  (i.e., CCD camera microscope) by the internal coating reflections as a percentage loss from the original beam intensities. Also, since the adhesive coating  130  is not completely transparent, the original beam intensities of the beam  206  may be attenuated proportional to its optical translucence properties. The adhesive coating  130  acts as a neutral density filter reducing the intensity of the beam  206  proportional to its refracted path length through the adhesive coating  130 . The amount of change in the intensity of the beam  206  as well as the amount of dimensional shift of each resultant laser beam image received by the imaging system  228  (i.e., CCD camera microscope) is proportional to the thickness of the applied coating (i.e., the adhesive coating  130 ) and any change in the distance D between the topography instrument  200  and the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     The imaging system  228  captures an image of the cross section of the beam  206  after the beam  206  has passed through the adhesive coating  130  and been reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Examples of the images captured by the imaging system  228  of the beam  206 , which is a dual wavelength beam, are depicted in  FIG. 16 . In  FIG. 16 , the cross-section of the 440 nm portion of the beam  206  is indicated by reference number  450 , and the cross-section image of the 670 nm portion of the beam  206  is indicated by reference number  452 . As shown in  FIG. 16 , the difference in wavelength between the two wavelengths of light comprising the beam  206  may result in different shapes and positions of the image of the cross-section for each wavelength. Referring to  FIG. 17 , images of the cross-section of the beam are provided for an uncoated outer surface of the creping cylinder (reference number  480 ), a creping cylinder having an adhesive coating with a lesser thickness (reference number  482 ), and a creping cylinder having an adhesive coating with a greater thickness (reference number  484 ). As shown in  FIG. 17 , increasing the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  decreases the dispersion and increases the overlap of the reflected and refracted images. 
     Rather than analyzing individual reflections, of which there are thousands per image, the image can be compared to a reference of an uncoated metal surface of the same Ra value of surface finish. Since the reflections/refractions most often overlap each other, the overall image can be evaluated based on pixel response over an area. Since the reflectivity of the Yankee surface (i.e., the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 ) can vary from point to point, a correlation may be used to compensate for this variation in the reflectivity of the Yankee surface. It was found that, if you determined the area of the image spot in pixels for each laser (440 nm and 670 nm), the integration of the total pixel responses in that area would vary, mostly in linear fashion, and inversely proportional to the thickness of the applied coating. This is independently true for all coatings tested. However, it is expected that changes in pixel response are effected by the opacity of different materials. However, this effect could be easily corrected for mathematically for a particular substance by using a reference response curve for that material. Therefore, in some embodiments, determining a thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may include correcting the image information of the beam  206  for variability in the reflectivity of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, correcting the image information of the beam  206  for variability in the reflectivity of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may further include adjusting the image information with a reference response curve for a specific adhesive composition used for the adhesive coating  130 . 
     The following equations 4-11 (EQU. 4-EQU. 11) correlate the integration of pixel responses over the number of pixels taken up by the image of each spot to the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . 
       CalMils=a known calibration thickness ex.: 0.100 mils  EQU. 4
 
       @ ref thickness=refers to a value @ CalMils  EQU. 5
 
       Slope Blue Size Thickness=((ln(CalMils)−0)/((Blue size coated thickness @ ref thickness×Blue integrated responses @ ref thickness)−(Blue size uncoated @ 0 mils thickness×Blue integrated responses @ 0 mils thickness))  EQU. 6
 
       Offset Blue Size Thickness=ln(CalMils)−(Slope Blue Size Thickness×Blue size coated @ ref thickness×Blue integrated responses @ ref thickness))  EQU. 7
 
       Slope Red Size Thickness=((ln(CalMils)−0)/((Red size coated @ ref thickness×Red integrated responses @ Ref thickness)−(Red size uncoated @ 0 mils thickness×Red integrated responses @ 0 mils thickness))  EQU. 8
 
       Offset Red Size Thickness=ln(CalMils)−(Slope Red Size Thickness×Red size coated @ ref thickness×Red integrated responses @ ref thickness))  EQU. 9
 
       Log 10 (Blue Laser Thickness)=(((Blue size @ current thickness×Blue integrated responses @ current thickness)×Slope Blue Size Thickness)+Offset Blue Size Thickness)/1000  EQU. 10
 
       Log 10 (Red Laser Thickness)=(((Red size @ current thickness×Red integrated responses @ current thickness)×Slope Red Size Thickness)+Offset Red Size Thickness)/1000  EQU. 11
 
     The previous equations EQU. 4 through EQU. 11 closely correlate to actual thickness in inches and may be used to determine the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the image information obtained from the imaging system  228  of the topography instrument  200 . However, if necessary, the thickness can be further adjusted using one or both of the following equations 12 and 13 (EQU. 12 and EQU. 13): 
       Coating Thickness=(Coating Thickness*slope or gain)+offset  EQU. 12
 
       Coating Thickness=Coating Thickness+some offset (Such as −0.00005 mils, which is the current noise floor of the system)  EQU. 13
 
     In some embodiments, a plotted curve can be made at known thicknesses in order to have fixed reference points while calculating with the equations above (i.e., EQU. 4 through EQU. 13) to determine thicknesses between known points. 
       FIG. 12  depicts an uncoated creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee cylinder) where the dual wavelength beam  206  reflects off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Since no coating is present, nearly 100% of the emitted light beam  206  reflects toward the microscope (i.e., the imaging system  228  of the topography instrument  200 ). The degree of dispersion of the reflected beam coinsides with the Ra value of the surface finish of the current state of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee dryer surface). The greater the Ra value, the greater the dispersion will be. 
       FIG. 13  depicts a more typical situation where the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., the surface of the Yankee dryer) has had the adhesive coating  130  applied. The angle α of incidence is set to 45 degrees in  FIG. 13  for purposes of simplicity. However, it is understood that the angle α can be any suitable angle, such as any angle greater than or equal to about 40 degrees, or any angle between 40 degrees and 53 degrees. 
     In some embodiments, the light source system  202  (e.g., laser source or other light source) emits the dual wavelength beam  206  that includes light of 440 nm and 670 nm of stable known energy. The dual wavelength beam  206  first encounters the upper surface of the adhesive coating  130  where about 80% to 90% of the laser energy of the beam  206  is refracted into the coating. According to Snell&#39;s Law, at a refractive index of the adhesive coating  130  of n=1.5, the angle of refraction β will be 28 degrees toward the normal (i.e., the direction  208  normal to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 ) of the entering beam  206 . The beam  206  then reflects off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee dryer surface) back through the adhesive coating  130 . This angle of reflection off of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  will also be at 28 degrees and heading toward the outer surface of the adhesive coating  130 , where about 80% to 90% of this beam will be refracted out of the adhesive coating  130 . The beam  206  exits the adhesive coating  130  at an exiting angle of refraction γ, which may be greater than the angle α of incidence of the beam  206  entering the adhesive coating  130 . As shown in  FIG. 13 , the exiting angle or angle of refraction γ may be 45.24 degrees and may be laterally (i.e., in a direction axial with respect to the creping cylinder  102 ) shifted by 2×(tan (28 degrees))×(the thickness of the coating (for example 0.001 inches thick)). At a thickness of the adhesive coating  130  of 1.0 mils or 0.001 inches, the beam  206  would be shifted laterally by about 1.0 mils to the left in  FIG. 13 . In combination with the refraction, there will be a total shift of approximately 0.051 inches in the direction away from the light source system  202  (i.e., laser source) when viewed by the imaging system  228  (i.e., CCD camera microscope) compared to the uncoated creping cylinder  102  of  FIG. 12 , for which no shift occurs. Since the beam  206  is not a single particle of light, but is a two dimensional beam, an overlapping of the forward most point of the spot and the rear most point of the spot, causes an elongation of the spot as seen by the imaging system  228  (i.e., CCD camera microscope). This is because part of the beam is being reflected (10% to 20%) from the outer surface of the adhesive coating  130  and is not shifted, while approximately 80% to 90% of the contributing image is refracted and shifted. There will always be some intensity loss from the beam  206  due to reflection of portions of the beam  206  inside the coating and some of the intensity will be lost due to decreased optical translucency of the coating, as it will act like a neutral density filter. However, what is evident is that the image of the beam  206  captured by the imaging system  228  will become more elongated as the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  increases because of the overlap caused by refraction bending away from the laser source direction combining with the percentage of reflected rays. 
     Compensation for changes in laser intensity may be made or required to modify the results obtained from the images. In some embodiments, the results obtained from the images may be adjusted to compensate for changes in exposure time of the CCD camera (i.e., imaging system  228 ) and any focus adjustments. In some embodiments, determining the thickness, topography, or rheology of the adhesive coating  130  may include compensating or adjusting the image information obtained by the detector system  204  (i.e., including information obtained from the imaging system  228  and/or the first beam intensity detector  232  and the second beam intensity detector  234 ) for changes in the initial intensity of the beam  206 , the exposure time of the imaging system  228 , focus adjustments of the imaging system  228 , or combinations of these. 
     A dual wavelength beam that includes light of two different wavelengths is preferably used for the beam  206  due to the fact that the different wavelengths reflect and refract differently with different materials. The reflected spot patterns generated from each laser are different (as shown in  FIG. 16 ) however, the equations above hold true for both. In other words even though the spot sizes and characteristics may be different and the integrated pixel responses may be different as perceived by the imaging system  228  (i.e., the CCD imaging array), the relationship of integrated pixel response to pixel area of the spot holds true regardless of the wavelength. 
     Measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  using the imaging system  228  of the topography instrument  200  may include directing the beam  206  towards the adhesive coating  130  at the angle α and capturing an image of the cross-section of the beam  206  after the beam  206  has passed through the adhesive coating  130  and been reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The image of the cross-section of the beam  206  may include one or a plurality of image spots, where each of the image spots corresponds to a discrete wavelength of light in the beam  206 . Measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  using the imaging system  228  may further include comparing the image of the cross-section of the beam  206  with a reference image. The reference image may be an image of the beam  206  captured by the imaging system  228  without the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  using the imaging system  228  may include determining a thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the comparison of the captured image of the beam  206  with the reference image. In some embodiments, determining the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the comparison of the captured image of the beam  206  with the reference image may include determining an elongation of one or more image spots of the captured image relative to the reference image. In some embodiments, measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  using the imaging system  228  may include adjusting the image information obtained from the image of the beam  206  captured by the imaging system  228  or the thickness determined from the image for changes in the initial intensity of the beam  206 , the exposure time of the imaging system  228 , focus adjustments of the imaging system  228 , or combinations of these. 
     As stated earlier, the CCD microscope method of determining coating thickness may have an overall resolution of 0.0002 inches for the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . 
     Referring to  FIGS. 12 and 13 , another aspect of the coating inspection system  114  is the ability to determine the distance D to the Yankee surface from the instrument imaging microscope device. In some embodiments, the topography instrument  200  may be operable to determine the distance D from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200 , such as from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the detector system  204 , or more specifically to the imaging system  228 , of the topography instrument  200 . First, the center of the spot image of each laser in the image captured by the imaging system  228  may be determined by evaluating pixel responses to a threshold and by row and column. Since the angle α of incidence is known and constant, the center of the evaluated spot image will move in the field of view of the imaging system  228  (i.e., the CCD image area of the microscope) by a linear number of pixels corresponding to the change in the distance D of the topography instrument  200  (i.e., the instrument) to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee surface). The entire field of view, at the magnification of the microscope, is only approximately 0.06 inches from the very left pixels to the very right most pixels. From a digital standpoint, the distance resolution would be 0.06 inches/1280 pixels=0.00046875 inches/pixel. However, each pixel is 12 bit or 0 to 5 volts/4096. Spot sizes for both the blue laser and the red laser, at an exposure time of 50 microseconds comprise a pixel area made up of approximately 65,000 pixels each laser spot. The actual distance changes from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may be resolved down to a resolution of 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns). 
     As previously discussed, the entire instrument (i.e., the topography instrument  200 ) may be placed on a rail movement or other type of positioner (second instrument positioner) so that as the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  wears (greater than the 0.06″ field of view of the microscope), the topography instrument  200  can be repositioned on-the-fly (i.e., during operation), using a micro-stepping stepper motor, to re-center the image of the beam  206 . The second instrument positioner and stepper motor may enable the topography instrument  200  to be moved forward, toward the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , as the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  wears. The ability to move the topography instrument  200  forward towards the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may enable maintaining the image centered in the view area of the microscope imaging system  228 . Additionally, measuring the distance D from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  and moving the topography instrument  200  forward toward the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may enable tracking of surface wear of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , which may be used to predict when maintenance of the creping cylinder is needed. A dial indicator and other precision measuring devices may be used to calibrate the initial distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200 . 
     In some embodiments, measuring the distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may include directing the beam  206  towards the adhesive coating  130  at the angle α and capturing an image of the cross-section of the beam  206  after the beam  206  has passed through the adhesive coating  130  and reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The image of the cross-section of the beam  206  may be captured by the imaging system  228  of the topography instrument  200 . The image of the cross-section of the beam  206  may include one or a plurality of image spots, where each of the image spots corresponds to a discrete wavelength of light in the beam  206 . Measuring the distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may further include determining a center of the cross-section of the beam  206  from the captured image and comparing the center of the cross-section of the beam  206  to a center of the field of view of the imaging system  228 . Measuring the distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may include determining the distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  from the comparison and the initial distance of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  from the topography instrument  200 . The initial distance of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  from the topography instrument  200  may be determined at the initial installation of the topography instrument  200  and may be determined using a precision measuring device, such as a dial indicator. In some embodiments, the distance D from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may be determined by adjusting a setpoint distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  based on a difference between the center of the cross-section of the beam  206  determined from the captured image and the center of the view area of the imaging system  228 . The setpoint distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may be the distance from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  immediately after the most recent adjustment of the position of the topography instrument  200  relative to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The setpoint distance may be equal to the initial distance when the topography instrument  200  is first installed. In some embodiments, measuring the distance D from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to the topography instrument  200  may further include adjusting the image information obtained from the image of the beam  206  captured by the imaging system  228  for changes in the initial intensity of the beam  206 , the exposure time of the imaging system  228 , focus adjustments of the imaging system  228 , or combinations of these. 
     In embodiments in which the microscope imaging system  228  is used to determine the distance D from the outer surface  104  to the topography instrument  200  and the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 , the scan speed of the topography instrument  200  may be less than or equal to about 14 scans per second at a CPU speed of 4.5 gigahertz (GHz) with 8 cores. The scan speed of the topography instrument  200  may be increased by using the microscope imaging system  228  to measure the distance D from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  only and determining the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from measurement of the absorption of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130  using the beam intensity detectors  232 ,  234 . Determining the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  using measurements of absorption reduces the number of calculations needed. Thus, it is possible to increase the scan speed of the topography instrument up to and including 20 scans per second by using the microscope imaging system  228  to measure the distance D only. The scan speed may be limited by processor speed of the processor system used to analyze the data from the topography instrument  200  rather than the imaging speed of the microscope imaging system  228 . Thus, the scan speed of the topography instrument  200  may be increased by increasing the computing speed of the processors used to analyze the data, such as by employing faster CPUs. For example, using a liquid cooled 7 GHz CPU with 18 cores may increase the scan rates into the range of 40 to 60 scans per second for embodiments in which the thickness is determined from measurement of absorption using the first and second beam intensity detectors  232 ,  234  rather than the microscope imaging system  228 . 
     The topography instrument  200  may be used to determine the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the absorbance of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130 , in particular absorbance of the beam  206  by the adhesive polymers in the adhesive coating  130 . For controlling the creping process and improving the quality of creped paper, it is desired to be able to determine the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  to a resolution of less than or equal to 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns). By making use of the absorptivity of the adhesive polymers in the adhesive coating  130  at the two wavelengths of the light comprising the dual wavelength beam  206  (e.g., at 440 nm and at 670 nm for example), it is possible to apply Beer&#39;s law to determine a path length of the beam  206  through the adhesive coating  130 , which can be used to determine the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  using trigonometric relationships. In some embodiments, the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by determining the absorbance of at least one wavelength of light in the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130 , calculating the path length of the beam  206  passing through the adhesive coating  130  using Beer&#39;s Law, and calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the path length of the beam  206 . 
     The absorbance of each wavelength of light by the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by generating the beam  206  that includes at least one wavelength of light, directing the beam  206  towards the adhesive coating  130  where the beam  206  passes through the adhesive coating  130  and is reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , measuring the initial intensity of at least one wavelength of the beam  206 , measuring the final intensity of at least one wavelength of the beam  206  after passing the beam through the adhesive coating  130  and reflecting the beam  206  from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , and comparing the initial intensity of the beam  206  with the final intensity of the beam  206 . In some embodiments, the beam  206  may be a dual wavelength beam. 
     Referring to  FIG. 26 , an absorbance spectrum showing 500 (y-axis) as the noise floor and the line  502  located near the middle at transmittance=1.0 (left y axis) and Absorbance=0.0 (right y axis) for uncoated stainless steel having an Ra of 16 over a wavelength range of from 200 nm to 1000 nm (x-axis) under ultraviolet long-wave spectrum is depicted. Referring to  FIG. 27 , an absorbance spectrum  504  over a wavelength range of from 365 nm to 860 nm (x-axis) spectrum is depicted for stainless steel having a Ra of 16 and coated with 0.5 mils of an adhesive composition. As shown in  FIG. 27 , the absorbance spectrum  504  for the stainless steel coated with 0.5 mils of adhesive exhibited peak wavelength from 365 nm to 390 nm. This peak lies in the ultraviolet long-wave portion of the spectrum. 
     Referring to  FIG. 15 , a series of absorbance spectra for a typical adhesive composition at varying concentrations in water are depicted. As the concentration of the coating adhesive increases, the absorbance increases accordingly. 
     The changes in the absorbance spectra relative to a stable reference spectrum can be determined. Deviation of the absorbance spectra relative to a stable reference spectrum can be due to cross-linking and other energy changes in the adhesive composition. Calculating a stable energy state, or an acceptable energy state can be accomplished by integrating the product of the area of an absorbance peak/pixel (0.2 nm) multiplied by the wavelength of that pixel. The level of absorbance at any wavelength is directly proportional to the number of bonds which are able to absorb the wavelength. In other words, the level of absorbance at that wavelength and at the energy of radiation is proportional to the concentration of the absorbing bonds. Wavelength itself is a measure of the frequency at a known radiant energy. In other words, the product of the absorbance times wavelength (A(λ)*λ) gives a number at any wavelength for the number of bonds at that wavelength which are at a known energy level because of the frequency at which the bonds absorb. Integration of the area of a peak determines its volume to be A. 
     The whole absorbance peak could move by X pixels (0.2 nm each) up or down in wavelength, but the integrated volume (area inside of the peak) may still have the same A value. This would not indicate any change in the overall energy state of the absorbing species. If the entire peak shifts to a lower wavelength (higher energy) or shifts to a higher wavelength (lower energy), this indicates that an important change has occurred in the molecular properties of the coating chemistry from an energy standpoint. At a specific wavelength, an energy volume number Ev(λ) may be determined using the following Equation 14 (EQU. 14): 
         Ev (λ)= A (λ)*λ  EQU. 14
 
     where Ev(λ) is the Energy volume number, λ is the wavelength, and A(λ) is the absorbance at a wavelength within the peak range. Integration of Equation 14 yields the reference energy volume (EV ref ) of the stable absorbance peak, as shown in the following Equation 15 (EQU. 15): 
       EVref=∫ λps   λpe ( A (λ)*λ) dx   EQU. 15
 
     where EV ref  is the referenced energy volume of the stable absorbance peak, λpe is the ending (higher) wavelength (lower energy) of the absorbance peak, and λps is the starting (lower) wavelength (higher energy) of the absorbance peak. EQU. 15 may be used when the process is stable, the coating is in good condition, and a snapshot of the coating during this state would be a good condition to duplicate at all times. Alternatively, the reference energy volume of the stable absorbance peak representing the adhesive having little or no cross-linking may be determined in the laboratory using the adhesive in the liquid state by a cuvette method. However, from a control perspective, applying EQU. 15 to process data, in real time, when the process is in a stable state and producing a good quality product may be preferable. At the time the reference number is calculated, current concentration c of the adhesive in the adhesive coating  130 , the current thickness (converted to path length l in cm.) of the adhesive coating  130 , and the absorbance per wavelength A(λ), which is measured per pixel (0.2 nm), may also be measured and recorded. 
     Once determined, the EV ref  is adjusted to correct for the current concentration c and the current thickness of the adhesive coating  130  (converted to path length l in cm.). The EV ref  must be modified to correlate to the value for A(λ) it would have been, if taken under the current concentration c and the current thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . A modification of Beer&#39;s Law, which is discussed later, may be used to adjust A(λ) to correct for the concentration c of the adhesive in the adhesive coating  130  and the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . The modified Beer&#39;s Law is provided in the following Equation 16 (EQU. 16): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                     
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     where: A′(λ) is the new reference absorbance, e(λ) is the extinction coefficient constant for the coating polymer at a particular wavelength, Ic is the current path length, Iref is the reference path length value, Cc is the current concentration of the coating on the Yankee, and Cref is the reference concentration of the coating on the Yankee at time of reference. Then a modified reference energy volume number may be determined from the following Equation 17 (EQU. 17): 
         EV ′ref=∫ λps   λpe ( A ′(Δ)*λ) dx   EQU. 17
 
     Then, the new scan data may be applied using the following Equation 18 (EQU. 18): 
         EV num=∫ λps   λpe ( A (λ)*λ) dx   EQU. 18
 
     In EQU. 18, λpe is the ending (higher) wavelength (lower energy) of the absorbance peak, and λps is the starting (lower) wavelength (higher energy) of the absorbance peak. The values for λpe and λps used in EQU. 17 for EV′ ref  may be different than those used in EQU. 18 for EV num  above. EV num  is the current energy volume number for the current scan data. 
     The energy volume difference EV diff  between the adjusted reference energy volume EV′ ref  and the current energy volume EVnum can be calculated from the following Equations 19 or 20 (EQU. 19 or EQU. 20): 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
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         EV diff= EV num− EV ref  EQU. 20
 
     where EV diff  is the Energy Volume Difference between the recalculated reference EV ref , and the current Energy Volume Number EV num . If this number, EV diff  is less than zero the overall energy state of the coating has increased and may indicate that the degree of cross-linking may have decreased. However, if this number, EV diff , is greater than zero, the overall energy state of the coating has decreased and may be indicate that the degree of cross-linking may have increased. The goal from a control standpoint would be to try to maintain EV diff  as close to zero as possible. Keeping the energy state of the coating molecules constant indicates that the process is running in a known stable state. If the energy state changes then the molecular properties have changed indicating process instability. 
     EV ref  and EV num  may be further adjusted to compensate for changes in the surface temperature of the creping cylinder  102 , pH of the polymer (adhesive) solution, and the presence of other species that might absorb in the peak regions. The EV ref  and EV num  equations may require A(λ) to be recalculated for temperature changes on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, a simple linear correlation y=mx+b based the differences in A(λ) caused by temperature effects between two different known temperatures may be used to compensate for temperature. The effect of changes in pH could also have an effect on the absorbance spectra. Adjusting to correct for pH could be accomplished by adjusting the process water used in diluting the polymer for application, to a known pH prior to, or after the polymer solution being used, is blended for use in for application onto the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Softening the water, removing heavier metals such as calcium and iron by substituting these and other metals with sodium through ion-exchange, could help keep the pH and other aspects of the process easier to control. This would also keep the spray nozzles from becoming blocked by lime over time. 
     Specifically, controlling a process by, or being used as part of a process control algorithm, by the changes in the overall molecular energy state of the molecules of the polymer coating. A method of calculating to assign a number which, not only reflects the volume (absorbance) of the peak at a frequency A(λ) but, also the change in energy due to the location (λ) of the volume of energy (absorbance A(λ)) at (λ). 
     Referring again to  FIG. 6 , as previously described, the light source system  202  of the topography instrument  200  may include at least one output intensity detector, such as the first output intensity detector  214  and/or the second output intensity detector  216 , each output intensity detector operable to measure the initial intensity of one wavelength of light comprising the beam  206 . Referring to  FIG. 8 , the detector system  204  of the topography instrument  200  includes at least one beam intensity detector, such as the first beam intensity detector  232  and/or the second beam intensity detector  234 , each of the beam intensity detectors may be operable to measure the final intensity of one wavelength of light in the beam  206  after the beam  206  has traveled through the adhesive coating  130  and been reflected form the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . As shown in  FIG. 8 , the detector system  204  may include a series of beam splitters  238  and dichroic filters (first filter  233  and second filter  235 ) along with photodiode detectors (e.g., first beam intensity detector  232  and second beam intensity detector  234 ) which, when amplified, are operable to measure residual (transmitted) light (i.e., final intensity of the light), from each wavelength (440 nm and 670 nm), which has passed through an unknown coating thickness. Since the individual laser output radiant powers (i.e., initial intensity of each wavelength) are known, by measuring the transmitted power (final intensity) of each wavelength of light in the beam  206  after passing the beam  206  through the adhesive coating  130 , the absorbance A(λ) of each wavelength by the adhesive coating  130  can be calculated using Equation 21 (EQU. 21), which is the equation for absorbance and provided below. 
         A (λ)=log(100/%  T )=2.000−log(%  T )   EQU. 21
 
     where: 
       %  T= 100*( P/Po ) 
     In EQU. 21, % T is the percent transmittance of wavelength λ through the adhesive coating  130 , P is the radiant power detected through the coating after any absorbance, Po is the radiant power transmitted through the coating. Po for an output of a 670 nm light source output is measured to be  216 , and Po for an output of a 440 nm light source is measured  214 . P is the radiant power measured after absorbance where 670 nm light is detected at  234  and the 440 nm light is detected at  232 . If absorbance has occurred at a given wavelength, then P will be less than Po by the degree of absorbance. 
     Beer&#39;s Law states that the absorbance, A(λ), of a species at a particular wavelength of electromagnetic radiation λ is proportional to the concentration c of the absorbing species and to the length of the path l of the electromagnetic radiation through the sample containing the absorbing species. Beer&#39;s Law is expressed by the following Equation 22 (EQU. 22): 
         A (λ)= e (λ) lc   EQU. 22
 
     The molar absorptivity constant e(λ) is called the absorbance of the species at the wavelength, λ. The molar concentration of the absorbing species, c. The path length (l) here, for the purposes of determining the thickness of the coating, is the path that the beam travels through the adhesive coating  130 , which extends from the point at which the beam first enters the adhesive coating  130  to the point at which the beam refracts out of the adhesive coating  130  after being reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     The concentration c of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may be known, such as by knowing the concentration of the adhesive composition applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  or by determining the concentration c of the adhesive polymer using the first spectrometer  302  as described in further detail in this disclosure. Since we know the concentration c of the adhesive polymer as well as the molar absorptivity constant (e(λ)) of the adhesive polymer, then the absorbance detected is directly proportional to the path length l. The path length l calculated from the absorbance A(λ) may then be converted to the coating thickness using trigonometric relationships. To rule out signal to noise ratio problems, due to the high analog gain involved on the transmitted signals, a high throughput analog input board may be used to yield 5000 readings per sensor per second. By averaging many separate readings, the occasional blips, such as those by cosmic particles and “popcorn” noise, can be averaged out. The repeatability of this method is within 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns), which meets the requirement necessary to profile the coating thickness properly. It should be noted that different wavelength lasers could be substituted for better responses with different polymers. 
     Referring to  FIG. 28A , the topography  602  of an outer surface of a creping cylinder measured by the topography instrument  200  as a function of the lateral position on the creping cylinder is depicted. In  FIG. 28A , the outer surface of the creping cylinder did not have an adhesive coating applied. Referring to  FIG. 28B , a coating thickness  604  as a function of lateral position along the outer surface of the creping cylinder for an adhesive coating having an as-applied thickness of 0.000045 inches is depicted. The coating thickness  604  was measured using the topography instrument  200  disclosed herein. Referring to  FIG. 28C , the coating thickness  606  as a function of lateral position along the outer surface of the creping cylinder for an adhesive coating having an as-applied thickness of 0.000048 inches is depicted. The coating thickness  606  was measured using the topography instrument  200  disclosed herein. Referring to  FIG. 28D , the coating thickness  612  as a function of lateral position along the outer surface of the creping cylinder for an adhesive coating having an as-applied thickness of 0.000200 inches is depicted. The coating thickness  606  was measured using the topography instrument  200  disclosed herein. 
     Referring again to  FIG. 13 , in some embodiments, measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may include directing the beam  206  towards the adhesive coating  130  at the angle α, where at least a portion of the adhesive coating  130  may pass through the adhesive coating  130 , reflect from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , and pass back through and out of the adhesive coating  130 . Measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may further include measuring the initial intensity of the beam  206 , measuring a final intensity of the portion of the beam  206  reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and passed back through the adhesive coating  130 , comparing the final intensity to the initial intensity, and determining an absorbance of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130  from the comparison between the initial intensity and the final intensity. Measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may further include calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  from the absorbance of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130 . The thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may be calculated from the absorbance of the beam  206  using Beer&#39;s Law and trigonometric functions as previously described in this disclosure. In some embodiments, the final intensity of the beam  206  may be adjusted to compensate for changes in the ash content of the adhesive coating  130 , the concentration of adhesive polymers in the adhesive coating  130 , the temperature of the adhesive coating  130  and/or the topography instrument  200 , moisture content of the adhesive coating  130 , absorbance of the beam  206  by the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , or combinations of these. In some embodiments, the thickness determined from the initial intensity and the final intensity of the beam  206  may be adjusted for vibrations created from the creping process  100 . In some embodiments, the absorbance of the beam  206  by the adhesive coating  130  may further be adjusted to correct for instrument drift, LED junction temperature changes, LED age, or other parameter of the topography instrument  200 . In some embodiments, the topography instrument  200  may be positioned at a calibration area and the output intensities of the light source (e.g., the first light source  210  and/or the second light source  212 ) calibrated. 
     In some embodiments, the topography of the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may be determined by combining thickness measurements from multiple data cells across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The width of each data cell may be set to a fixed width by configuring operation of the first instrument positioner. For example, in some embodiments, each data cell may have a width of about 0.1 inches wide. Referring to  FIG. 4 , for a creping cylinder  102  having a width W of the outer surface  104  of 15 feet, the number of 0.1 inch data cells across the width W of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  would be about 1800 data cells. The length of the data cells may depend on the rotational speed of the creping cylinder  102 , the exposure time of the coating inspection system  114 , or both. For example, for a creping cylinder  102  rotating at a speed that results in a linear speed of the outer surface  104  of about 70 miles per hour, the data cell may have a length of about 70 inches. The topography of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by measuring the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  for a plurality of data cells extending laterally and circumferentially across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and then aggregating the thickness measurements of the plurality of data cells to produce a topography profile of the adhesive coating  130 . 
     Referring again to  FIGS. 5 and 13 , in some embodiments, the coating inspection system  114  may be operable to determine the rheology of the adhesive coating  130 . The rheology of the adhesive coating  130  can be determined by a method similar to determining the topography of the adhesive coating  130 . The rheology of the applied adhesive coating  130  can be determined by the topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114  by comparing the coating thickness results of a linear grouping of the data cells (0.1 inch wide each) after each pass of the instrument array across the creping cylinder. Using the topography instrument  200  of the coating inspection system  114 , the rheology of the adhesive composition in the adhesive coating  130  may be determined to a level of 0.000001 inches (0.0254 microns) or better. Rheology will be a result of the condition of the coating substance expressed in a change in thickness due to flow, caused by stress, but will depend on the degree of cross-linking between polymer chains and on the coating moisture content. Therefore, the rheology of the adhesive in the adhesive coating  130  may be determined through a combination of measurements obtained from the topography instrument  200 , the first spectrometer  302 , and the second spectrometer  304  of the coating inspection system  114 . For example, by comparing current scan pass data cells to the data cells from previous scans at the same location, a non-Newtonian moment of the adhesive coating  130  can be determined. Since the differences between data cells, current scans to previous scans, can be used to determine the flow of the polymer, the degree of stress applied to the coating can also be determined. The resolution of the data cells is, again, 0.1 inch wide×0.000001 inch (0.0254 microns) high for any position across the entire width W of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e. Yankee dryer surface). 
     In some embodiments, determining the rheology of the adhesive coating  130  may include determining thicknesses of the adhesive coating  130  for a first plurality of data cells distributed across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , each of the first plurality of data cells associated with a position on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Determining the rheology of the adhesive coating  130  may further include determining the thicknesses of the adhesive coating  130  for a second plurality of data cells, where the second plurality of data cells are associated with the same positions as the first plurality of data cells. The thicknesses of the second plurality of data cells may be measured subsequent to measurement of the thicknesses for the first plurality of data cells. Determining the rheology of the adhesive coating  130  may further include comparing the thicknesses of the adhesive coating  130  for the second plurality of data cells to the thicknesses of the adhesive coating  130  for the first plurality of data cells and determining a change in thickness of the adhesive coating  130  due to flow caused by stress on the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, determining the rheology of the adhesive coating  130  may further include adjusting the rheology of the adhesive coating  130  to account for the temperature of the adhesive coating  130  (as measured by the temperature sensor  306 ) and/or the composition of the adhesive coating  130  (as measured using the first spectrometer  302  and/or the second spectrometer  304 ). 
     Although the thickness, topography, and rheology of the adhesive coating  130  provide information on the quality of the adhesive coating  130 , these attributes of the adhesive coating  130  provide less than a comprehensive evaluation of the quality of the adhesive coating  130 . A more comprehensive evaluation of the quality of the adhesive coating  130  may be obtained by additionally measuring one or more than one of the concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130 , the ash content of the adhesive coating  130 , the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , the concentration of other constituents of the adhesive composition, or combinations of these. As previously described, the coating inspection system  114  may include the first spectrometer  302 , which may be operable to determine the concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , or both. The first spectrometer  302  may also be operable to measure the concentration of other constituents of the adhesive coating  130 , such as release agents or other additives. 
     A further aspect of the present disclosure relates to measuring the coating absorbance and fluorescence properties of the adhesive coating  130  in detecting the Yankee dryer adhesive/release coating thickness and coating quality using the first spectrometer  302 . As previously discussed, in some embodiments, the first spectrometer  302  may be an industrialized Ultraviolet Visible Near-Infrared (UV-VIS-NIR) spectrometer, which may be operable to optically analyze the adhesive/release coating thickness as well as the quality of the adhesive/release coating applied (e.g., the composition of the adhesive coating  130  and/or the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 . As previously discussed, in some embodiments, the light source of the first spectrometer  302  may include 20 to 30 different LEDs chosen at various wavelengths to ensure a consistent and constant radiant energy is produced across the entire spectrum of the spectrometer range of 200 nm to 1000 nm. The LEDs may be liquid cooled to remove the heat produced from this process. Each LED may be independently controlled for the radiant energy it produces and may be verified and servo controlled by the use of dedicated photo diodes and associated amplifier and control circuits for each. As part of the coating inspection system  114 , the first spectrometer  302  may be driven back and forth (i.e., left to right or laterally) across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . In some embodiments, the first spectrometer  302  may be positioned at a distance of from about 6 inches to 8 inches from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee dryer surface). Thus, the first spectrometer  302  may be positioned to yield measurements of the quality/thickness of the adhesive coating  130  for each 0.1 inch of linear movement of the coating inspection system  114  across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     In operation, the light from the light source of the first spectrometer  302  may be directed towards the adhesive coating  130  on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The light source of the first spectrometer  302  may be controlled to produce a defined output intensity of each wavelength of light. The light passes into the adhesive coating  130 , reflects from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , and passes back through the adhesive coating  130 . At least a portion of the adhesive coating  130  may be absorbed by the constituents of the adhesive coating  130  and by the metal of the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The light transmitted through the adhesive coating  130  and reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may be collected by a detector of the first spectrometer  302 . The detector may be operable to measure the transmitted intensity and wavelength of the light received by the detector. The transmitted intensity and wavelengths of the light received by the detector may be compared to the output intensity and wavelengths of the light produced by the light source of the first spectrometer  302  to produce an absorbance curve for the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the absorbance curve measured for the adhesive coating  130  may be compared to a reference absorbance curve and the concentration of the adhesive polymer, degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, concentration of other constituent, or combinations of these may be determined from the comparison. In some embodiments, the reference absorbance curve may be corrected for temperature of the adhesive coating  130 , the composition of the adhesive coating  130 , the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 , or combinations of these. 
     In some embodiments, the reference absorbance curve may be corrected for temperature by producing a temperature reference plot. A different infra-red detector, such as the temperature sensor  306 , may be utilized to produce an accurate temperature profile for the entire outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  at a scan rate of 20 scans per second. As the temperature of the adhesive coating  130  changes, the absorbance bands for the adhesive coating  130 , as measured by the first spectrometer  302 , may shift. Therefore, the reference absorbance curve must be corrected for the temperature changes/fluctuations before comparing the absorbance curve for the adhesive coating  130  to the reference absorbance curve. This is easily done by comparing the incoming absorbance curve produced by the first spectrometer  302  to the reference absorbance curve for the coating created in memory, where there must be a slope and offset created for the adjustment for each pixel (0.2 nm) based on temperature drift. In other words, the reference absorbance curve may be adjusted by applying a slope and offset adjustment to each pixel (i.e., each 0.2 nm band of wavelength). These reference absorbance curves may be generated by running absorbance scans of the individual (pure) constituents of the adhesive composition of the adhesive coating  130  at two different calibration temperatures. The first calibration temperature T 1  may be at the lowest expected temperature of the adhesive coating  130 , and the second calibration temperature T 2  may be at the highest expected temperature of the adhesive coating  130 . For each pixel (0.2 nm) of the absorbance band, the true corrected pixel response for each pixel can be calculated from the reference scans, and corrected for the current temperature of the adhesive coating  130 . The slope and offset for each pixel for each constituent of the adhesive composition can be determined from Equation 23 (EQU. 23) and Equation 24 (EQU. 24), respectively. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
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     As the new absorbance pixels come in from the first spectrometer  302 , the pixels for the reference absorbance curve stored in memory (i.e., one or more memory modules) may be adjusted for the current temperatures of the adhesive coating  130  (including the adhesive and release components). The pixel values for each reference pixel of the reference absorbance curve may be adjusted for the current temperature T c  of the adhesive coating  130  using Equation 25 (EQU. 25) which is provided below. 
       (New Reference Pixel Response)=(Slope(constituent, pixel)× T   c )+Offset(constituent, pixel)  EQU. 25
 
     For example, for the adhesive polymer constituent of the adhesive coating  130 , the New Reference Pixel Response for each pixel is equal to the sum of the Offset (adhesive, pixel) and the product of the Slope (adhesive, pixel) and current temperature T c  of adhesive coating  130 . For the release agent, the New Reference Pixel Response for each pixel is equal to the sum of the Offset (release, pixel) and the product of the Slope (release, pixel) and current temperature T c  of adhesive coating  130 . This series of temperature corrections must be done on each pixel (0.2 nm) for each constituent of the adhesive composition used for the adhesive coating  130 . 
     In addition to correcting for temperature, the reference absorbance curve may be adjusted for the expected composition of the adhesive composition used for the adhesive coating  130 . As previously described, the adhesive composition used for the adhesive coating  130  may be a mixture of multiple constituents (e.g., adhesive polymer, water, release agent, etc.), and the composition of the adhesive coating  130  may be controlled by the adhesive system  112  ( FIG. 1 ) and/or the control system  120  ( FIG. 1 ) of the creping process  100 . Since the adhesive composition applied to form the adhesive coating  130  is determined by the control mechanism of this system (i.e., pump addition rates for each constituent of the adhesive composition), the percentages/concentrations of each constituent are used to create a master component absorbance curve for reference to compare the actual incoming absorbance curve of the coating being applied. This is done by calculating each pixel as a percentage contribution of each component in the applied mix, based on the flow rates of each component of the applied coating. But before that can be done, the absorbance contribution of each constituent pixel response (0.025 nm/pixel) may be calculated based on the concentration of each constituent at different concentrations. According to Beer&#39;s Law, the pixel response is expected to be generally linear with respect to concentration, but will also vary linearly in response to changes in thickness of the adhesive coating  130  determined at any point an absorbance spectrum is measured or taken along the Yankee cylinder (i.e., the creping cylinder  102 ). According to Beer&#39;s Law, the absorbance of a species at a particular wavelength of light can be calculated from the percent transmittance of the wavelength of light using Equation 26 (EQU. 26). 
         A (λ)=log(100/%  T )=2.000−log(%  T )  EQU. 26
 
     As previously described, Beer&#39;s Law states that the absorbance, A(λ), of a species at a particular wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, λ, is proportional to the concentration c of the absorbing species and to the length of the path, l, of the electromagnetic radiation through the sample containing the absorbing species. The equation for Beer&#39;s Law was previously provided in EQU. 22. As previously described, the molar absorptivity constant e(λ) is the absorptivity of the species at the wavelength, λ. For purposes of determining the absorbance curve using the first spectrometer  302 , the path length I is the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  as determined by the topography instrument  200  according to the methods previously described in this disclosure. 
     Again, each of the pixels of the reference absorbance curve may be corrected for the actual concentrations of each constituent of the adhesive composition (i.e., the concentrations of each constituent in the adhesive composition prior to forming the adhesive coating  130 ), as well as adjusting the reference absorbance curve for the applied thickness of the adhesive coating  130  at any point along the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., the Yankee surface scanned). The adjustments for concentration of each constituent may be developed by measuring absorbance spectra at two known concentrations for each constituent, at a constant thickness and constant temperature for both. The two known concentrations may include a first concentration c 1  and a second concentration c 2 . The first concentration c 1  may be at the lowest expected concentration of the constituent in the adhesive composition, and the second concentration c 2  may be at the highest expected concentration of the constituent in the adhesive composition. According to Beer&#39;s Law above, a linear relationship exists such that a slope and offset can be calculated for each pixel (1 pixel=0.2 nm) to modify each pixel of the reference absorbance curve, based on the actual addition rate for any constituent in the adhesive composition. The addition rate of each component is a function of this control. The slope and offset for each pixel for each constituent may be calculated using the following Equation 27 (EQU. 27) and Equation 28 (EQU. 28), respectively. 
     
       
         
           
             
               
                 
                   
                       
                   
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       Reference Absorbance  A (λ) @ the current [ c ] for each pixel=((concentration Slope×(Calculated [ c ] from current addition rate of component))+concentration Offset  EQU. 29
 
     In addition to adjusting the reference absorbance curve for temperature and concentration, the reference absorbance curve may also be adjusted to compensate for variations in the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . In other words, in some embodiments, each pixel of the reference absorbance curve may be corrected for changes in the path length caused by variations in the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . As previously described, the light from the light source of the first spectrometer  302  passes into the coating, is reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , and passes back through the coating. Thus the light reflected from the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  makes two passes through the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 . However, the data for the reference absorbance curves were also obtained in this same manner. Therefore, the pixels of the reference absorbance curve may be adjusted to account for the difference between the current thickness of the adhesive coating  130  and the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  used to make the reference absorbance curves. For example, the pixels of the reference absorbance curve may be adjusted for coating thickness according to the following Equation 30 (EQU. 30). 
       Corrected absorbance  A (λ) per pixel for coating thickness=(Reference Absorbance  A (λ) @ the current [ c ] for each pixel)×(Current Coating Thickness/Coating thickness for the reference)  EQU.  30 
 
     This presents us with a perfect representation of what the absorbance curve should look like corrected for temperature, composition of the adhesive, and topography/thickness of the current adhesive coating  130  at that particular point across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., the Yankee surface). The procedure thus far has created a reference absorbance curve for each component only. The individual pixel responses (0.2 nm) of the reference absorbance curves for each of the constituents of the adhesive composition may then be added together to get the cumulative reference curve to be compared to the incoming scan of all of the components in the applied coating mix (i.e., the absorbance curve measured by the first spectrometer  302 ). For example, in some embodiments, the Total Pixel Response per pixel from all constituents of the adhesive composition may be calculated according to the following Equation 31 (EQU. 31). 
       Total Pixel Response per pixel from all components=Contribution from Adhesive component+Contribution from Release component+Contribution from Plasticizer component+Contribution from MAP component+Contribution from ˜etc.  EQU. 31
 
     Adding the reference absorbance curves for each of the constituents of the adhesive composition together produces an actual cumulative reference absorbance curve that reflects ideal conditions at the current temperature of the process and at the appropriate mixture concentrations of each constituent in the adhesive composition. The incoming absorbance curves generated by the first spectrometer  302  may be compared to the cumulative reference absorbance curve and various properties of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined from the differences between the incoming absorbance curves and the cumulative reference absorbance curve. 
     Differences in the magnitudes of one or more of the absorbance peaks of the incoming absorbance curve measured by the first spectrometer  302  compared to the cumulative reference absorbance curve may indicate a difference in the concentration of one or more than one constituent of the adhesive composition. For example, in some embodiments, a difference in the magnitude of the absorbance peak characteristic of the adhesive polymer in the incoming absorbance curve measured by the first spectrometer  302  compared to the cumulative reference absorbance curve may indicate a difference in the concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive composition applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  compared to the expected composition. This may indicate a problem with the adhesive system  112 , the coating system  108 , or another part of the creping process  100 . In some embodiments, the difference in concentration may be transmitted to the control system  120 , which may be operable to adjust one or more operating parameters of the adhesive system  112 , coating system  108 , or creping process  100 . For example, in some embodiments, the control system  120 , in response to receiving a difference in concentration from the coating inspection system  114 , may be operable to instruct the adhesive system  112  to add or subtract amounts of one or more constituents of the adhesive composition in that area. 
     In some embodiments, the concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by measuring an absorbance of light by the adhesive coating  130 , generating an incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating  130  from measurement of the absorbance of light, comparing the incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating  130  to a reference absorbance curve, and determining a difference in concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  from the comparison. In some embodiments, the determining a difference in concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may include identifying a difference in the magnitude of one or more absorbance peaks of the incoming absorbance curve relative to the reference absorbance curve and determining a difference in the concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  from the difference in magnitude of the one or more absorbance peaks. 
     In some embodiments, comparison of the incoming absorbance curve with the cumulative reference absorbance curve may indicate a shift in wavelength of one or more absorbance peaks. A shift in wavelength of one or more absorbance curves may indicate a change in the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 . The resultant shift in wavelength of the absorption peak(s) due to changes in the degree of cross-linking (sharing protons between polymer chains) can result in a shift in the absorbance peak toward lower energy at a higher wavelength as the cross-linking increases. A normal peak for the type of polymer molecule used in an adhesive coating  130  on the creping cylinder  102 , may have an absorbance peak at a wavelength in a range of from 285 nm to 400 nm when in aqueous solution, such as being applied to the creping cylinder  102 . A typical polymer used in the creping process may be dendritic and may have several generations of convergent synthesis to tailor the polymer&#39;s properties to meet the specific application requirements. These are called dendronized polymers. 
     In solution with water, the adhesive polymer exhibits a peak wavelength representative of mostly tighter bound hydrogen atoms (i.e., protons), lower cross-linking (i.e., protons which are not linked to any other carbon atoms other than its parent carbon atom, may have an absorbance peak of 285 nm to 400 nm). This is a result of the bond strengths between the atoms of each of the molecules, at the molecules&#39; current energy state (mostly due to temperature). If the molecule absorbs at a particular wavelength, it is because of its ability to accept energy at this frequency. If the bonds are able to absorb radiant energy at a particular wavelength, they will vibrate/stretch at this frequency reflecting the acceptance (absorbance) of the radiated energy they have absorbed. These energized bonds may then convert this absorbed light energy to heat, vibrating and/or stretching the bonds. These bonds want to lose this absorbed energy to settle back to the state they were in before this energy was absorbed. The absorbance wave length is expected to be toward higher energy at a lower wavelength. However, if the bond is being pulled on by nearby carbon atoms (other than its parent carbon atom), this causes the bond to be stretched slightly. Therefore, even though this increases the strength of the hydrogen bonding (covalent) between different or adjacent carbon atoms in the polymer molecule (higher cross-linking), the bonds have been stretched and the expected absorbance wavelength will be shifted towards lower energy at a higher wavelength. Increasing the cross-linking of the polymer can result in a stronger adhesive coating. An increase or decrease in the degree of cross-linking may only cause a shift in the absorbance peak of a few nanometers at most. This is well within the 0.2 nm resolution of the spectrometer being used for the first spectrometer  302 . 
     The degree of cross-linking can affect the quality of the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 , which may impact the quality of the creped paper  140  produced by the creping process  100 . If the degree of cross-linking is too great, then the adhesive coating  130  may become too brittle, and if the degree of cross-linking is too low, the coating may become too rubber-like. Controlling the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may have a great impact on the quality of the creped paper  140  produced by the creping process  100 . The degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer may be controlled by adding compounds, such as phthalates, which can lessen the cross-linking or controlling the moisture content of the adhesive coating, which may influence the amount of water embedded between the polymer chains and reduce the degree of cross-linking. 
     The degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may impact the quality of the adhesive coating  130 . For example, in some embodiments, if the incoming absorbance band for the adhesive shifts slightly toward higher energy (i.e., decreasing wavelength), the degree of cross linkage between polymer chains of the adhesive polymer may have decreased relative to the ideal conditions represented by the cumulative reference absorbance curve, which may result in coating temper problem. 
     In some embodiments, the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by measuring an absorbance of light by the adhesive coating  130 , generating an incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating  130  from measurement of the absorbance of light, comparing the incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating  130  to a reference absorbance curve, and determining a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  from the comparison. In some embodiments, the determining the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  may include identifying a shift in wavelength of one or more absorbance peaks of the incoming absorbance curve relative to the reference absorbance curve and determining a difference in the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  from the shift in wavelength of the one or more absorbance peaks. 
     Even though the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may be sufficient, the quality of the adhesive coating  130  in that area may not be of proper quality, such as by having too little or too much of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive composition or variances in the degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer. The small differences between the incoming absorbance curve measured by the first spectrometer  302  and the cumulative reference absorbance curve provide data on variances in the composition of the adhesive composition and degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymers, which influence the quality of the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . Evaluating the quality of the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  by measuring the absorbance curve of the adhesive coating  130  and identifying these small differences may enable changes to be made to the creping process  100  to achieve the proper composition and chemical characteristics of the adhesive coating  130  applied to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  in order to prevent excessive blade wear and improve the quality of the coating, which may result in a better quality creped-paper product while reducing costs of the creping process  100 . The resolution of 0.1 inches of the first spectrometer  302  across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  provides an overall picture of the creping process  100  on a microscopic level and may enable control systems and methods to be employed to correct and control the coating process on a molecular/microscopic level. 
     In some embodiments, the first spectrometer  302  may also be used to verify the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  determined by the topography instrument  200 . For example, the thickness of the adhesive coating  130  may be obtained from the incoming absorbance curve measured by the first spectrometer  302  using Beer&#39;s Law (EQU. 22). Rearranging Beer&#39;s Law from EQU. 22 produces the relationship l=A(λ)/(e(λ)·c), where l is the path length, A(λ) is the absorbance measured by the first spectrometer  302 , and c is the concentration of one of the constituents (e.g., adhesive polymer) of the adhesive composition. Thus, the actual coating thickness, obtained from the topography instrument  200 , can be verified directly from the absorbance curve obtained from the first spectrometer  302 . 
     In addition to measuring the concentration and degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130 , the coating inspection system  114  may be operable to measure the moisture content and ash content of the adhesive coating  130 , which may provide additional information for assessing the quality of the adhesive coating  130 . The water content and ash content of the adhesive coating  130  may be measured using the second spectrometer  304  of the coating inspection system  114 . As previously described, in some embodiments, the second spectrometer  304  may be a near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer that may be operable to detect and measure the amount of moisture (i.e., water) in the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the second spectrometer  304  may have a wavelength range of from 1000 nm to 2500 nm. The second spectrometer  304  may be operable to measure the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  in real time. As part of the coating inspection system  114 , the second spectrometer  304  may be driven back and forth across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  to measure the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  across the entire outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     Determining the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  provides further indications of the quality of the adhesive coating  130 . For example, the adhesive coating  130  may become too hard if the moisture content is insufficient. The continuous introduction of paper fiber and ash from the creping process will also affect the ability of the adhesive coating  130  to maintain sufficient moisture content. Additionally, the temper of the adhesive coating  130  may be important to the creping process and may be influenced by the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130 . For example, if the adhesive coating  130  has too little moisture, the adhesive coating  130  may become too hard, which may cause excessive wear on the creping blades. Additionally, insufficient moisture content may influence the tackiness of the adhesive coating  130  so that the adhesive coating  130  may not provide the proper tackiness at the roll-nip for adhesion of the paper. Further, insufficient moisture content may cause the adhesive coating  130  to lose its durability, become brittle, and possibly exhibit cracking. If the moisture content is excessive (i.e., too much water), the adhesive coating  130  may become like jelly and may not adhere to the paper at the roll-nip. Additionally, excessive moisture content may cause the adhesive coating  130  to lose its effectiveness in protecting the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee cylinder) from damage caused by the creping blade. Failure to maintain control of the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  within a target range will thus diminish the overall creping quality. Determining the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  and maintaining the moisture content within an acceptable range may ensure that an adhesive coating  130  exhibitting good temper and durability is produced on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     Water has strong light absorbance bands centered at wavelengths of about 1450 nm, about 1940 nm, and about 2500 nm, with important secondary absorbance bands centered at wavelengths of about 980 nm and about 1240 nm (Carter, 1991).  FIG. 14  provides an absorption curve for water in the wavelength range of from 1000 nm to 1500 nm. Absorbance of water follows the formula; a*v1+v2+b*v3 where a+b=1. Specifically, v1 is symmetrical stretch of the H—O—H water molecule bonding distance of the hydrogen atoms from the Oxygen atom at its center. The v2 is a measure of a changing bond angle from the normal 104.4 degrees at 20° C. Finally, v3 is the asymmetrical stretch where the Hydrogen atoms are in stretch mode but one Hydrogen atom is stretching toward the Oxygen atom and the other away from it. There are many absorbance bands for liquid water and they all absorb in a similar manner. 
     Operation of the second spectrometer  304  to measure the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  may be similar to the method of measuring the content of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating  130  using the first spectrometer  302 . For example, the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined from comparing an incoming absorbance curve produced by the second spectrometer  304  against one or more reference absorbance curves. Comparing the incoming absorbance curves against the reference absorbance curve may include determining a difference in the magnitude of one or more absorbance peaks of the incoming absorbance curve against the corresponding peaks on the reference absorbance curve. The absorbance peaks compared may include one or more absorbance peaks corresponding to the absorbance bands of water (i.e., primary absorbance bands centered at wavelengths 1450 nm, 1940 nm, and 2500 nm, or secondary absorbance bands centered at wavelengths of 980 nm and 1240 nm, as previously described). In some embodiments, the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  may be determined by comparing the magnitude of an absorbance peak in a range of from 1920 nm to 1950 nm of the incoming absorbance curve to the magnitude of a corresponding absorbance peak of the reference absorbance curve. In some embodiments, the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  may be calculated from the moisture content represented by the reference absorbance curve and a difference in the magnitude of the absorbance peak(s) of the incoming absorbance curve to the reference absorbance curve. 
     The reference absorbance curves for moisture content for the second spectrometer  304  may be generated by a process similar to the process described for generating the reference curves for the constituents of the adhesive composition using the first spectrometer  302 . For example, absorbance curves for two adhesive coatings  130  having different known moisture contents may be generated using the second spectrometer  304 . These two reference absorbance curves may be used to model the pixel response for each of the pixels of the second spectrometer  304 . In some embodiments, the reference absorbance curves of the second spectrometer  304  may be corrected for temperature, composition of the adhesive coating  130 , thickness of the adhesive coating  130 , or other parameter, or combination of parameters similar to the adjustments described previously in relation to operation of the first spectrometer  302 . 
     In some embodiments, the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  may be adjusted in response to the moisture content determined by the second spectrometer  304 . For example, in some embodiments, in response to the moisture content determining using the second spectrometer  304 , the control system  120  ( FIG. 1 ) may adjust the moisture content of the adhesive coating  130  by adjusting the amount of one or more constituents of the adhesive composition, introducing the use of plasticizers into the adhesive composition, and/or operating a driven auxiliary spray wand (e.g., repair wand  110 ) to fix defective areas, thereby repairing defective areas and maintaining the overall quality of the coating temper. 
     The second spectrometer  304  of the coating inspection system  114  may also be operable to measure the ash content of the adhesive coating  130 . Operation of the second spectrometer  304  to measure the ash content of the adhesive coating  130  may be similar to the process of determining the concentration of one or more constituents of the adhesive composition using the first spectrometer  302 . For example, the second spectrometer  304  may be initially used to generate at least two absorbance curves for two adhesive coatings  130  having a known ash content. The two absorbance curves may then be used to generate one or a plurality or reference absorbance curves for the ash content of the adhesive coating  130 , as previously described in detail in relation to the cumulative reference curve generated using the second spectrometer  304 . In some embodiments, the reference absorbance curves for the ash content may also be adjust for temperature, thickness of the adhesive coating  130 , and/or concentration of one or more constituents of the adhesive composition. 
     The presence of ash in the adhesive coating  130  may influence the temper of the adhesive coating  130  as previously described in this disclosure. Thus, in some embodiments, the control system may be operable to adjust the composition of the adhesive composition in response to the measurement of the ash content of the adhesive coating  130  using the second spectrometer  304 . Additionally, the ash content may influence the absorbance of the dual wavelength beam of the topography instrument  200  measured by the detector system  204  of the topography instrument  200 . For example, not intending to be bound by theory, ash in the adhesive coating  130  may reflect or absorb portions of the dual wavelength beam of the topography instrument  200 , which may reduce the absorbance of the dual wavelength beam detected by the detector system  204  of the topography instrument  200 . Therefore, in some embodiments, the ash content of the adhesive coating  130  measured by the second spectrometer  304  may be used to correct the final intensity of the dual wavelength beam measured by the beam intensity detectors of the detector system  204  of the topography instrument  200 . For example, in some embodiments, the topography instrument  200  may be operable to receive the ash content for a data cell from the second spectrometer  304  and adjust the thickness measurement for the data cell based on the ash content of the adhesive coating  130  in the area of the data cell. 
     In some embodiments, a method for determining the quality of the adhesive coating on the outer surface of the creping cylinder in a process for creping paper may include measuring at least one of a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, a concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a water content of the adhesive coating, an ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations of thereof. The method for determining the quality of the adhesive coating may include determining a thickness of the adhesive coating. The thickness of the adhesive coating may be determined by directing a beam of light through the adhesive coating at an angle, measuring an initial intensity of the beam, measuring a final intensity of the at least a portion of the beam reflected and passed back through the adhesive coating, determining an absorbance of the beam of light by the adhesive coating from a difference between the initial intensity and the final intensity of the beam, and calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating from the absorbance by the adhesive coating. At least a portion of the beam reflects from the surface of the creping cylinder and passes back through the adhesive coating; 
     In some embodiments, a method for creping paper may include applying an adhesive composition to an outer surface of a creping cylinder to form an adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, the adhesive composition comprising an adhesive polymer and water. The method may further include contacting a continuous paper sheet with the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, removing or separating the continuous paper sheet and at least a portion of the adhesive coating from the outer surface of the creping cylinder, and determining a quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder may include measuring at least one of a degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer, a concentration of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, a water content of the adhesive coating, an ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations of thereof; and determining a thickness of the adhesive coating. In some embodiments, determining the thickness of the adhesive coating may include directing a beam of light through the adhesive coating at an angle, wherein at least a portion of the beam reflects from the surface of the creping cylinder and passes back through the adhesive coating; measuring an initial intensity of the beam; measuring a final intensity of the at least a portion of the beam reflected and passed back through the adhesive coating; determining an absorbance of the beam of light by the adhesive coating from a difference between the initial intensity and the final intensity of the beam; and calculating the thickness of the adhesive coating from the absorbance by the adhesive coating. Determining the quality of the adhesive coating may be performed prior to contacting the continuous paper sheet with the adhesive coating. 
     In some embodiments, the method for creping paper may further include adjusting the adhesive composition or application of the adhesive composition to the outer surface of the creping cylinder based on the quality of the adhesive coating. For example, in some embodiments, the method for creping paper may include sending a control signal to the adhesive system to change the composition of the adhesive composition based on the quality of the adhesive coating determined by the coating inspection system. Alternatively or additionally, in some embodiments, the method for creping paper may include transmitting a control signal to the coating system or repair wand to adjust the application rate of the adhesive composition to the outer surface of the creping cylinder in one or more regions of the creping cylinder. In some embodiments, the repair wand may be used to introduce a material to the adhesive coating in a targeted area in response to the quality determined in that area. For example, the repair wand may be used to introduce moisture or adhesive composition to the adhesive coating in the area to modify the moisture content or the thickness of the coating, respectively. 
     In some embodiments, determining the quality of the adhesive coating may include determining the adhesive polymer content of the adhesive coating. Determining the adhesive polymer content may include measuring an incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating using a spectrometer and comparing the incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating to a reference absorbance curve. The adhesive polymer content may be proportional to a magnitude of one or more absorbance peaks of the incoming absorbance curve relative to corresponding peaks of the reference absorbance curve. The reference absorbance curve may be adjusted for a temperature of the adhesive coating, a composition of the adhesive composition prior to applying the adhesive composition to the creping cylinder, the thickness of the adhesive coating, or combinations thereof. 
     In some embodiments, determining the quality of the adhesive composition may include determining a degree of cross-linking of the polymer in the adhesive coating. Determining the degree of cross-linking of the polymer in the adhesive coating may include measuring an incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating using a spectrometer and comparing the incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating to a reference absorbance curve. The degree of cross-linking of the polymer in the adhesive coating may be proportional to a shift in the average wavelength of one or more peaks of the incoming absorbance curve relative to corresponding peaks of the reference absorbance curve. 
     In some embodiments, determining the quality of the adhesive composition may include determining the water content of the adhesive coating. In some embodiments, determining the water content of the adhesive coating may include measuring an incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating using a near-infrared spectrometer and comparing the incoming absorbance curve of the adhesive coating to a reference absorbance curve. In some embodiments, the moisture content of the adhesive coating may be proportional to a magnitude of one or more absorbance peaks of the incoming absorbance curve relative to corresponding peaks of the reference absorbance curve. 
     In some embodiments, the information on the quality of the adhesive coating  130  obtained from the methods described herein using the coating inspection system  114  may be used to correct blade wear and create and maintain a quality coating, which will yield a higher quality crepe paper product. Additionally, in some embodiments, the information on the quality of the adhesive coating  130  as measured by the coating inspection system  114  and the methods disclosed herein may reduce chemical and operating cost by applying the adhesive coating (i.e, the chemical coating mix) in a more efficient and meaningful manner based on actual real time analysis of the quality of the adhesive coating  130 . In some embodiments, the data on the quality of the adhesive coating  130  collected from the coating inspection system  114  may be used by the control system to adjust the adhesive composition to maintain the best adhesive coating  130  for the product being made under the current operating conditions. Individual control of the release agent, adhesive polymer, MAP, and plasticizers may be implemented by adjusting addition rates of each addition pump of the adhesive system  112  ( FIG. 1 ). For example, in some embodiments, if the thickness of the adhesive coating  130 , as measured using the topography instrument  200 , is found to be too thin, the control system  120  may be operable to increase the speed of the addition pump for the adhesive composition, which will increase the amount of the adhesive composition applied to the Yankee dryer surface by the coating system  108  ( FIG. 1 ). In some embodiments, the speed of the adhesive pump may be adjusted to maintain a proper thickness and maintain the proper coating temper. In some embodiments, if the coating moisture content, as measured by the second spectrometer  304  of the coating inspection system  114 , is insufficient and the coating is becoming too hard, a plasticizer component addition rate for the adhesive system  112  may be automatically increased to add more plasticizer to the adhesive composition. In some embodiments, each additive component addition rate of the adhesive system  112  may be adjusted independently to correct deficiencies in the adhesive coating  130  over the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee dryer surface). In some embodiments, adjustment of the adhesive composition by the adhesive system  112  or the addition rate of the adhesive composition to the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  may be performed in response to the evaluation of the quality of the adhesive coating  130  as determined by the coating inspection system  114  as the coating inspection system  114  is moved laterally back and forth across the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . 
     In some embodiments, problem areas of the adhesive coating on the outer surface of the creping cylinder (i.e., Yankee dryer surface) that are not typical of the overall condition of the adhesive coating may be repaired by implementing a single component addition wand (i.e., repair wand  110  in  FIG. 3 ). The repair wand  110  may employ a proportional valve to vary the level of an addition component in an area of the adhesive coating  130  that needs repair. The repair wand  110  may be driven back and forth to these troubled areas where a more concentrated solution of adhesive or release component can be sprayed onto those areas building up and repairing these areas as needed. The repair quality may be evaluated as the scanning of this multiple instrument array passes back over those areas in successive scans. The operator may be shown graphically where these areas are being automatically repaired by this machine. For example, in some embodiments, the control system may be configured to display a graphical indication of the location of the trouble areas of the adhesive coating on the operator control station  124  ( FIG. 1 ). The position of the coating inspection system  114  (i.e., scanning instrument array), the current position of any repair wands  110 , all component addition rates, and a complete overall graphical depiction of the current state of the coating process at a resolution of 0.1 inches, may be shown graphically on monitors at the remote operators control station  124 . 
     All process temperatures, component addition flow rates, component tank levels, process conditions for the applied coating across the Yankee dryer surface, may also be shown graphically on the remote operators control station  124 . The control system  120  may also include audio alarms that may be sounded to indicate any parameter that is out of limits. In some embodiments, these alarms may be date and time stamped and then saved to permanent record on the system hard drive (i.e., memory module). All items requiring maintenance may be presented to the operator so that these issues can be resolved. 
     The methods disclosed herein for determining the quality of the adhesive coating on the creping cylinder or for creping paper may be embodied in machine readable instructions stored on one or more memory modules of the control system. The machine readable instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the control system, may cause the coating inspection system to determine a quality of the adhesive coating by any of the methods disclosed herein. The machine readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors of the control system, may also cause the control system to transmit control signals to one or more components of the paper creping system (e.g., adhesive system, coating system, creping blade, etc.) to adjust one or more parameters of the creping process in response to the determined quality of the adhesive coating. 
     In one aspect of the present disclosure, a system for applying an adhesive coating to a creping cylinder may include an adhesive system operable to prepare an adhesive composition, an adhesive applicator operable to apply the adhesive composition to an outer surface of a creping cylinder to form an adhesive coating on the creping cylinder, a coating inspection system comprising a topography instrument and at least one spectrometer, and a control system communicatively coupled to the adhesive system, the adhesive applicator, and the coating inspection system, the control system comprising at least one processor, at least one memory module, and machine readable instructions stored on the at least one memory module. The machine readable instructions, when executed by the process, may cause the system to determine one or more than one of a thickness, a topography, and a rheology of the adhesive coating using the topography instrument, adjust application of the adhesive coating to the outer surface of the creping cylinder in response to the thickness, topography, rheology, or combinations of these, determine at least one property of the adhesive coating using the at least one spectrometer. The at least one property includes a concentration of adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, concentration of water in the adhesive coating, ash content of the adhesive coating, or combinations of these. The machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor may further include adjusting one or more operating parameters of the adhesive system, the adhesive applicator or both in response to the at least one property of the adhesive coating. In some embodiments, the machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the system to determine the determine the thickness, topography, or rheology of the adhesive coating using the topography instrument according to any of the method steps previously discussed herein. In some embodiments, the machine readable instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the system to determine the a concentration of adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, degree of cross-linking of the adhesive polymer in the adhesive coating, concentration of water in the adhesive coating, ash content of the adhesive coating, concentrations of other constituents in the adhesive coating, or combinations of these using the at least one spectrometer according to any of the method steps previously discussed herein. 
     A Further Description of Implementing Sensors in Order to Monitor the Creping Process 
     Referring to  FIGS. 19-23 , a holder houses the creping blade  106 , which is a type of doctoring blade, and applies pressure, at some critical angle, to the blade edge against the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee dryer cylinder). The pressure and angle of the creping blade  106  against the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee Dryer) is critical and is adjustable at determined points across the length of the blade. As these blades wear, their effect on the adhesive coating  130  and the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., polymer coated Yankee dryer surface) and the creping blade&#39;s ability to affect the proper folding of the tissue as it hits the edge of this Creping blade diminishes. Therefore, it becomes necessary to monitor this part of the tissue process. It is also important to monitor the effects of the creping process along the entire length of the creping blade  106  by implementing a plurality of sensor blocks  800  every few inches. Referring to  FIG. 24 , a creping blade  106  is shown having a plurality of sensor blocks  800  positioned along the creping blade  106 . Referring to  FIG. 19 , each sensor block may include a blade pressure sensor  802 , a temperature sensor, and a vibration sensor  804  as well as a transmitter to transmit the sensor data back to a receiving unit. This sensor block data may be encoded by an addressable serial number, for each block. This serial number tells the receiving unit which block is transmitting as well as the position of that sensor block along the blade. The individual sensors are described further on in this document. The important aspect here is to describe the importance of having multiple sensor blocks along the entire blade. For instance, if the blade were to bite through the protective coating 5 feet downstream of a temperature sensor, the heat transfer through the blade to a distant heat sensor would never occur, and never be detected. The distance between the defective area, where the blade  106  is rubbing against the metal of the creping cylinder (i.e., Yankee dryer surface), and the temperature sensor is too great, the blade  106  between these two points is being cooled by departing this energy against the normally coated and protected area of the creping cylinder  102 . The heat transfer between the two critical points, between the problem area and the temperature sensor, would never occur because the blade section between these two points is being cooled. Therefore, applying sensors every few inches is required as the process conditions vary, inch to inch, along the entire outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  (i.e., Yankee dryer surface). The same scenario holds true for blade pressures as well as vibrational frequencies, hence, the need to have multiple sensor blocks across the creping blade is an important part of this disclosure. The technology for each type of sensor contained within a sensor block will be described later in this disclosure. 
     A measurement of the folding process (as the tissue hits the creping blade  106 ) is normally expressed in folds per inch. As the proper number of folds per inch (FPI) increases beyond a desired target FPI, the tissue may become weak, losing its strength properties, diminishing inter-fiber bonding to a level that is unacceptable. Conversely, if the FPI decreases, the pliability of the tissue may diminish causing the product to be not as soft as would be desired. Maintaining the desired equilibrium may therefore maintain the strength and softness of the tissue. Being able to measure the FPI every few inches across the creping blade  106  may enable the FPI to be maintained in equilibrium to maintain the strength and softness of the tissue (i.e., creped paper  140 ). Since the tissue paper (i.e., creped paper  140 ) is traveling at speeds of around 1232 inches per second, or at about 70 miles an hour, when it encounters the creping blade edge, the energy departed onto the creping blade edge may be substantial. This is evident in how quickly the edges of the creping blade  106  wear even though the edges may be made of hardened metal alloy tips. When conditions are just right for this process, it is said that the tissue will “explode” at the creping blade  106 . Under this principle, the creping process will carry this vibrational (explosion rate) energy from the tip of the creping blade  106  to its absorbing point, which is the holder. During this process, the plane (width) of the creping blade  106  may oscillate as the energy waves, via the creping process, move through it. These energy waves may be at a frequency which equals this explosion frequency or a harmonic there of. In other words, the creping blade  106  may act as a speaker broadcasting sounds correlating to the folds per inch of the creping process. The creping blade  106  may also produce vibration frequencies not directly associated with the FPI. Installing a piezoelectric microphone device, or a Hall Effect sensor, or an accelerometer sensor near, or in close contact, along the oscillating plane of the blade  106  may enable one to measure these frequencies. Implementing a dual twin T notch type of filtering on the raw analog signals (removes unwanted frequencies, which will simplify the equations) and further applying Fast Fourier Transforms on the measures of data received may enable the derivation of the FPI (Folds/Inch) of the tissue creping process. 
     As the blades increase in wear, a noticeable temperature change will occur due to the corresponding changes in friction experienced by the blade. Placing temperature detectors along the length of the blade planes may provide an indication of the amount of wear as temperature differentials move across the blade plane. These will be reported by the individual sensor blocks. In addition, if the creping blade  106  cuts through the adhesive coating  130  on the creping cylinder  102 , the temperature rise at any sensor location will be quickly dramatic, indicating the need for the immediate attention of the operator in that sensor block location. This will emanate as an audio alarm and an appropriate text message and graphic display for the operator. 
     The force of the blade assembly across the entire width W of the creping cylinder (i.e., Yankee Dryer) may be monitored with multiple sensor blocks. If the force exerted on the creping blade is not correct at a particular location, or if a hot spot develops during production, damage to the adhesive coating  130  and/or the creping cylinder  102  in that area may occur. The force exerted on the creping blade  106  and the blade assembly (holder) will cause a deflection on the blade plane over its width. Changes on this pressure during the process will occur as the blades  106  wear but also could arise for other reasons as well. For instance, if a wet spot is encountered in the tissue web. This condition will soften the adhesive coating  130  slightly thereby decreasing the blade force slightly in those sensor block areas. The location of these defects will be graphically displayed as senor block locations which are in alarm state or out of running specifications. Many conditions can change this force in production, for instance, the creping cylinder  102  may have an out of roundness within specifications. The out of roundness may cause a rhythmic oscillation in blade pressure detected as the creping cylinder  102  rotates. However, for the purposes of the present disclosure, it is sufficient to say that changes may occur and that those changes may need to be monitored along the entire length of the creping blade  102  through the use of multiple sensor blocks. 
     Referring to  FIG. 19 , the blade pressure sensor  802  of the sensor block  800  may include aa Hall Effect sensor, which may be operable to measure the pressure on the creping blade  106  by measuring the Hall Effect. The Hall Effect Method takes advantage of a changing blade deflection. This causes the blade assembly to become closer, or farther away, from the fixed magnets. As this happens, a measurable disturbance should occur in the magnetic flux generated by the magnets as received on the Hall Effect Sensor. The sensor is designed to read changes in magnetic flux. 
     Referring to  FIG. 20 , in some embodiments, the blade pressure sensor  802  may include a a Capacitive Load Cell sensor. The Capacitive Load Cell sensor works by passing a proportional amount of the square wave charging the outside plates to the center plate. If the outer plates are charged with a square wave at approximately 500 kHz to 1 MHz, and where these square waves are simply out of phase or phase shifted by 90 degrees from each other, then at zero deflection of the inner plate, the resulting signal output on the middle plate should be 45 degrees phase shifted position between the upper and lower plates. As the middle plate deflects toward the upper plate due to load, the phase shift of the middle plate will shift toward that of the phase of the upper plate. If the deflection is negative, the phase shift on the middle plate will shift in the direction of the lower plate. 
     Referring to  FIG. 21 , in some embodiments, the blade pressure sensor  802  may include a Load Cell sensor. The use of Load Cells is a very accurate way to measure the deflection and forces on the creping blade  106  directly. The load cells work by measuring force by deflecting a strain gauge printed on a metal form. 
     Referring to  FIG. 22 , in some embodiments, the blade pressure sensor  802  may include a Capacitive Plate sensor. The Capacitive Plate method uses the property where two plates will transfer a charge based on the dielectric constant and the distance between two plates. Since the dielectric constant is equal to 1 for air, the distance between the Creping Blade and the charging plate is a direct function of the degree of deflection between the charging plate and the creping blade  106 . Operation of the capacitive plate sensor system may vary with changes in temperature so a temperature correction mechanism may be used to compensate for temperature. Also, since the air in a paper mill is extremely humid, and considering that the dielectric constant of water is 80.1 (at 20° C.) compared to that of air which is 1, compensation for the humidity of the water vapor between the creping blade  106  and the charging plate may be required as well. 
     Referring to  FIG. 23 , in some embodiments, the blade pressure sensor  802  may include a LED Sensor. The LED intensity method is also very feasible. The LED sensor works by sending out a quantum energy of light, which bounces off of the creping blade surface and is then received by the photo diode receiver. As the force on the creping blade  106  causes deflection, the distance between the creping blade  106  and the emitter-receiver pair changes. This will present a measurable change in signal, which is proportional, but not linear, to the deflection. 
     As is now apparent, there are several ways this can be monitored. A Hall Effect sensor, to measure changes in magnetic field, could be used. Creating a magnetic field above and below the Blades assembly will initiate measurable disturbances in that field as blade deflection occurs. This assumes an iron component to the metallurgy of the blades. 
     Load cells could be installed which, as deflection occurs, will cause a proportional force to be applied on the load cell device. Placing load cells every few inches along the blade planes should give accurate description of the blade pressures at any point. 
     Capacitive change type of detection can be used which works on the principle of changing the distance of the gap between two or more plates will change the microfarad value. If the creping blade  106  acts as one plate while another plate mounted above the blade  106  acts as a charged reference, and as the blade  106  deflects due to a changing pressure, the capacitor value of these plates will change proportionally, but not linear. This change can be measured and amplified. 
     Finally, a changing light intensity can be employed, which will measure the changing distance between the creping blade  106  and the emitter-receiver pair. This changing distance is proportional to the force on the blade assembly. This change in signal is also not linear. 
     In some embodiments, a system for creping paper may include the creping cylinder  102  and the creping blade assembly operable to position the creping edge of the creping blade  106  proximate the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102 . The creping blade assembly may include a sensor block  800  comprising a blade pressure sensor  802  operable to measure a pressure exerted on the creping blade  106  by the adhesive coating on the outer surface  104  of the creping cylinder  102  and a vibration sensor  804  operable to measure vibrations in the creping blade  106 . In some embodiments, the sensor block  800  may include a temperature sensor. In some embodiments, the blade pressure sensor  802  may include at least one of a Hall effect sensor, a capacitive load cell sensor, a load cell sensor, a capacitive plate sensor, or an LED sensor. 
     Roll Up Inspection Station 
     Referring to  FIG. 25 , a roll up inspection station  144  comprising a moisture detecting spectrometer  904  is depicted. This station will consist of an x axis linear ball guide  906  to transverse a moisture detecting spectrometer  904  as descried earlier and an IR temperature sensor  902  across the web to record the final product moisture and the temperature as the product is being rolled up. Both of these devices have been described earlier in the Yankee dryer instrument array and are of the same type. They are both used in the same mode as described previously. This station includes an encoder to keep track of the linear feet contained in each roll. As the rolls are ended and a new roll is started quality reports, as well as a moisture profile of that roll, will be stored permanently on the system hard drive with a date and time stamp as well as a identifying number so that these permanent records will be available per each roll at any time thereafter. A printable version can be printed if desired by the customer. 
     In evaluating the residual Coating for Thickness, Topography, its Rheology, its Moisture content and chemical properties, then correlating this data to linear movement across the Yankee Dryer surface, we will be able to develop a complete profile of the Yankee Dryer Coated surface in real time. Minute changes in the coating Absorbance Response, Topography, Temperature, Rheology, and Moisture content as well as Chemical property changes, will be reflective of the quality of the residual coating and to the quality of the tissue being made. It will enable us to vary the original recipe component concentrations in order to effect quality enhancements in the manufacturing of the tissue product in real time, while dynamically maintaining the desired quality of the coating as well. By passing a plurality of Instruments in a Scanning Array back and forth along the Yankee Dryer surface, we will be able to develop an applied coating profile. This Profile will pin point problems in manufacturing process such as correcting deficient areas of Coating by adjusting the recipe, changing flow rates, sending out a repair wand to fix an area and warning the operator of problems elsewhere in the process that could affect quality or downtime. An example of the latter would be a wet spot cause by a vacuum problem on the felt or a dry spot caused by insufficient fiber content in the stock being fed at a location in the head box as well as a multitude of other process problems. In any case, correcting the issues mentioned will lead to better overall quality, decreased down time, an increase in profits, and a propensity toward longer Blade life. 
     Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the subject matter of this disclosure belongs. The terminology used in the description herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the specification and appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. 
     Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients, properties such as molecular weight, reaction conditions, and so forth as used in the specification and claims are to be understood as being modified in all instances by the term “about.” Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, the numerical properties set forth in the specification and claims are approximations that may vary depending on the desired properties sought to be obtained in embodiments of the present disclosure. Notwithstanding that the numerical ranges and parameters setting forth the broad scope of the disclosure are approximations, the numerical values set forth in the specific examples are reported as precisely as possible. One of ordinary skill in the art will understand that any numerical values inherently contain certain errors attributable to the measurement techniques used to ascertain the values. 
     Having described the disclosure in detail and by reference to specific embodiments thereof, it will be apparent that modifications and variations are possible without departing from the scope of the disclosure defined in the appended claims. More specifically, although some aspects of the present disclosure are identified herein as preferred or particularly advantageous, it is contemplated that the present disclosure is not necessarily limited to these preferred aspects of the disclosure.