CPC D21F 1/26 (2013.01) [D21F 1/486 (2013.01); D21F 1/56 (2013.01); D21F 1/80 (2013.01); D21G 9/0027 (2013.01); D21F 11/00 (2013.01); D21G 9/0009 (2013.01); G01N 33/346 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
a. monitoring one or more regions of a paper machine to obtain current activity of stock within the one or more regions with one or more sensors, wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more cameras and the current activity comprises turbulence of the stock within the one or more regions; and
b. comparing the current activity of the stock to a reference activity respectively to determine a difference between the current activity of the one or more regions and the reference activity; and
wherein the method includes a step of predicting formation of paper from the paper machine based upon the current activity thereof to generate a predicted formation; and
wherein the one or more regions comprise a first region that spans between a head box and an activity line.
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