Sheet manufacturing apparatus and sheet manufacturing method
There is provided a sheet manufacturing apparatus including: an accumulation section that accumulates a material containing fibers by an air flow to form a web; a transport section that transports the web in a first direction; a humidification section that humidifies the web; and a pressurization section that pressurizes the web humidified by the humidification section and compresses the web into a sheet shape, in which the humidification section includes an intake port that takes in air, a tank that stores water, a mist generation section that generates mist from the water, and an exhaust port that exhausts the mist and the air toward the web, and a position of the exhaust port is shifted in the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a position of the tank.
1 . A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprising:
an accumulation section that accumulates a material containing fibers by an air flow to form a web;
a transport section that transports the web in a first direction;
a humidification section that humidifies the web; and
a pressurization section that pressurizes the web humidified by the humidification section and compresses the web into a sheet shape, wherein
the humidification section includes
an intake port that takes in air,
a tank that stores water,
a mist generation section that generates mist from the water, and
an exhaust port that exhausts the mist and the air toward the web, and
a position of the exhaust port is shifted in the first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction with respect to a position of the tank.
2 . The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the humidification section has a duct which is provided between the tank and the exhaust port and through which the mist and the air pass.
3 . The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the duct includes
a first duct provided above the tank and extending in the first direction or the second direction, and
a second duct provided between the first duct and the exhaust port and extending in a third direction intersecting the first direction or the second direction.
4 . The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a tray positioned below the second duct.
5 . The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the first direction and the second direction are horizontal directions, and the third direction is a vertical direction.
6 . The sheet manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the humidification section is positioned below the transport section, and
the exhaust port is provided at a position facing the transport section from below.