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Title:
TISSUE PRODUCTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/072673
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are tissue webs, and products produced therefrom, that are generally durable, flexible and have improved machine direction (MD) properties, such as MD tensile energy absorption (MD TEA), MD stretch and MD modulus. The inventive tissue products generally comprise one or more tissue plies that has been prepared by through-air drying and more preferably by through-air drying without creping. Moreover, the products may be produced using a transfer fabric positioned between the forming fabric and the through-air drying fabric where the transfer fabric imparts the nascent web with a high degree of cross-machine direction strain particularly when the partially dewatered web is transferred at high rush transferred rates and with the aid of vacuum.

Inventors:
WERNER IV JOHN A (US)
VOGT KEVIN J (US)
SATORI CHRISTOPHER L (US)
SINA DANELLE M (US)
KLEUSKENS SARAH A (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2023/033225
Publication Date:
April 04, 2024
Filing Date:
September 20, 2023
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
KIMBERLY CLARK CO (US)
International Classes:
A47K10/16; B31F1/10; D21F11/14; D21H27/02; D21H27/40
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SULLIVAN, Michael J. et al. (US)
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Claims:
WHAT IS CLAIMED IS: 1. A method of manufacturing a tissue web comprising the steps of: a. dispersing papermaking fibers in water to form an aqueous suspension of fibers; b. depositing the aqueous suspension of fibers on a forming fabric to form a wet tissue web; c. partially dewatering the wet tissue web; d. rush transferring the partially dewatered tissue web to a transfer fabric at a rate of about least about 35%, wherein the transfer fabric has a CD strain from about 15 to about 19 percent; e. transferring the molded tissue web to a through-air drying fabric; and f. conveying the tissue web over a dryer while supported by the through-air drying fabric to dry the tissue web to a consistency of at least about 95 percent. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the transfer fabric comprises a plurality of substantially parallel and continuous machine direction oriented protuberances that define a plurality of valleys therebetween, the valleys having a valley depth and a valley width. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein the valley depth ranges from about 0.50 to about 0.70 mm. 4. The method of claim 2 wherein the valley width ranges from about 1.5 to about 3.5 mm. 5. The method of claim 2 wherein the plurality of protuberances are substantially linear and equally spaced apart from one another. 6. The method of claim 2 wherein the plurality of protuberances have a wave-like shape. 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the protuberances are skewed at an angle from about 1 to about 2 degrees relative to the machine direction axis. 8. The method of claim 6 wherein the protuberances have a wavelength from about 4 to about 8 mm. 9. The method of claim 2 wherein the protuberances have an upper surface, and the upper surface is substantially smooth. 10. The method of claim 2 wherein the valleys have a valley surface, and the valley surface is substantially smooth and comprises a plurality of pores.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the through-air drying fabric is traveling at a first rate of speed and the transfer fabric is traveling at a second rate of speed and wherein there is some non-zero difference between the first and second rates of speed. 12. The method of claim 1 wherein step (e) transferring the molded tissue web to a through- air drying fabric is carried out with the assistance of a vacuum. 13. The method of claim 1 wherein the aqueous suspension of fibers is deposited on the forming fabric such that it forms first and second outer layers and a middle layer. 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the first outer layer comprises from about 25 to about 35 weight percent of the web, the middle layer comprises from about 30 to about 50 weight percent of the web and the second outer layer comprises from about 25 to about 35 weight percent of the web. 15. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of (g) calendaring the dried tissue web and (h) spirally winding the calendared tissue web around a core to produce a spirally wound single- ply tissue product having a basis weight of at least about 40 gsm, a Stiffness Index of about 5.0 or less, and MD Stretch of at least about 22%. 16. The method of claim 15 wherein the spirally wound single-ply tissue product has a GMT from about 900 to about 1,200 g/3”. 17. A rolled tissue product comprising a tissue web spirally wound about a core, the web having a geometric mean tensile from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”, Stiffness Index less than about 6.0 and GM Stretch greater than about 14.0%. 18. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web comprises a first and second ply and a plurality of embossments disposed on the first or the second ply, the web having GM TEA of at least about 12.0 g•cm/cm2. 19. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web has a MD TEA of about 20.0 g•cm/cm2 or greater. 20. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web has a GM TEA greater than about 10 g•cm/cm2. 21. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web has a GM Slope of about 6.00 kg or less. 22. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web has a MD Stretch of about 20% or greater.

23. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web has a TEA Index greater than about 14.0. 24. The product of claim 17 wherein the tissue web has a basis weight of at least about 42.0 grams per square meter (gsm) and a sheet bulk greater than about 10.0 cubic centimeters per gram (cc/g).

Description:
TISSUE PRODUCTS BACKGROUND Generally, papermakers, particularly manufacturers of low basis weight tissue products, have attempted to improve product softness and durability by altering certain machine and cross-machine direction properties such as tensile strength, stretch and modulus. Of particular interest are cross- machine direction (CD) properties, such as CD tensile energy absorption (CD TEA), CD stretch and CD modulus, because tissue products are typically weakest in the cross-machine direction and most in-use failures occur in this direction. For example, U.S. Patent No.7,972,474 to Underhill sought to improve CD properties by manufacturing tissue products using a through-air drying process in which the transfer fabric and the through-air drying fabric were both textured fabrics having a substantially uniform high strain distribution in the cross-machine direction. The resulting tissue products, while having improved cross-machine direction properties such as low modulus and relatively high stretch, were relatively weak in the cross-machine direction, such as CD tensile strengths less than about 600 g/3”. In other instances, tissue makers have altered manufacturing processes to produce products having low degrees of CD modulus. While a low modulus may reduce the perception of the tissue as being stiff, at some point a low CD modulus may be interpreted as indicative of a weak or “flimsy” tissue. This is particularly true when low CD modulus is accompanied by a relatively low CD tensile strength, such as less than about 600 g/3”. Thus, in certain instances tissue makers have attempted to increase CD modulus at a given tensile strength. For example, U.S. Patent No.7,300,543 to Mullally utilized papermaking fabrics with deep discontinuous pockets in an uncreped through-air dried tissue process to produce tissue products having the desired CD slope values. Similarly, U.S. Patent No.8,500,955 to Hermans attempted to improve CD slope at a given CD tensile strength by rewetting the dried tissue web, pressing the rewetted web, and then drying the web for a second time. While tissue makers have been able to modulate certain cross-machine properties they have not succeeded in balancing all of the properties to produce a tissue product that has sufficient strength to withstand use but is also soft and pliable. Therefore, there remains a need in the art for tissue webs and products having balanced cross-machine direction properties and methods of manufacturing the same. SUMMARY It has now been surprisingly discovered that certain consumer relevant physical properties, such as modulus, stretch and durability, may be improved by subjecting the nascent tissue web to a high degree of strain during manufacture. Particularly, it has been discovered that by manufacturing a tissue sheet using a process in which a partially dewatered web is transferred from a forming fabric to a highly structured transfer fabric that molds the partially dewatered web prior to it being transferred to a through- air drying fabric. The term “rush transfer” generally refers to the process of subjecting the partially dewatered web to differing speeds as it is transferred from one fabric in the papermaking process to another. The present invention provides a process in which the partially dewatered is subjected to a high degree of rush transfer when the web is transferred from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric, i.e., the “first position.” The overall speed differential between the forming fabric and the transfer fabric may be, for example, about 30 percent or greater, such as from about 30 to about 50 percent, more preferably from about 35 to about 45 percent. Generally, the increase in the degree of rush transfer alters certain machine-direction (MD) tensile properties such as MD stretch, MD tensile energy absorption (MD TEA) and MD Slope. The structural change in the partially dewatered web resulting from the imposed speed differential may best be described as extensive microfolding. The microfolds are caused by the imposed mass balance requirements at the point the sheet is transferred from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric. Not only have the inventors increased the rate of rush transfer to increase the amount of microfolds introduced to the web as it is transferred from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric, but they have also increased the amount of vacuum applied to the web at the point of transfer and increased the surface topography of the transfer fabric to introduce more strain to the web. The combination of increased vacuum and surface topography further alter the physical structure of the partially dewatered web and ultimately affect the finished tissue product properties such as the geometric mean stretch (GM Stretch), slope (GM Slope) and tensile energy absorption (GM TEA). Accordingly, in certain embodiments the present invention offers an improvement in papermaking methods and products, by providing a tissue sheet and a method to obtain a tissue product with improved physical properties such as GM Slope, GM TEA or GM Stretch at a given tensile strength. Thus, by way of example, the present invention provides a tissue sheet having a basis weight greater than about 30 grams per square meter (gsm), an MD Slope less than about 5 kg and a GMT greater than about 1500 g/3″. The decrease in MD Slope improves the hand feel of the tissue sheet, while also reducing the tendency of a sheet to tear in the machine direction in use. The present invention provides tissue webs, and products produced therefrom, that are generally durable, flexible and have improved physical properties that make them softer, more flexible, and more durable in-use. The inventive products generally comprise single or multiple tissue plies that has been prepared by through-air drying and more preferably by through-air drying without creping. In this manner, in a particularly preferred embodiment, the invention provides novel uncreped through-air dried (UCTAD) tissue webs and products made therefrom. In particularly preferred embodiments tissue webs of the present invention are manufactured by rush transferring a partially dewatered web to a transfer fabric, particularly a highly structured transfer fabric, that molds the partially dewatered web prior to it being transferred to a through-air drying fabric. Surprisingly, the structure imparted to the sheet by rush transfer and molding is retained in the dried web and resulting tissue products, which improves several important physical properties such as stiffness, stretch and durability. In particular instances the machine-direction properties such as MD stretch, MD tensile energy absorption (MD TEA) and MD Slope may be improved. For example, in one embodiment, tissue products produced according to the present invention may have a MD stretch of about 25 percent or greater, such as about 25 to about 30 percent. The improvements in MD stretch may be accompanied by improvements in cross-machine direction (CD) stretch, resulting in a tissue product having a geometric mean stretch (GM Stretch) of about 15 percent or greater, such as from about 15 to about 20 percent. In other embodiments the invention provides a tissue product having a high degree of stretch and a low elastic modulus, such as a product having a GM Stretch of about 15 percent or greater, such as from about 15 to about 20 percent and a geometric mean modulus (GMM) of about 6.0 kg or less, such as from about 4.0 to about 6.0 kg. The foregoing physical properties may be achieved at relatively modest tensile strength levels, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”. Further, the foregoing properties may surprisingly be achieved without creping the tissue web. Rather than crepe the web during manufacture, the instant tissue products may be produced by transferring a partially dewatered web to a transfer fabric having a high degree of topography to strain the nascent sheet in the cross-machine direction. In yet another embodiment tissue products of the present invention have sufficient strength to maintain integrity in-use but are flexible and soft. For example, the products may have a geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3” and a Stiffness Index less than about 6.0 and more preferably less than about 5.0. In particularly preferred embodiments the products may have relatively low machine-direction modulus, such as a MD Slope of about 10.0 kg or less, such as from about 7.0 to about 10.0 kg. In still other embodiments the inventive tissue products are able to absorb a large amount of energy before rupturing. For example, the inventive tissue products may have a high GM Stretch, such as about 15 percent or greater, such as from about 15 to about 20 percent., and a geometric mean tensile energy absorption (GM TEA) of about 9.0 g•cm/cm 2 or greater, such as about 10.0 g•cm/cm 2 or greater, such as about 12.0 g•cm/cm 2 or greater, such as from about 9.0 to about 16.0 g•cm/cm 2 . In still other embodiments the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a tissue product having improved stretch, reduced stiffness and a high degree of durability comprising the steps of dispersing papermaking fibers in water to form an aqueous suspension of fibers; depositing the aqueous suspension of fibers on a forming fabric to form a wet tissue web; partially dewatering the wet tissue web; rush transferring the partially dewatered tissue web to a transfer fabric having a CD strain from about 15 to about 19 percent at a rush transfer rate of about 30% or greater; transferring the molded tissue web to a through-air drying fabric and conveying the tissue web over a dryer while supported by the through-air drying fabric to dry the tissue web to a consistency of at least about 95 percent. DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.1 illustrates one embodiment for forming a basesheet useful in the production of a tissue product according to the present invention; FIG.2 is profilometry scan of a transfer fabric useful in the manufacture of tissue products according to the present invention; FIG.3 is an illustration of an embossing pattern used to manufacture inventive products as set forth herein; FIG.4 is a graph plotting geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) versus geometric mean slope (GM Slope) for inventive, control and commercially available tissue products; and FIG.5 is a graph plotting geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) versus geometric mean slope (GM Slope) for inventive, control and commercially available tissue products. DEFINITIONS As used herein the term “Basesheet” refers to a tissue web formed by any one of the papermaking processes described herein that has not been subjected to further processing, such as embossing, calendering, treatment with a binder or softening composition, perforating, plying, folding, or rolling into individual rolled products. As used herein the term “Tissue Product” refers to products made from basesheets and includes, bath tissues, facial tissues, paper towels, industrial wipers, foodservice wipers, napkins, medical pads, and other similar products. As used herein the term “Ply” refers to a discrete tissue web used to form a tissue product. Individual plies may be arranged in juxtaposition to each other. In a preferred embodiment, tissue products prepared according to the present invention comprise a single ply. As used herein, the term “Layer” refers to a plurality of strata of fibers, chemical treatments, or the like, within a ply. A “Layered Tissue Web” generally refers to a tissue web formed from two or more layers of aqueous papermaking furnish. In certain instances, the aqueous papermaking furnish forming two or more of the layers comprises different fiber types. As used herein the term “Basis Weight” generally refers to the conditioned weight per unit area of a tissue and is generally expressed as grams per square meter (gsm). Basis weight is measured as described in the Test Methods section below. While the basis weights of tissue products prepared according to the present invention may vary, in certain embodiments the products have a basis weight of about 40 gsm or greater, such as about 44 gsm or greater, such as about 46 gsm or greater, such as from about 40 to about 52 gsm, such as from about 44 to about 50 gsm. As used herein, the term “Caliper” refers to the thickness of a tissue product, web, sheet, or ply, typically having units of microns (µm) and is measured as described in the Test Methods section below. The caliper of tissue products produced according to the present invention may vary, however, in certain instances certain inventive single-ply bath tissue products may have a caliper ranging from about 450 to about 500 microns. In other instances, inventive multi-ply bath tissue products may have a caliper ranging from about 450 to about 500 microns. As used herein, the term “Sheet Bulk” refers to the quotient of the caliper (µm) divided by the basis weight (gsm) and having units of cubic centimeters per gram (cc/g). Tissue products prepared according to the present invention may, in certain embodiments, have a sheet bulk of about 10 cc/g or greater, such as from about 12 to about 20 cc/g, such as from about 14 to about 20 cc/g. As used herein, the term “Slope” refers to the slope of the line resulting from plotting tensile versus stretch and is an output of the MTS TestWorks™ in the course of determining the tensile strength as described in the Test Methods section herein. Slope typically has units of kilograms (kg) and is measured as the gradient of the least-squares line fitted to the load-corrected strain points falling between a specimen-generated force of 70 to 157 grams (0.687 to 1.540 N). In certain instances, the products of the present invention may comprise a single-ply and have a machine direction slop (MD Slope) of about 6.00 kg or less, such as about 5.0 kg or less, such as about 4.00 kg to 6.00 kg. In other instances, the products of the present invention may comprise multiple plies and have a machine direction slop (MD Slope) of about 10.00 kg or less, such as about 9.00 kg or less, such as about 8.00 kg or less, such as about 7.00 kg to 10.00 kg. As used herein, the term “Geometric Mean Slope” (GM Slope) generally refers to the square root of the product of machine direction slope and cross-machine direction slope. While the GM Slope may vary amongst tissue products prepared according to the present invention, in certain instances the products of the present invention may comprise a single-ply and have GM Slope of about 6.0 kg or less, such as about 5.00 kg or less, such as about 4.0 kg to 6.00 kg. In other instances, the products of the present invention may comprise multiple plies and have a GM Slope of about 7.00 kg or less, such as about 6.50 kg or less, such as about 6.00 kg or less, such as about 5.50 kg to 7.00 kg. As used herein, the term “Geometric Mean Tensile” (GMT) refers to the square root of the product of the machine direction tensile strength and the cross-machine direction tensile strength of the web. The GMT of tissue products prepared according to the present invention may vary, however, in certain instances the GMT may be about 900 g/3” or greater, such as about 1,000 g/3” or greater, such as about 1,100 g/3” or greater, such as from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”. As used herein, the term “Normalized Tensile” generally refers to the quotient of geometric mean tensile strength (having units of grams per three inches) divided by bone dry basis weight (having units of grams per square meter) for a given tissue product or basesheet. The Normalized Tensile of tissue products prepared according to the present invention may vary, however, in certain instances the inventive tissue products may have a Normalized Tensile of about 28.0 or less, such as from 20.0 to about 28.0. As used herein, the term “Stiffness Index” refers to the quotient of the geometric mean tensile slope, defined as the square root of the product of the MD and CD slopes (having units of kg), divided by the geometric mean tensile strength (having units of grams per three inches). ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ = ^ ^ ^ vary, in certain instances the Stiffness Index may be about 6.0 or less, such as about 5.5 or less, such as about 5.0 or less, such as from about 4.0 to about 6.0. The foregoing Stiffness Index may be achieved a relatively modest tensile strengths such as from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”. As used herein, the term “Stretch” generally refers to the ratio of the slack-corrected elongation of a specimen at the point it generates its peak load divided by the slack-corrected gauge length in any given orientation. Stretch is an output of the MTS TestWorks™ in the course of determining the tensile strength as described in the Test Methods section herein. Stretch is reported as a percentage and may be reported for machine direction stretch (MDS), cross machine direction stretch (CDS) or geometric mean stretch (GMS). As used herein, the term “Tensile Energy Absorption” (TEA) refers to the area under the stress- strain curve during the tensile test described in the Test Methods section below. Since the thickness of a paper sheet is generally unknown and varies during the test, it is common practice to ignore the cross- sectional area of the sheet and report the “stress” on the sheet as a load per unit length or typically in the units of grams per 3 inches of width. For the TEA calculation, the stress is converted to grams per centimeter and the area calculated by integration. The units of strain are centimeters per centimeter so that the final TEA units become g-cm/cm 2 . Separate TEA values are reported for the MD and CD directions. Further, the term “GM TEA” refers to the square root of the product of the MD TEA and the CD TEA of the web. As used herein, the term “TEA Index” refers to the geometric mean tensile energy absorption (having units of g•cm/cm 2 ) at a given geometric mean tensile strength (having units of grams per three inches) as defined by the equation: ^^ ^ ! ^g • cm/cm & ^ ^ ! ^^^^^ = ^ 1,000 ^^^ While the TEA Index prepared according to the present invention have a TEA Index of about 13.0 or greater, such as about 14.0 or greater, such as about 15.0, or greater, such as from about 13.0 to about 16.0. The foregoing TEA Index may be achieved a relatively modest tensile strengths such as from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”. As used herein, the term “TS7” generally refers to the softness of a tissue product surface measured using an EMTEC Tissue Softness Analyzer (“EMTEC TSA”) (EMTEC Electronic GmbH, Leipzig, Germany) interfaced with a computer running EMTEC TSA software (version 3.19 or equivalent). The units of the TS7 are dB V2 rms, however, TS7 values are often referred to herein without reference to units. Generally, the TS7 is the magnitude of the peak occurring at a frequency between 6 and 7 kHz which is produced by vibration of the tissue product during the test procedure. Generally, a peak in this frequency range having a lower amplitude, and hence a lower TS7 value, is indicative of a softer tissue product. In certain instances, two-ply rolled bath tissue products prepared according to the present invention may have a TS7 value of about 13.0 or less, more preferably 12.0 or less, such as from about 10.0 to about 13.0. The foregoing TS7 values may be achieved a relatively modest tensile strengths such as from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3 DETAILED DESCRIPTION In general, the present disclosure is directed to tissue webs, and products produced therefrom, having improved consumer relevant physical properties, such as modulus, stretch and durability. In particular the present invention provides single and multi-ply tissue produced by subjecting the nascent tissue web to a high degree of rush transfer and straining the web prior to final drying. These processes, combined with non-compressively dewatering the web while supported on a structure through-air drying fabric, impart the web with improved physical properties that are preserved through converting and yield a finished tissue product that is soft, flexible, and sufficiently strong to withstand use. For example, in certain embodiments, the invention provides the have a low degree of stiffness and a high degree of softness, such as a Stiffness Index may be about 6.0 or less, such as about 5.5 or less, such as about 5.0 or less, such as from about 4.0 to about 6.0 and a TS7 value of about 13.0 or less, more preferably 12.0 or less, such as from about 10.0 to about 13.0. Surprisingly, the foregoing stiffness and softness levels are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high basis weight and tensile strength, which typically negatively impact both stiffness and softness. Thus, in certain embodiments, the foregoing stiffness and softness levels may be achieved at a basis weight of about 40 gsm or greater, such as about 44 gsm or greater, such as about 46 gsm or greater, such as from about 40 to about 52 gsm, such as from about 44 to about 50 gsm. In other instances, the products may have GMT may be about 900 g/3” or greater, such as about 1,000 g/3” or greater, such as about 1,100 g/3” or greater, such as from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”. In other embodiments the tissue products of the present invention have good durability such as a TEA Index of about 13.0 or greater, such as about 14.0 or greater, such as about 15.0, or greater, such as from about 13.0 to about 16.0. The foregoing TEA Index may be achieved a relatively modest tensile strengths such as from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”. In still other embodiments the inventive tissue products are both durable and flexible, particularly in the machine direction. For example, single ply tissue products prepared according to the present invention have geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) of about 900 g/3” or greater, such as about 1,000 g/3” or greater, such as from about 900 to about 1,200 g/3” and Stiffness Index of about 5.0 or less and GM TEA of about 10.0 g-cm/cm 2 or greater. In other instances, the inventive tissue products may comprise multiple plies, as two-plies and have a GMT from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”, a Stiffness Index of about 6.0 or less and a GM TEA of about 12.0 g-cm/cm 2 or greater. The relatively low degrees of stiffness may be accompanied by improvements in other important physical properties, such as stretch. For example, the tissue products are highly extensible prior to failure, particularly in the machine-machine direction, such that the products generally have a MD Stretch of about 20.0 percent or greater, such as from about 20.0 to about 25.0%. In other instances, the inventive tissue products may comprise a single-ply and have a GM Stretch of about 15% or greater. In still other instances, the inventive tissue products may comprise multiple plies and have a GM Stretch of about 20% or greater. Surprisingly, the foregoing improved physical properties may be achieved without creping the tissue web. Rather than crepe the web during manufacture, the instant tissue products may be produced by transferring a partially dewatered web to a transfer fabric having a high degree of topography to strain the nascent sheet in the cross-machine direction. In this manner, tissue products of the present invention may be manufactured by a process that employs a transfer fabric, particularly a transfer fabric that transfers the nascent tissue web from a forming fabric to a through-air drying fabric. Such fabrics may be employed in through-air drying (TAD) manufacturing processes. In particularly preferred embodiments tissue products are manufactured using a high topography transfer fabric and through-air drying fabric in an uncreped through-air dried (UCTAD) process. With reference now to FIG.1, a method for making through-air dried paper sheets is illustrated. Shown is a twin wire former having a papermaking headbox 34, such as a layered headbox, which injects or deposits a stream 36 of an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers onto the forming fabric 38 positioned on a forming roll 39. The forming fabric serves to support and carry the newly-formed wet web downstream in the process as the web is partially dewatered to a consistency of at least about 10 dry weight percent, such as from about 10 to about 35 dry weight percent, and particularly, from about 20 to about 30 dry weight percent. Additional dewatering of the wet web can be carried out, such as by vacuum suction, while the wet web is supported by the forming fabric. The web, which at this point is preferably at least partially dewatered, is then transferred from the forming fabric 38 to a transfer fabric 40. In one embodiment, the transfer fabric can be traveling at a slower speed than the forming fabric in order to impart increased stretch into the web. This is commonly referred to as a “rush” transfer. The relative speed difference between the two fabrics is preferably at least about 30%, more preferably at least about 34% and still more preferably at least about 38%, such as from about 30% to about 40%, such as from about 35% to about 40%. During rush transfer microfolds are believed to be introduced to the partially dewatered web forcing the web to bend and fold into the three-dimensional surface of the transfer fabric. Preferably the rate of rush transfer, however, is not so great as to cause macrofolds or introduce other features that will negatively affect the hand feel of the finished product. For this reason, it is generally preferred that the rush transfer rate not exceed about 40%. Rush transfer from one fabric to another can follow the principles taught in any one of the following patents, U.S. Pat. Nos.5,667,636, 5,830,321, 4,440,597, 4,551,199, 4,849,054, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in a manner consistent with the present invention. Transfer to the transfer fabric may be carried out with the assistance of positive and/or negative pressure. In a particularly preferred embodiment transfer from the forming fabric 38 to the transfer fabric 40 is carried out with the assistance of a vacuum shoe 42 such that the forming fabric and the transfer fabric simultaneously converge and diverge at the leading edge of the vacuum slot. For example, in one embodiment, a vacuum shoe can apply negative pressure such that the forming fabric and the transfer fabric simultaneously converge and diverge at the leading edge of the vacuum slot. In particularly preferred embodiments the vacuum shoe supplies pressure at levels between about 10 to about 18 inches of mercury to ensure molding of the nascent web into the transfer fabric and straining of the fiber network. As stated above, the vacuum transfer shoe (negative pressure) can be supplemented or replaced by the use of positive pressure from the opposite side of the web to blow the web onto the next fabric. In some embodiments, other vacuum shoes can also be used to assist in drawing the fibrous web onto the surface of the transfer fabric. The transfer fabric preferably has a relatively high degree of surface topography, particularly a high degree of substantially machine direction-oriented topography. In certain preferred embodiments the transfer fabric may be a woven fabric and may comprise surface topography imparted by weaving the fabric such that the web contacting surface of the fabric has a plurality of continuous, substantially parallel, ridges separated from one another by valleys. The ridges may be oriented substantially in the machine-direction and may be straight or have a wave-like shape. In those instances where the ridges have a wave-like shape, they may be skewed slightly, such as from about 1 to about 2 degrees, relative to the machine direction. Further, the wave-like ridges may have a wavelength from about 4 to about 8 mm, such as from about 5 to about 6 mm. The upper surfaces of the ridges is preferably substantially smooth, while the valleys are smooth with small, uniform pores to facilitate draining of water from the nascent web and through the fabric. A profilometry scan of one embodiment of a topographic transfer fabric useful in the present invention is shown in FIG.2. The profilometry scan was obtained by scanning the fabric contacting surface of a fabric sample using an FRT MicroSpy® Profile profilometer (FRT of America, LLC, San Jose, CA) and then analyzing the image using Nanovea® Ultra software version 7.4 (Nanovea Inc., Irvine, CA). FIG.2 illustrates the wave-like, substantially machine direction oriented, ridges 100 and valleys 102 disposed therebetween. The illustrated fabric was woven from warp and weft yarns having a similar diameter of about 0.30 mm. The yarns were woven to yield a fabric having valley depths, the vertical distance between the upper surface plane of the ridges and the bottom most surface plane of the web contacting surface of the fabric, of about 0.50 mm. Further, the yarns were woven to produce a plurality of substantially parallel, wave-like ridges spaced apart from one another a distance of about 2.0 mm. Generally, transfer fabrics useful in the present invention have relatively deep valleys, such as valleys having valley depths greater than about 0.50 mm, such as from about 0.50 to about 0.70 mm. Valley depth may be measured by profilometry and is generally taken from a simulated base sheet generated by a morphological closing filter. The valley depth is measured as the difference between C2 (95 percentile height) and C1 (5 percentile height) values, having units of millimeters (mm). In certain instances, valley depth may be referred to as S90. To determine valley depth a profilometry scan of a fabric is generated and a histogram of the measured heights of the simulated base sheet is generated, and an S90 value (95 percentile height (C2) minus the 5 percentile height (C1), expressed in units of mm) is calculated. The valley width of a given transfer fabric may vary depending on the weave pattern, however, in certain instances the valley width may be greater than about 1.5 mm and still more preferably greater than about 2.0 mm, such as from about 1.5 to about 3.5 mm. The valley width may also be measured by profilometry. Scans obtained as described above may be used to calculate the Psm value, having units of millimeters (mm). Preferably the transfer fabrics of the present invention provide the nascent web with a relatively high degree of CD strain. Profilometry may again be used to determine the degree of CD strain imparted by the transfer fabric to the nascent web. Profilometry scans obtained as described above may be used to calculate the PLo value, which is indicative of CD strain, and is preferably at least about 15 percent, more preferably at least about 16 percent and still more preferably at least about 17 percent, such as from about 15 to about 19 percent. With reference again to FIG.1, the nascent web is transferred from the transfer fabric 40 to the through-air drying fabric 44 with the aid of a vacuum transfer roll 46 or a vacuum transfer shoe, optionally again using a fixed gap transfer as previously described. The through-air drying fabric can be traveling at about the same speed or a different speed relative to the transfer fabric. If desired, the through-air drying fabric can be run at a slower speed to further enhance stretch. Transfer can be carried out with vacuum assistance to ensure deformation of the sheet to conform to the through-air drying fabric, thus yielding desired bulk, and imparting the web with a three-dimensional topographical pattern. Suitable through-air drying fabrics include, without limitation, fabrics with substantially continuous machine direction ridges whereby the ridges are made up of multiple warp strands grouped together, such as those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,998,024. Other suitable through-air drying fabrics include those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,611,607, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure, particularly the fabrics denoted as Fred (t1207-77), Jetson (t1207- 6) and Jack (t1207-12). In still other embodiments, through-air drying fabric may comprise a woven carrier fabric having a silicone disposed on the sheet contacting side thereof in a wave-like pattern, such as the fabrics described in U.S. Pat. No.10,947,672, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure. The level of vacuum used to transfer the web from the transfer fabric to the through-air drying fabric be from about 3 to about 15 inches of mercury (75 to about 380 millimeters of mercury), preferably about 5 inches (125 millimeters) of mercury. The vacuum shoe (negative pressure) can be supplemented or replaced by the use of positive pressure from the opposite side of the web to blow the web onto the next fabric in addition to or as a replacement for sucking it onto the next fabric with vacuum. Also, a vacuum roll or rolls can be used to replace the vacuum shoe(s). While supported by the through-air drying fabric, the web is dried to a consistency of about 94 percent or greater by the through-air dryer 48 and thereafter transferred to a carrier fabric 50. The dried basesheet 52 is transported to the reel 54 using carrier fabric 50 and an optional carrier fabric 56. An optional pressurized turning roll 58 can be used to facilitate transfer of the web from carrier fabric 50 to fabric 56. In one embodiment, the reel 54 can run at a speed slower than the fabric 56 in a rush transfer process for building bulk into the paper web 52. For instance, the relative speed difference between the reel and the fabric can be from about 5 to about 25 percent and, particularly from about 12 to about 14 percent. Rush transfer at the reel can occur either alone or in conjunction with a rush transfer process upstream, such as between the forming fabric and the transfer fabric. In certain embodiments basesheets useful in forming tissue products of the present invention may comprise a single homogenous or blended layer or be multi-layered. In those instances where the basesheet is multi-layered it may comprise, two, three, or more layers. For example, the basesheet may comprise three layers such as first and second outer layers and a middle layer disposed there between. The layers may comprise the same or different fiber types. For example, the first and second outer layers may comprise short, low coarseness wood pulp fibers, such as hardwood kraft pulp fibers, and the middle layer may comprise long, low coarseness wood pulp fibers, such as northern softwood kraft pulp fibers. In those instances where the web comprises multiple layers, the relative weight percentage of each layer may vary. For example, the web may comprise first and second outer layers and a middle layer where the first outer layer comprises from about 25 to about 35 weight percent of the layered web, the middle layer comprises from about 30 to about 50 weight percent of the layered web and the second outer layer comprises from about 25 to about 35 weight percent of the layered web. Multi-layered basesheets useful in the present invention may be formed using any number of different processes known in the art, such as the process disclosed in U.S. Patent No.5,129,988, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure. In certain embodiments, basesheets useful in forming tissue products of the present invention may be manufactured without a substantial amount of inner fiber-to-fiber bond strength. In this regard, the fiber furnish used to form the tissue web, or a given layer of the web, can be treated with a chemical debonding agent. The debonding agent can be added to the fiber slurry during the pulping process or can be added directly to the fiber slurry prior to the headbox. Suitable debonding agents that may be used in the present invention include cationic debonding agents, particularly quaternary ammonium compounds, mixtures of quaternary ammonium compounds with polyhydroxy compounds, and modified polysiloxanes. Suitable cationic debonding agents include, for example, fatty dialkyl quaternary amine salts, mono fatty alkyl tertiary amine salts, primary amine salts, imidazoline quaternary salts and unsaturated fatty alkyl amine salts. Other suitable debonding agents are disclosed in U.S. Patent No.5,529,665, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure. In one embodiment, the debonding agent used in the process of the present invention is an organic quaternary ammonium chloride, such as those available under the tradename ProSoft™(Solenis, Wilmington, DE). The debonding agent can be added to the fiber slurry in an amount of from about 1.0 kg per metric tonne to about 15 kg per metric tonne of fibers present within the slurry. Particularly useful quaternary ammonium debonders include imidazoline quaternary ammonium debonders, such as oleyl-imidazoline quaternaries, dialkyl dimethyl quaternary debonders, ester quaternary debonders, diamidoamine quaternary debonders, and the like. The imidazoline-based debonding agent can be added in an amount of between 1.0 to about 10 kg per metric tonne. In other embodiments, a layer or other portion of the basesheet, including the entire basesheet, may optionally include wet or dry strength agents. As used herein, "wet strength agents" are materials used to immobilize the bonds between fibers in the wet state. Any material that when added to the tissue web at an effective level, results in providing the basesheet with a wet geometric tensile strength:dry geometric tensile strength ratio in excess of 0.1 will, for purposes of this invention, be termed a wet strength agent. Particularly preferred wet strength agents are temporary wet strength agents. As used herein “temporary wet strength agents” are those which show less than 50 percent of their original wet strength after being saturated with water for five minutes. Suitable temporary wet strength agents include materials that can react with hydroxyl groups, such as on cellulosic pulp fibers, to form hemiacetal bonds that are reversible in the presence of excess water. Suitable temporary wet strength agents are known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Non-limiting examples of temporary wet strength agents suitable for the fibrous structures of the present invention include glyoxalated polyacrylamide polymers, for example cationic glyoxalated polyacrylamide polymers. Temporary wet strength agents useful in the present invention may have average molecular weights of from about 20,000 to about 400,000, such as from about 50,000 to about 400,000, such as from about 70,000 to about 400,000, such as from about 70,000 to about 300,000, such as about 100,000 to about 200,000. In certain instances, the temporary wet strength agent may comprise a commercially available temporary wet strength agent such as those marketed under the tradename Hercobond™ (Solenis, Wilmington, DE) or FennoBond™ (Kemira, Atlanta, GA). In other instances, the basesheet may optionally include a dry strength additive, such as carboxymethyl cellulose resins, starch based resins, and mixtures thereof. Particularly preferred dry strength additives are cationic starches, and mixtures of cationic and anionic starches. In certain instances, the dry strength agent may comprise a commercially available modified starch such as marketed under the tradename RediBOND™ (Ingredion, Westchester, IL) or a commercially available carboxymethyl cellulose resin such as those marketed under the tradename Aqualon™ (Ashland LLC, Bridgewater, NJ). The amount of wet strength agent or dry strength added to the pulp fibers can be at least about 0.1 dry weight percent, more specifically about 0.2 dry weight percent or greater, and still more specifically from about 0.1 to about 3 dry weight percent, based on the dry weight of the fibers. After the tissue basesheet is manufactured, such as described above, it may be subjected to additional converting, such as calendering, treatment with a softening composition, embossing, slitting, plying winding and/or folding to produce the finished tissue products. The resulting tissue products may take any number of different formats, such as spirally wound rolled bath tissue products comprising single or multiple plies of inventive tissue that have been spirally wound about a core. In certain embodiments tissue webs of the present invention may be treated with a softening composition to improve the hand feel or deliver a benefit to the end user. As used herein, the term "softening composition" refers to any chemical composition which improves the tactile sensation perceived by the end user who holds a particular tissue product and rubs it across the skin. Suitable softening compositions include, for example, basic waxes, such as paraffin and beeswax, and oils, such as mineral oil and silicone oil, as well as petrolatum and more complex lubricants and emollients, such as quaternary ammonium compounds with long alkyl chains, functional silicones, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, and fatty esters. Accordingly, in one embodiment the tissue webs of the present invention may be treated with a softening composition comprising one or more oils, such as mineral oil, waxes, such as paraffin, or plant extracts, such as chamomile and aloe vera, such as disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,885,697 and 5,525,345, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure. In other embodiments the tissue webs may be treated with a softening composition comprising a polysiloxane, and more preferably with a composition comprising an amino-functional polysiloxane, a surfactant and optionally a skin conditioning agent, such as the compositions disclosed in U.S. Publication No.2006/0130989, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure. In certain preferred embodiments the polysiloxane is an amino-functional polysiloxane, the surfactant is an ethoxylated alcohol or an ethoxylated propoxylated alcohol, and the skin conditioning agent is vitamin E and/or aloe vera. In still other embodiments the tissue webs may be treated with a softening composition comprising a cationic softening compound and a relatively high molecular weight polyhydroxy compound. Suitable cationic softening compounds include both quaternary ammonium compounds including, for example, amidoamine quaternary ammonium compounds, diamidoamine quaternary ammonium compounds, ester quaternary ammonium compounds, alkoxy alkyl quaternary ammonium compounds, benzyl quaternary ammonium compounds, alkyl quaternary ammonium compounds, and imidazolinium compounds. Examples of polyhydroxy compounds useful in the present invention include, but are not limited to, polyethylene glycols and polypropylene glycols having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000 g/mol and more preferably greater than about 2,000 g/mol and still more preferably greater than about 4,000 g/mol and more preferably greater than about 6,000 g/mol, such as from about 1,000 to about 12,000 g/mol, and more preferably from about 4,000 to about 10,000 g/mol and still more preferably from about 6,000 to about 8,000 g/mol. In yet other embodiments the softening composition may comprise a cationic softening compound, a relatively high molecular weight polyhydroxy compound and polysiloxane. Any polysiloxane capable of enhancing the tactile softness of the tissue sheet is suitable for incorporation in this manner so long as solutions or emulsions of the cationic softener, polyhydroxy and silicone are compatible, that is when mixed they do not form gels, precipitates or other physical defects that would preclude application to the tissue sheet. In other embodiments softening compositions useful in the present invention may consist essentially of water, a cationic softening compound, such as a quaternary ammonium compound, a polyhydroxy compound having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000 g/mol and optionally a silicone or glycerin, or mixtures thereof. In other embodiments the softening composition may consist essentially of water, a quaternary ammonium compound, a polyhydroxy compound having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000 g/mol, a silicone and glycerin. When incorporated in the softening composition, the amount of glycerin in the softening composition can be from about 5.0 to about 40 weight percent, more particularly from about 10 to about 30 weight percent, and still more particularly from about 15 to about 20 weight percent. All of the foregoing softening compositions may optionally contain a beneficial agent, such as a skin conditioning agent or a humectant, which may be provided in an amount ranging from about 0.01 to about 5 percent by weight of the composition. Suitable humectants include lactic acid and its salts, sugars, ethoxylated glycerin, ethoxylated lanolin, corn syrup, hydrolyzed starch hydrolysate, urea, and sorbitol. Suitable skin conditioning agents include allantoin, kaolin, zinc oxide, aloe vera, vitamin E, petrolatum, and lanolin. Again, the foregoing additives are generally complementary to the softening compositions of the present invention and generally do not significantly and adversely affect important tissue product properties, such as strength or absorbency of the tissue product, or negatively affect the softening provided by the softening compositions of the present invention. The foregoing softening compositions are generally applied to one or two outermost surfaces of a dry tissue web and more preferably a creped tissue web having a binding composition disposed on at least one outer surface. The method by which the softening composition is applied to the tissue sheet may be accomplished by any method known in the art. For example, in one embodiment the composition may be applied by contact printing methods such as gravure, offset gravure, flexographic printing, and the like. The contact printing methods often enable topical application of the composition to the tissue sheet. In other embodiments the softening composition may be applied to the tissue web by non-contact printing methods such as ink jet printing, digital printing of any kind, and the like. In certain preferred embodiments the softening composition may be prepared as an aqueous solution and applied to the web by spraying or rotogravure printing. It is believed in this manner that tactile softness of the tissue sheet and resulting tissue products may be improved due to presence of the softening composition on the surface of the tissue product. When applied as an aqueous solution, the softening composition may comprise from about 50 to about 90 weight percent, by weight of the composition, water and more preferably from about 60 to about 80 percent. As noted previously, webs prepared as described herein may be converted into either single or multi-ply rolled tissue products and the products may have improved physical properties compared to commercially available rolled bath tissue products. In one embodiment the present disclosure provides a rolled tissue product comprising a multi-ply tissue product, such as a product comprising two or three tissue plies, spirally wound about a core, wherein the tissue product has a basis weight greater than about 40 gsm, a sheet bulk greater than about 10 cc/g and a Stiffness Index less than about 6.0. TEST METHODS Tissue Softness Analyzer Softness and surface smoothness were measured using an EMTEC Tissue Softness Analyzer (“TSA”) (Emtec Electronic GmbH, Leipzig, Germany). The TSA comprises a rotor with vertical blades which rotate on the tissue sample applying a defined contact pressure. The blades are pressed against the sample with a load of 100 mN and the rotational speed of the blades is two revolutions per second. Contact between the vertical blades and the tissue sample creates vibrations, which are sensed by a vibration sensor. The sensor transmits a signal to a PC for processing and display. The signal is displayed as a frequency spectrum. The frequency spectrum is analyzed by the associated TSA software to determine the amplitude of the frequency peak occurring in the range between 200 to 1000 Hz. This peak is generally referred to as the TS750 value (having units of dB V2 rms) and represents the surface smoothness of the tissue sample. A high amplitude peak correlates to a rougher surface, while a low amplitude peak correlates to a smoother surface. A further peak in the frequency range between 6 and 7 kHZ represents the softness of the sample. The peak in the frequency range between 6 and 7 kHZ is herein referred to as the TS7 value (having units of dB V2 rms). The lower the amplitude of the peak occurring between 6 and 7 kHZ, the softer the sample. Tissue product samples were prepared by cutting a circular sample having a diameter of 112.8 mm. All samples were allowed to equilibrate at TAPPI conditions for at least 24 hours prior to completing the TSA testing. After conditioning each sample was tested as is, i.e., multi-ply products were tested without separating the sample into individual plies. The sample is secured, and the measurements are started via the PC. The PC records, processes, and stores all of the data according to standard TSA protocol. The reported TS750 and TS7 values are the average of five replicates, each one with a new sample. Profilometry Fabric properties are generally measured using a non-contact profilometer as described herein. To prevent any debris from affecting the measurements, all images are subjected to thresholding to remove the top and bottom 0.5 mm of the scan. To fill any holes resulting from the thresholding step and provide a continuous surface on which to perform measurements, non-measured points are filled. The image is also flattened by applying a rightness filter. Finally, a base sheet simulation is obtained using morphological filtering. Profilometry scans of the fabric contacting surface of a sample were created using an FRT MicroSpy® Profile profilometer (FRT of America, LLC, San Jose, CA) and then analyzing the image using Nanovea® Ultra software version 7.4 (Nanovea Inc., Irvine, CA). Samples were cut into squares measuring 145 x 145 mm. The samples were then secured to the x-y stage of the profilometer using an aluminum plate having a machined center hole measuring 2 x 2 inches, with the fabric contacting surface of the sample facing upwards, being sure that the samples were laid flat on the stage and not distorted within the profilometer field of view. Once the sample was secured to the stage the profilometer was used to generate a three- dimensional height map of the sample surface. A 1602 x 1602 array of height values were obtained with a 30 µm spacing resulting in a 48 mm MD x 48 mm CD field of view having a vertical resolution 100 nm and a lateral resolution 6 µm. The resulting height map was exported to .sdf (surface data file) format. Individual sample .sdf files were analyzed using Nanovea® Ultra version 7.4 by performing the following functions: (1) Using the "Thresholding" function of the Nanovea® Ultra software the raw image (also referred to as the field) is subjected to thresholding by setting the material ratio values at 0.5 to 99.5 percent such that thresholding truncates the measured heights to between the 0.5 percentile height and the 99.5 percentile height; (2) Using the "Fill in Non-Measured Points" function of the Nanovea® Ultra software the non-measured points are filled by a smooth shape calculated from neighboring points; (3) Using Robust Gaussian filter roughness filter with a cut off wavelength of 24.0 mm and selecting "manage end effects"; (4) Using the "Morphilogical Filtering” selecting “closing filter and a structuring element of a sphere with a 1.7mm diameter”; (5) Using the "Abbott-Firestone Curve" study function of the Nanovea® Ultra software an Abbott-Firestone Curve is generated from which "interactive mode" is selected and a histogram of the measured heights is generated, from the histogram an S90 value (95 percentile height (C2) minus the 5 percentile height (C1), expressed in units of mm) is calculated. (6) Using “convert surface into series of profiles” and data from “parameters table”. Based upon the foregoing, three values, indicative of the fabric topography are reported – valley depth, valley width and strain. Valley width is the Psm value having units of millimeters (mm). Valley depth is the difference between C2 and C1 values and has units of millimeters (mm). In certain instances, pocket depth may be referred to as S90. Strain is the PLo value having units of percent (%). Basis Weight Prior to testing, all samples are conditioned under TAPPI conditions (23 ± 1°C and 50 ± 2 percent relative humidity) for a minimum of 4 hours. Basis weight of sample is measured by selecting twelve (12) products (also referred to as sheets) of the sample and making two (2) stacks of six (6) sheets. In the event the sample consists of perforated sheets of bath or towel tissue, the perforations must be aligned on the same side when stacking the usable units. A precision cutter is used to cut each stack into exactly 10.16 × 10.16 cm (4.0 × 4.0 inch) squares. The two stacks of cut squares are combined to make a basis weight pad of twelve (12) squares thick. The basis weight pad is then weighed on a top loading balance with a minimum resolution of 0.01 grams. The top loading balance must be protected from air drafts and other disturbances using a draft shield. Weights are recorded when the readings on the top loading balance become constant. The mass of the sample (grams) per unit area (square meters) is calculated and reported as the basis weight, having units of grams per square meter (gsm). Caliper Caliper is measured in accordance with TAPPI Test Method T 580 pm-12 “Thickness (caliper) of towel, tissue, napkin, and facial products.” The micrometer used for carrying out caliper measurements is an Emveco 200-A Tissue Caliper Tester (Emveco, Inc., Newberg, OR). The micrometer has a load of 2 kilo-Pascals, a pressure foot area of 2,500 square millimeters, a pressure foot diameter of 56.42 millimeters, a dwell time of 3 seconds and a lowering rate of 0.8 millimeters per second. Tensile Tensile testing is conducted on a tensile testing machine maintaining a constant rate of elongation and the width of each specimen tested is 3 inches. Testing is conducted under TAPPI conditions. More specifically, samples for dry tensile strength testing were prepared by conditioning under TAPPI conditions for at least 4 hours and then cutting a 3 ± 0.05 inch (76.2 ± 1.3 mm) wide strip in either the machine direction (MD) or cross-machine direction (CD) orientation using a JDC Precision Sample Cutter (Thwing-Albert Instrument Company, Philadelphia, PA, Model No. JDC 3-10, Serial No. 37333) or equivalent. The instrument used for measuring tensile strengths was an MTS Systems Sintech 11S, Serial No.6233. The data acquisition software was MTS TestWorks® for Windows Ver.3.10 (MTS Systems Corp., Research Triangle Park, NC). The load cell was selected from either a 50 Newton or 100 Newton maximum, depending on the strength of the sample being tested, such that the majority of peak load values fall between 10 to 90 percent of the load cell's full-scale value. The gauge length between jaws was 4 ± 0.04 inches (101.6 ± 1 mm) for facial tissue and towels and 2 ± 0.02 inches (50.8 ± 0.5 mm) for bath tissue. The crosshead speed was 10 ± 0.4 inches/min (254 ±1 mm/min), and the break sensitivity was set at 65 percent. The sample was placed in the jaws of the instrument, centered both vertically and horizontally. The test was then started and ended when the specimen broke. The peak load was recorded as either the "MD tensile strength" or the "CD tensile strength" of the specimen depending on direction of the sample being tested. Ten representative specimens were tested for each product or sheet and the arithmetic average of all individual specimen tests was recorded as the appropriate MD or CD tensile strength having units of grams per three inches (g/3”). Tensile energy absorbed (TEA) and slope are also calculated by the tensile tester. TEA is reported in units of g•cm/cm 2 and slope is recorded in units of kilograms (kg). Both TEA and Slope are directionally dependent and thus MD and CD directions are measured independently. All products were tested in their product forms without separating into individual plies. For example, a 2-ply product was tested as two plies and recorded as such. In the tensile properties of basesheets were measured, the number of plies used varied depending on the intended end use. For example, if the basesheet was intended to be used for 2-ply product, two plies of basesheet were combined and tested. EXAMPLE Example 1 – Single Ply Bath Tissue Basesheets were made using a through-air dried papermaking process commonly referred to as “uncreped through-air dried” (“UCTAD”) and generally described in U.S. Patent No.5,607,551, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure. The basesheets were then converted by calendering, slitting, and winding to yield single ply tissue products. Basesheets were prepared using a three-layered headbox to form a web having a first outer layer, also referred to as the fabric or fabric contacting layer, a middle layer, and a second outer layer, also referred to as the air contacting or air layer. The furnish consisted of eucalyptus hardwood kraft pulp (EHWK) selectively disposed in the outermost layers and northern softwood kraft pulp (NSWK) disposed in the middle layer. A debonder (ProSoft™ TQ-1003, Solenis. Wilmington, DE) was added to the middle layer. Further, strength was controlled via the addition of starch and/or by refining the furnish. Each furnish was diluted to approximately 0.2 percent consistency and delivered to a layered headbox and deposited on a Voith Fabrics TissueForm V forming fabric (commercially available from Voith Fabrics, Appleton, WI). The wet web was vacuum dewatered to approximately 25 percent consistency and then transferred to a transfer fabric depicted in FIG.4 and described further in Table 1, below. The rush transferred rate was varied for the inventive samples. The control samples were produced using a rush transfer rate of 28% while the inventive samples were produced using a rush transfer rate of 38%. TABLE 1 S90 Psm PLo Air MD Oriented Permeabilit Fabric Caliper (mm) (mm) (%) y (mm) Ridges per 48 The web was transferred from the transfer fabric to a through-air drying fabric substantially as described in U.S. Pat. No.7,611,607 and denoted as Jack (t1207-12). The through-air drying fabric consisted of a woven base fabric (t1205-2 woven fabric, commercially available from Voith Fabrics, Appleton, WI and previously described in U.S. Patent No.8,500,955). The Jack (t1207-12) fabric is a single layer structure in that all warps and shuts participate in both the sheet-contacting side of the fabric as well as the machine side of the fabric. Transfer to the through-air drying fabric was done using vacuum levels of greater than 10 inches of mercury at the transfer. The web was then dried to approximately 98 percent solids before winding. The basesheet was subsequently calendared, slit and wound into single ply rolled tissue products. The products were subject to physical testing as summarized in Tables 2 and 3, below. TABLE 2 Basis Weight Cal GM TEA GM The Sample iper GMT ” GMT:BW GM Slope Stiffness (g•cm/cm 2 ) Stretch x TABLE 3 Sample MD TEA MD Stretch MD Slope MD TEA Inventive 2 18.6 25.6 3954 15.0 Inventive 3 18.2 25.8 4237 15.7 Example y Basesheets were produced substantially as described above for Example 1, except that the targeted basis weight strengths of the basesheets were adjusted to produce a two-ply bath tissue product. Control basesheet was produced using a rush transfer rate of 28%. The control web was transferred from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric with the aid of vacuum at 9 inches of mercury and then transferred from the transfer fabric to the through-air drying fabric using vacuum at 3 inches of mercury. Inventive basesheet was produced using a rush transfer rate of 38%. The inventive webs were transferred from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric with the aid of vacuum at 15 inches of mercury and then transferred from the transfer fabric to the through-air drying fabric using vacuum at 5 inches of mercury. Basesheet was calendered using two conventional polyurethane/steel calenders. The first calender comprised a 40 P&J polyurethane roll on the air side of the sheet and a standard steel roll on the fabric side at a load of 75 pli. The second calender comprised a 15 P&J polyurethane roll on the air side of the sheet and a standard steel roll on the fabric side at a load of 50 pli. The calendered basesheet was then converted into two-ply rolled tissue products by embossing the first and second plies separately and laminating the embossed plies to form a two-ply tissue product. The first ply was embossed using an embossing roll engraved with a pattern substantially similar to that illustrated in FIG.3. The products were subject to physical testing as summarized in Tables 4 and 5, below. TABLE 4 Basis Weight Ca GM TEA GM Sample liper GMT ” GMT:BW GM Slope Stiffness (g•cm/cm 2 ) Stretch I x TABLE 5 Sample MD TEA MD Stretch MD Slope MD TEA Example 3 – Single-ply Bath Tissue Basesheets were produced substantially as described above for Example 1, except that the through-air drying fabric used therein (described as “Jack”) was substituted with a through-air drying substantially as described in U.S. Patent Publication No.2018/0298560A1, the contents of which are incorporated herein in a manner consistent with the present disclosure, and having the properties described below in Table 6. TABLE 6 Height (mm) Element Angle Wavelength (mm) Amplitude (mm) Density (#/cm) 08 113 100 10 244 The nascent web was subjected to rush transfer from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric. The control samples were produced using a rush transfer rate of 28% while the inventive samples were produced using a rush transfer rate of 38%. Transfer to the transfer fabric was done using vacuum levels of 8 inches of mercury for the control and 16 inches of mercury for the inventive samples. The web was then dried to approximately 98 percent solids before winding. The basesheet was subsequently calendared, slit and wound into single ply rolled tissue products. The products were subject to physical testing as summarized in Tables 7 and 8, below. The improved physical properties, relative to the control and other commercially available tissue products, are shown in FIGS.4-5. TABLE 7 B GM TEA GM Sample asis Weight GMT GMT:BW GM Slope (g•c 2 Stiffness ( m) ( /3”) ( ) m/cm) Stretch Ind x TABLE 8 Sample MD TEA MD Stretch MD Slope MD TEA 2 I EMBODIMENTS First embodiment: A rolled tissue product comprising a tissue web spirally wound about a core, a geometric mean tensile from about 900 to about 1,300 g/3”, Stiffness Index less than about 6.0 and GM Stretch greater than about 14.0%. Second embodiment: The product of the first embodiment wherein the tissue web comprises a first and second ply and a plurality of embossments disposed on the first or the second ply, the web having GM TEA of at least about 12.0 g•cm/cm 2 . Third embodiment: The product of embodiments 1 or 2 wherein the tissue web has a MD TEA of about 20.0 g•cm/cm 2 or greater. Fourth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 3 wherein the tissue web has a GM TEA greater than about 10 g•cm/cm 2 . Fifth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 4 wherein the tissue web has a GM Slope of about 6.00 kg or less. Sixth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 5 wherein the tissue web has a MD Stretch of about 20% or greater. Seventh embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 6 wherein the tissue web has a TEA Index greater than about 14.0. Eighth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 7 wherein the tissue web has a basis weight of at least about 42.0 grams per square meter (gsm) and a sheet bulk greater than about 10.0 cubic centimeters per gram (cc/g). Ninth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 8 wherein the tissue web has a basis weight from about 42 to about 50 grams per square meter (gsm) and a sheet bulk from about 14.0 to about 20.0 cc/g. Tenth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 9 wherein the tissue web has a GM Slope from about from about 4.00 kg to about 6.00 kg and TEA Index from about 12.0 to about 16.0. Eleventh embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 10 wherein the tissue web is through-air dried. Twelfth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 11 wherein the tissue web is uncreped. Thirteenth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 12 wherein the tissue web has a normalized tensile of at least about 22. Fourteenth embodiment: The product of any one of embodiments 1 through 13 wherein the tissue web has a TS7 value less than about 12.0.