PAPER MAKING PROCESS
A Presentation by Product Entrepreneur Department
Process Flow Diagram
Finishing
Raw Pulp Stock Paper
and Distribution
Material Making Preparation Making
Converting
Pulp Making Process
Wood Trunks Debarking Chips Digester
Pulp Bales Pulp Machine Bleaching Tower
Type of Pulps
Based on source
Pulp Types
Virgin Pulp Recycled Pulp
Mainly office, household
LBKP NBKP
and industrial waste
(Hardwood) (softwood) paper
Oak, poplar, birch,
Mainly pine and spruce Low in strength
eucaliptus, accacia
Used in recycled paper
Short fiber, 1 mm Long fiber, 3 mm
products
Provides bulk, opacity,
Provides strength
smoothness and
properties
formation
Type of Pulps
Based on Pulping Process
PAPER MAKING PROCESS
OFFLINE ONLINE
PROCESS PROCESS
ONLINE PAPER MAKING PROCESS
Stock Preparation & Approach Flow
Pulper Refiner • Refined pulp
• Chemicals
• Broke
CHEMICALS
Blending Chest
Filler : Calcium Carbonate
Cleaners
Clay
Titanium Dioxide
Additives : Dyes
Optical Brightening Agent
Binders : Starch products
To Paper Machine Screen
Why Refining of Pulp
Fiber before & after refining
1. Refining increases water
holding capacity of fibers.
2. Helps in fiber to fiber bonding
& formation.
3. Improves strength properties
of paper
PAPER MACHINE Paper Machine
Headbox Wire Press Part
Pope Reel Post Dryers Size Press Pre Dryers
Paper Coating
“Coating a paper enhances its optical characteristic
– whiteness and shade, gloss and smoothness – and
it also improves its printing behavior and produce
more contrast in printed images”
TYPE of Coated Products
• ART PAPER
• ART BOARD
• CAST COAT
• NCR
• IVORY
• DUPLEX
• TRIPLEX
• SBB
• LWC
Paper Finishing/Converting
Rolls Wrapping Sheeting/Cutting
Container Ream
Pallet Palletizing
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