PAPER MAKING PROCESS

A Presentation by Product Entrepreneur Department

Raw
Material
Pulp
Making
Stock
Preparation
Paper
Making
Finishing
and
Converting
Distribution
Process Flow Diagram
Pulp Making Process
Wood Trunks Debarking Chips Digester
Pulp Bales Bleaching Tower
Pulp Machine
Pulp Types
Virgin Pulp
LBKP
(Hardwood)
Oak, poplar, birch,
eucaliptus, accacia
Short fiber, 1 mm
Provides bulk, opacity,
smoothness and
formation
NBKP
(softwood)
Mainly pine and spruce
Long fiber, 3 mm
Provides strength
properties
Recycled Pulp
Mainly office, household
and industrial waste
paper
Low in strength
Used in recycled paper
products
Type of Pulps
Based on source
Type of Pulps
Based on Pulping Process
Refined pulp
Chemicals
Broke
CHEMICALS
Pulper
Cleaners
Refiner
Blending Chest
Screen
To Paper Machine
Stock Preparation & Approach Flow
Filler : Calcium Carbonate
Clay
Titanium Dioxide
Additives : Dyes
Optical Brightening Agent
Binders : Starch products
Internal sizing agent
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
Headbox Wire Press Part
Pre Dryers Pope Reel Size Press
Paper making Process
Paper Machine
Post Dryers
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
Paper Coating
Paper Finishing/Converting
Rolls Wrapping Sheeting/Cutting
Container
Loading
Pallet Palletizing
Ream
Packing