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    Tan Prelim Lec

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    The document describes the process for making paper. It involves pulping wood fibers, refining them, diluting them into a thin mixture, forming the fibers into a sheet on a screened surface, pressing to increase density, drying to remove moisture, and finishing. Key machinery for a paper manufacturing plant includes chippers to break wood into chips, pulpers to grind chips into pulp, digesters to process pulp using chemicals and heat, refiners to treat pulp, and Fourdrinier machines to continuously drain water from the formed paper sheet as it moves down a conveyor belt. Raw materials for paper production include various plants, grasses, and wood sources.

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    The document describes the process for making paper. It involves pulping wood fibers, refining them, diluting them into a thin mixture, forming the fibers into a sheet on a screened surface, pressing to increase density, drying to remove moisture, and finishing. Key machinery for a paper manufacturing plant includes chippers to break wood into chips, pulpers to grind chips into pulp, digesters to process pulp using chemicals and heat, refiners to treat pulp, and Fourdrinier machines to continuously drain water from the formed paper sheet as it moves down a conveyor belt. Raw materials for paper production include various plants, grasses, and wood sources.

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    The document describes the process for making paper. It involves pulping wood fibers, refining them, diluting them into a thin mixture, forming the fibers into a sheet on a screened surface, pressing to increase density, drying to remove moisture, and finishing. Key machinery for a paper manufacturing plant includes chippers to break wood into chips, pulpers to grind chips into pulp, digesters to process pulp using chemicals and heat, refiners to treat pulp, and Fourdrinier machines to continuously drain water from the formed paper sheet as it moves down a conveyor belt. Raw materials for paper production include various plants, grasses, and wood sources.

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    PRELIM

    INPLAENG LEC.
    PAPER PLANT

    1. Describe the processes in making paper


    Paper plays a key role in our daily life and papers have been used for many years from now.
    Papers are made with the pulp of the woods, which is an Eco-friendly product.
    Paper is made through the following processes:

    1) Pulping procedure will be done to separate and clean the fibers

    2) Refining procedure will be followed after pulping processes

    3) Dilution process to form a thin fiber mixture

    4) Formation of fibers on a thin screened

    5) Pressurization to enhance the materials density

    6) Drying to eliminate the density of materials

    7) Finishing procedure to provide a suitable surface for usgae

    2. Show a process flowchart


    3. Show a plant layout

    4. What are the machinery requirements for setting up a paper manufacturing plant?

    These are just a few examples of the solutions offered by pulp and paper equipment
    manufacturers.

    Chippers: woodchippers are used to turn pulpwood into evenly sized chips, which will allow for
    cooking or grinding processes to work effectively and uniformly. Stationary chippers are
    employed at paper mill facilities, and mobile units are also used directly at timber yards.

    Pulpers: “pulper” also describes a different type of equipment used for food products, but a paper
    pulping machine is very different. Mechanical pulping machines are essentially large (usually
    cylindrical) grinders where wood chips can be ground into pulp.

    Digesters: Digesters are the key piece of chemical pulping equipment. They essentially look like
    large tanks—inside, chips are processed using caustic chemicals, rapid pressure changes, and
    heat.

    Refiners: refining processes paper fibers through brushing, cutting, and hydrating, all of which
    can help determine different final paper qualities. This is accomplished using hydraulic refining
    machines that utilize high-speed rotating discs to treat pumped-in paper slurry.

    Fourdrinier Machines: originally developed in England by the French Fourdrinier brothers, this
    basic design has become so commonplace (with some evolution) that these machines are now
    often simply called “paper machines.” They use a conveyor belt, traditionally made of wire mesh,
    to continuously drain water from paper as it moves down the line.

    5. What are the raw material requirements for setting up a paper manufacturing plant
    Pulp and paper industry prominently depends on the natural resources for meeting the
    requirements of raw materials. Rice straw, wheat straw, sugarcane bagasse, eucalyptus,
    poplar, kenaf, bamboo, pine, grasses, reeds, acacia, etc. are some raw materials, which are
    frequently used in pulp and paper mills.

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