Paper Making Process

PAPER MAKING PROCESS Paper Mills contain a number of processes with different purposes. These processes vary widely, depending on the paper mill and the type of paper product that is produced. Most paper mills can be divided into three groups of process. 1. Stock Preparation, to get the stock ready for paper machine to be made into paper 2. Paper Machine, Paper machine processes are divided into two areas a. Wet end operations, remove water from the stock and form a sheet. b. Dry end operations, to dry the sheet, coat it and smooth it, and wind it onto large reel 3. Finishing Operations, take the sheet from the reel and prepare it to be shipped to customers. Stock Preparation Stock preparation is the interface between the pulp mill or pulp warehouse and the paper machine. The primary concern is to produce a uniform papermaking furnish to ensure stable paper machine operation and high standard of paper quality. It treats and modifies each furnished constituent as required, and then combine all the ingredients continuously and uniformly into paper making stock. In the stock preparation process, baled pulp (or other fibrous raw material) is dispersed into water to form a slush or slurry. The extent of repulping can be just sufficient to enable the slurry to be pumped, or it can be adequate to totally separate and disperse all the fibers Paper Machine Now it's time to make paper out of our pulp. That mainly means getting the water out of the wood-fiber soup, since this papermaking stock is about 99% water. The first area in which this takes place is called the wet end of the papermaking machine First, papermakers spray the stock onto a long, wide screen, called a wire. Immediately, water begins to drain out the bottom of the wire. This water is collected so that it can be reused over and over again. Meanwhile, the pulp fibers are caught on the top side of the wire, and begin to bond together in a very thin mat. The fiber mat remaining on the wire is then squeezed between felt-covered press rollers to absorb more of the water. Even when this wet end work is over, the pulpy stuff on the wire is still about 60% water. But now it's time for the dry end. cylinders are heated by filling them with be up to 30 feet wide, passes through dozens of them, and often in three to wet sheet seals the fibers closer and gradually from pulp into paper. When you look at a piece of paper, can in that single sheet? Probably not, machine called the calender - big, heavy drying paper smooth and uniform in often with fine clay, to make it glossier In the dry end, huge metal steam. The wet paper, which can these hot rollers - sometimes five groups. Heating and drying the closer together, turning them you find any difference in thickness thanks to a part of the paper cast iron rollers that press the thickness. Sometimes the paper is coated, and easier to print on

Finishing

A bit more drying, and then rolled onto a big spool or reel, the pulp - a miraculous mat of fibers from trees - has become paper and further converting process following it through cutters and sheeters transfer the paper to various size of rolls and sheets ready for a thousand uses.

After going through final finishing processes (sorting, wrapping, counting, cartoning, palletizing, labeling, etc.) and meets customer requirements, final products are ready for delivery.

Pulp Making Process

PULP MAKING PROCESS Paper is a material made of cellulose pulp, derived mainly from wood, rags, and certain grasses, processed into flexible sheets or rolls by deposit from an aqueous suspension, and used chiefly for writing, printing, drawing, wrapping, magazine, covering walls, etc. Wood is the principal source of cellulosic fiber for pulp and paper manufacture. At present, wood provides about 93% of the worlds virgin fiber requirement, while non-wood sources, mainly bagasse, cereal straws and bamboo, provide the remainder. The pulp that used for APP paper comes from well-managed sustainability tree farms and processed by latest technology of pulp making system. APP has already received ISO 14001 certification to conform the environmental system standard that assessed by world accreditation body. The advantages of kraft pulping technology that adopted by APP generating stronger pulp, less energy consumption, utilize proven technology for efficient chemical recovery, handle wide variety of wood species and tolerates bark in the pulping process. To produce excellent quality, softwood and hardwood pulps are blends together, getting just the combination of strength, whiteness, writing surface and other characteristics that we want.

Raw wood in form of logs, comes from our plantation land

First process is removing bark, which has no fiber value and formed dirt in the pulp & paper. Removed bark is transported to multifuel boiler to burn as fuel and thus generate steam & power necessary for process.

After bark removal, logs are cut into small pieces, known as chips. And transported to cooking plant to convert into pulp.

Cooking chemical along with steam is used in the process of pulping. A part of the wood is dissolved in the process is utilized as fuel for generation of steam & power. Most of the chemicals used for this conversion is recovered and recycled.

Different types of washing equipment are used to wash the pulp to make it free from accompanying chemicals.

Process of bleaching pulp involves different chemical treatment. The pulp gets more and more clean and finally white.

Smaller fiber bundles and other impurities are removed from the pulp in the process of screening to get a cleaner pulp.

At the end of the process, water from the pulp is removed in dryer and finally...

...Cut to size and baled for ease of transportation