The papers summarized here are from the November 2017 issue, featuring special recycling content; and the January 2018 issue, featuring special coating content. TAPPI Journal is an online publication of relevant and timely peer-reviewed research delivered via email and free to all TAPPI members. To receive TAPPI Journal, join TAPPI at www.tappi.org. NOVEMBER STICKIES Improved deinking and stickies removal Cesar ...
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CIPTE Show Highlights Innovation and Sustainability
ROBERT RYAN Innovation, sustainability and megatrends… these were key themes at the China International Paper Technology Exhibition and Conference (CIPTE). The three-day trade show and seminar program was held in Shenzhen, China, in September 2017, and attracted machinery and automation vendors, chemicals and consumables suppliers, papermakers, and industry experts from across China and overseas. Sustainability was the focus of the ...
Read More »Sustainability as Business Leverage
In a dictionary, the word “sustainability” includes two definitions: the ability to be maintained at a steady rate, and the conservation of natural resources for ecological balance. There is perhaps no arena where these two ideas overlap more than they do in tissue production. The tissue industry is global in scale, resource intensive, consumer-oriented, and high volume—all areas where, no ...
Read More »Benefits of Drive-Through Design
Drive-through loading docks provide cleanliness, safety, and efficiency. WALT SWIETLIK Since finished paper products are typically designed to have words or images printed on them or to package another product, it is essential that they look—and are—clean. When food and beverage labels or packaging are being manufactured, cleanliness is more than best practice: it’s the law. Any paper products that ...
Read More »Creating a Lignin Culture
Huge strides have been made in the commercial development of lignin, but there is a lot more exciting work on the horizon. GRAEME RODDEN Although the “bio” sector of the forest products industry has been big news recently, many do not realize that this new path was actually trodden upon more than 30 years ago, if not longer. Michael Paleologou ...
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The papers summarized here are from the September and October 2017 issues of TAPPI Journal. TAPPI Journal is an online publication of relevant and timely peer-reviewed research delivered via email and free to all TAPPI members. To receive TAPPI Journal, join TAPPI at www.tappi.org. SEPTEMBER PAPERMAKING Three-dimensional pore structure visualization and characterization of paper using x-ray computed tomography Yves Defrenne, ...
Read More »A Novel Synthetic Adsorbent for Pitch Control
MARCELO RIBEIRO The primary organic contaminant in the pulping process is pitch. Pitch reduces pulp mill efficiencies and productivity from the washers through to the pulp dryer. Talc, an inorganic adsorbent, is the most common treatment for pitch control. Talc can cause scaling on evaporators, and is generally applied after brownstock washing. Yet talc has been raised as a health ...
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Start reading this issue now! Your digital edition of Paper360, March/April 2018 is available now. Clicking on the Table of Contents will deliver you directly to that page of your issue. Thank you for reading! Setpoint Over the Wire The Importance of Safety Training Data & Decision Making RISI European CEO of the Year: DS Smith’s Miles Roberts Buckman’s Junai ...
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The papers summarized here are from the October 2016 and November 2016 issues of TAPPI Journal. TAPPI Journal is an online publication of relevant and timely peer-reviewed research delivered via email and free to all TAPPI members. To receive TAPPI Journal, join TAPPI at www.tappi.org. OCTOBER NANOTECHNOLOGY Preparation and characterization of bioactive and breathable polyvinyl alcohol nanowebs using a combinational ...
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The papers summarized here are from the January 2017 issue of TAPPI Journal. TAPPI Journal is an online publication of relevant and timely peer-reviewed research delivered via email and free to all TAPPI members. To receive TAPPI Journal, join TAPPI at www.tappi.org. BIOREFINERY Cellulosic ethanol byproducts as a bulking agent J.M. Considine, D. Coffin, J.Y. Zhu, D.H. Mann, and X. ...
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