Stock Preparation as a Key Operation for Making High-Quality Wet Moulded Fibre Products, TAPPICon22

In the global pursuit for sustainable packaging solutions, usage of different paper raw material is one of the key components to fulfil the goal. Moulded fibre products allow usage of different fibre raw material, although for today, with some restrictions. For example, recycled fibre is of varying quality and can be a challenging material to use for thermoformed wet moulding applications. Further, CTMP strength potential should be further utilized for this application. In both cases, the stock preparation is crucial. The relationship between fibre type, stock preparation, processing and performance needs to be investigated to define how to best produce high-quality wet moulded fibre products using a specific fibre type. To be able to study this a laboratory equipment for manufacturing of high-quality wet moulded fibre products has been set up. Moreover, two test methods to evaluate properties important for trays have been developed; one to evaluate how much load the tray can take and one to evaluate how much the tray will warp during handling. Together with an optimised stock preparation for different fibre raw materials studies can be performed, which aim at increased usage of fibre qualities such as recycled fibre or CTMP for high-quality moulded fibre products.

TAPPI conference proceedings and presentations, technical papers, and publication articles provide technical and management data and solutions on topics covering the Pulp, Paper, Tissue, Corrugated Packaging, Flexible Packaging, Nanotechnology and Converting Industries.

Simply select the quantity, add to your cart and your conference paper, presentation or article will be available for immediate download.