Paper production

Paper production

Paper manufacturing and production terms.

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Cutter dust

Printing & publishing; Paper

Paper dust resulting from cutting or trimming the paper which can transfer to printing blankets causing problems during a press run.

Oven on web offset press through which the web of printed paper passes after it leaves the final printing unit. The drying process, standard when heat-set inks are used, heats the web to about 350 ...

Drying oven

Printing & publishing; Paper

Neutral pH

Printing & publishing; Paper

Offset papers manufactured with a pH of 6. 0 to 8. 0 on a scale of. 0 to 14. 0. Neutral pH factors are built into paper as a minimum value, to increase stability and improve permanence for use in ...

Headbox

Printing & publishing; Paper

On a paper machine, the box that dispenses the appropriate amount of furnish (pulp) into the papermaking process.

Couch roll

Printing & publishing; Paper

On a paper making machine the equipment that helps remove excess water from the moving web of paper prior to the wet press section of a paper machine.

Formation

Printing & publishing; Paper

Refers to the uniformity or lack of it in the distribution of the fibres when manufacturing paper; can be observed by looking through the sheet; a good formation is uniform or "Close", while a poor ...