2 Terms
Home > Industry/Domain > Manufacturing > Paper production
Paper production
Paper manufacturing and production terms.
Industry: Manufacturing
Add a new termContributors in Paper production
Paper production
Localised watermark
Printing & publishing; Paper
Achieved by arranging the design on the dandy roll to leave a watermark at a predetermined place on the sheet.
Sulphite
Printing & publishing; Paper
Acid process of cooking pulp. Wood chips are cooked in a solution of bisulphite.
Weight tolerance
Printing & publishing; Paper
Acceptable degree of variation in a paper's shipped weight, usually within 5 percent of the paper's nominal weight.
Feet-per-minute (FPM)
Printing & publishing; Paper
Refers usually to the speed of a papermaking machine in terms of how many feet per minute the forming web of paper traverses the length of the machine.
Pallet
Printing & publishing; Paper
A wooden platform with stringers wide enough to allow a fork lift to drive into it and lift; used to pack cartons for shipment, if specified by the customer. Pallets are usually not reusable.
Wavy edges
Printing & publishing; Paper
A warping, "wave like" effect in paper which is the result of the edges of the sheet having picked up moisture and expanded to a larger size.
