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Paper production

Paper manufacturing and production terms.

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Paper production

Twin-wire machine

Printing & publishing; Paper

A paper machine with two wires instead of one producing paper with less two-sidedness.

Fourdrinier

Printing & publishing; Paper

A paper machine developed by Louis Robert and financed by Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier that produces a continuous web of paper; also the term for the section of the paper machine which is a continuous ...

Onionskin

Printing & publishing; Paper

A lightweight, cockle finish paper used for making copies of correspondence.

Book paper

Printing & publishing; Paper

A general term used to define papers that are most suitable for book manufacture.

Bristol board

Printing & publishing; Paper

A high quality heavy weight paper, sometimes made with cotton fibre prepared or glued together, usually with a calliper thickness of 0. 006" and up.

Thermomechanical pulp

Printing & publishing; Paper

Made by steaming wood chips prior to and during refining, producing a higher yield and stronger pulp than regular groundwood.

Lift

Printing & publishing; Paper

Maximum number of sheets handled by operator of guillotine cutting machine or by paper handler loading paper for printing.

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