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Process of producing pulp, for manufacture of fiberboard, in a closed backwater system

US4012279A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 30, 1974
Grant dateMar 15, 1977
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Expiry dateDec 30, 1994

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21J1/00
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Lignocellulose fiber containing chips, preheated with steam liberated from a previous chip defibration, are dewatered and then defibrated in an atmosphere of saturated steam and in the presence of backwater and suspended in backwater to form a pulp suspension whereafter wet sheets are formed from the pulp suspension, water is mechanically removed from the wet sheets and recycled as backwater to be supplied simultaneously, with dewatered chips, to the defibration step and to form a new pulp suspension and said wet sheets are dried.

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