1997 Volume 51 Issue 2 Pages 326-331
Newsprint production is made advanced high speed printing and reduction of labor for the purpose of productivity improvement. From the viewpoint of the environmental issue, the news ink with aromatic free solvents are developed.
The improvements of water repellency and surface strength are required to newsprint for off-set printing with super-light-weight paper or for high speed printing.
In almost all newspaper mills, gate roll coaters are generally installed. Specially the use of poly acryl-amide (PAM) coating agent is spreading. We propose the newly gate roll coating agent with excellent surface strength as well as high water repellency.
