RAPPT (Research Association of Pulp and Paper Technology) initiated its R&D works in Sept., 1982 under the financial subsidy from the Ministry of international Trade and industry and finished in March 1987 with fruitful result on schedule.
This paper gives you the outline of high consistency forming (HCF), one of the main themes of RAPPT.
HCF project had been conducted by 16 researchers dispatched from 5 paper makers and 4 plant makers and they were divided into 5 groups to work for the following ;
A : Fundamental research of fluid bahaviour of pulp suspension and evaluation of physical properties, printability coating-capability of HCF sample sheet.
B : Search for the screen in the approach flow of HCF.
C : Research on the sheet forming.
-1 : Quick-sheet forming.
-2 : Fiber dispersion and jet stability of the HCF head box.
-3 : Fiber dispersion in the sheet forming zone.
Assembling all the idea of the researchers, a pilot plant, available for various types of sheet forming test, was built in Oct., 1985.
As for the sheet formation, printability and coating-capability, HCF sample sheet formed on the pilotplant could be evaluated as good as the conventionally formed one. However, the tensile strength, both of the machine and cross directions reduced gradually with the increasing consistency in the head box, whereas the Z-direction strength increased.
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