Sunday 15 December 2013

Forming Fabrics In Paper Making

Forming fabrics are mainly used for making boards and papers. One of the major functions of forming fabrics is that they enhance the quality of papers and boards and help improving the functioning of paper machine. There are mainly three kind of formic fabrics – single layer fabrics, double layer fabrics, and triple layer fabrics that include triple weft and bronze mesh. The usage of various kinds of fabrics is on rise in paper making industry as companies these days are trying to reduce energy consumption in their industries to lowest without compromising the quality of their products. Along with this they also face a constant pressure of keeping paper and boards’ prices under control. All these challenges have led to development of several concepts related to forming fabrics in recent times.

Forming is one of the most critical steps in paper making process. Fabric cleaning is one of the most important steps that ensure longevity of paper as well as boards. There are several companies that are offering forming fabrics. Wirefabriks for example has been offering a wide variety of formic fabrics. There are mainly five kind of forming fabrics offered by this company: single layer fabric, double layer fabrics, triple weft, special edge treatments, and shute support triple layer fabric. All these fabrics are divided different sub-categories. The double Layer Forming Fabric for example is offered in five different types:
1.    1.5 layer, 10 shed double layer fabric
2.    2 layer, 8 shed double layer fabric
3.    2.5 layer 8 shed double layer fabric
4.    2 layer, 16 shed double layer fabric
5.    2.5 layer, 16 shed double layer fabric

Triple weft forming fabric on the other hand is offered in only one type – 3.5 layer, 16 shed. The triple layer paper making also known as triple weft includes top as well as bottom weft yarn layers that are interwoven along with a warp yarns systems.
All these new concepts are being rapidly adopted by all paper making industries. There are several issues that the paper industry is facing several issues such as paper quality improvement, lower basis of weights, new wider former configurations, better speed, increase in use of re-cycled fibers in papers, and increase of fillers in sheets. Paper making is a widely discussed issue among environmental issues as it includes cutting of trees. Re-cycling of paper is one of the most important parts of paper making. Forming is mainly used in this process where it helps in improving quality of paper and helping produce better products. 

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Thursday 31 October 2013

An Insight Into The Working of Paper Making Industry

Paper making industry is quite flourishing in the present day scenario.Paper is such an important raw material that is being used in number of factories. It is extremely important to understand the correct and timely procedure of making paper in technical textiles


Paper making industry if we look in a broad manner; follow a simple procedure including steps such as production of raw material, further processing of raw material, bleaching, papermaking and finally disposal and transportation of the same. I would like to make it clear at this point that technical textiles about which I mentioned above are basically used for fabricating paper in a professional and time-saving manner. These days these kinds of machines are coming up well-equipped with extremely advanced lamination techniques. Advancement in techniques is best understood with fast and quality performance of these machines. No doubt, any advancement in technical textiles is followed up by an increase in manufacturing cost.
These textiles alone cannot contribute to adequate paper manufacturing these also demand proper machinery so as to come out with best and highly reliable products. It can be seen that paper making industry has actually undergone several visible transformations from the past few years. 
Those businesses that need to deal with technical textiles need to be well aware of theaspects that must not be overlooked whole deciding on these textiles. For example, Wires and Fabriks Ltd. is one such company that has been looking into all these aspects of this business from last 18 years. The company is kwon for its sheer efficiency and wide range of products that have provided it with a special place in paper making industry.

Paper making industry might appear monotonous by its name and image, but actually it demands great intelligence to cater to the needs and requirements of different clients.It is also important on the part of the clients to assure that the best quality raw materials are being used in fabricating paper.In todays highly competitive scenario, every supplier or dealer promises to offer the best quality products, but the real trick is in identifying the best at the most competitive price. This makes it important for the businessmen to research well and then make their final decision regarding choosing a paper making industry and alsothe technical textiles being used in them.

One should make full use of highly reliable sources, which includes both online and offline sources to reach a highly informed and dependable decision.  Transparency is another significant that must not be ignored. This brings out a very essential point, which is of quality assurance that must be confirmed well-in advance to avoid any last minute hassles. One rational decision made in present would definitely reap great benefits both in present as well as in near future. This would lead to a happy and win-win situation both for the client as well as the supplier as the client will end up finding a reliable supplier and supplier would gain a loyal client plus effective promotion through word of mouth.

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Thursday 5 September 2013

Products of industry


1.    pulp industry
2.    sludge
3.    textile
4.    technical textiles
5.    special belts
6.    Papermaking
The pulp and paper industrybasically comprise of companies that use wood as raw material and produce pulp, paper, board and other allied cellulose-based products.Papermaking, technical textiles and special belt making are major industries. These are the industries that feed the other industries to produce capital and other goods for domestic use.
Pulp is a lignocellulose fibrous material produced by separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood serves as about 90 % of the raw material for pulp industry with the remaining originating fromother plants. Pulp is most commonly used as raw material in papermaking, but it is utilised by the textiles, food, pharmaceutical and many other industries too.

Paper-makingcan be traced back to China about 105 BC, when paper was made using mulberry and other fibrescombining them with fishnets, old rags, and hemp waste. Modern papermaking industry has become much more organised and scientific with several sections, roughly corresponding to the processes traditionally involved in making paper. Pulp is refined and mixed in water with other additives to make a pulp slurry. The pulp slurry is distributedon a moving continuous screen and water is drained from the slurry. The wet paper sheet is compressed, dried and rolled.







Monday 5 August 2013

A glance at Papermaking and Technical textiles

The growth of industrialization and technology have brought about a paradigm shift in the character of industries as well as methods and means of conducting business in the new global meta-market. There has been great demand and growth in the domain of specialty fibers, forming fabrics, pulp and papermaking and technical textiles.
In addition to this,textiles are different from regular textiles as they are made of the materials and products intended for end-uses with different needs and the fabrics are selected principally for its performance and properties as opposed to its aesthetic or decorative characteristics. The advent of new technology such as special weaving process, nonwoven technique etc has enabled the manufacture of technical textiles.
The recent developments in industrialization have demanded technical textiles to be:
• High resistance to temperature
• Stable under stress and strain
• Fairly strong to absorb impact of highly reactive chemicals etc.
Coming to paper making, it is widely known that paper is made from pulp. However, the pulp can be procured from different sources. The first step is to remove bark from tree stems before processing. Depending on the tree species, the bark may be removed manually in the forests or mechanically in the pulp mill. There are two types of pulping processes:
1. 1. Mechanical pulping.
2. 2. Chemical pulping


Paper made from chemical pulp (i.e. containing little or no mechanical pulp) is often called wood-free paper. The pulp so obtained in brown in color and is bleached to obtain the white paper, as we know. There are many techniques of bleaching that may vary from mill to mill and also the process/sequence being used.
Bleaching is a multi-stage process and chemicals such as chlorine dioxide, oxygen, ozone and hydrogen peroxide are used in combination through different stages. One of the last stages of papermaking is the conversion phase where Paper is made using a specially designed paper machine, which creates a continuous uniform sheet of paper, board or tissue wound together. Most pulp and paper making firms generate several distinct types of residues such as organic wastes that are generated during wastewater treatment and/ or cleaning and Inorganic wastes that are generated during the process and chemical recovery process. One organic residue is sludge that is mainly cellulose Fiber. Secondary sludge includes a variety of materials that have undergone some degree of microbial decomposition.
Talking of industrial use special belts there are different kinds of special belts to suit specific purposes. A basic conveyor belt is a long continuously moving band of rubber, technical textile, or metal, used in a place such as a factory, warehouse or airport to transport hefty freight from one place to another: One type of special belts is woven conveyor belt which is made up of multiple layers of fabrics woven into one piece, Stripes are woven into the belt to indicate the number of plies. Generally the piles range from 2 to 10. Spiral conveyors are more subtle like and suit other specific business needs.
Technology has vastly assisted in the development of more specific industrial products and process to increase utility of machines and reduce wastage.

Author is an online marketer and loves to write on different subjects. With this post he is sharing information on conveyor belts & technical textiles in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

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Friday 28 June 2013

Paper Making & Machine Clothing

There is adiversified range of products that encompass our life. Such products are not only indispensible but may also constitute the very basis of our day-to-day survival and functioning. Paper and paper products are widely used in our daily life and it's hard to deny their immense worth and utility. From writing, to reading, to art, paper does it all.

In earlier times we used polythene as the building block packaging and storage. But as alarming climatic conditions warned against the use of such pollutants people moved to production of paperboard as a smarter and carbon free alternative. If you are thinking we are still cutting those forests and depleting natural woods then you are living behind the refined mystery of industrialization. To develop paper, paper making products including fiber elements are required whereas use of pulpwood logs and recycled paper products delivers fiber to create paper. 


New industrial processes are being used to deploy paper making products in the process of production. Paper and fiber manufacturing companies are blessing this planet through environment friendly attributes of natural cultivation besides developing quality paper products. Technical textiles industries are new and growing in India. Natural and synthetic fibers are produced and used for daily use. The same is exported to other continents as well. These fibers offer greater qualities as compared to man-made fibers.

A machine clothing company develops forming fabric, which can be simply translated into high precision woven mesh. It has a unique weave structure taken from Polyester Monofilament yarns, whichboasts of the existence of special properties of elements. The paper machine functions on this fabric with pulp, water and cellulose fiber. Now the gravitational as well as vacuum forces are utilized to separate water from the mixture of fabric. This Drainage measure outputs the wet sheet of paper which is then moved to other sections of process to develop the dry sheet of fine quality usable paper.
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Tuesday 14 May 2013

Wires & Fabriks (S.A) Ltd - History

Wires & Fabriks (S.A) Ltd commenced operations in 1963 at Jaipur, India with the manufacture of Bronze wire cloth then used on fourdrinier paper machines. The company became a public limited company in 1985.

In 1983, Synthetic Forming Fabrics (in Single Layer) were introduced. As a progressively oriented company we soon pioneered the introduction of Double Layer Fabrics  followed by Triple layer fabrics.

Woven Dryer Screens with Flat Warp were introduced in 2001 and Spiral Link Dryer Screens in 2005.

Today, we offer a full range of

        Forming Fabrics: In Single Layer, Double Layer and Triple Layer (Triple Weft as well as SSB range)
        Woven Dryer Screens: in a wide permeability range for all paper machine positions and speeds.
        Spiral Dryer Screens: with & without stuffing for all paper grades and ETP plants.
        Pulp Fabrics: In different designs and materials (Polyester/Polyamide/Kynar/Anti-static/Combinations)
        Stainless Steel Mesh: In Open ended and Diagonal Seam form.(in a wide mesh range of 2-80/cm).
        Phosphor Bronze Mesh: In Open ended and Diagonal Seam form.(in a wide mesh range of 2-14/cm).

In 2009 and 2010, we invested over US$ 12 million in modernizing, balancing and enhancing our capacity with the most modern warping machines, wide weaving looms and automated seaming machines. As a result, today we are well equipped to offer the most modern SSB Forming Fabric designs for Fourdrinier/Twin Wire Formers/Gap formers/Multi formers etc .