Pulp is a soft, wet mass of the material which is made by mixing water or liquid chemicals.
It is wood-based, clean and biodegradable raw material which is used to make paper, tissue and making them truly sustainable bio products. Fruit pulp is also natural pulp unlike the pulp made in industries. Fruit pulp is best example to understand the structure of pulp.
In paper making industries wood chips, raw material and recycled paper is mixed with the water and mixed well to get the pulp.
Pulp is the most efficient material for paper making process as it helps to get fiber through the large waste material. Wood chips, recycled paper is directly grinded in the pulper and mix efficiently when mixed with water. The pulp looks more like soup when finally done with the mixing. Excess water is then removed to get soft pulp. This is further pressed to thin sheets and dried to get a paper.
What is pulp fiction mean?
In 1950s pulp magazines were published which was inexpensive fiction magazines. The cheap wood pulp on which magazines were printed. This is how term pulp was introduced.
Similarly magazines were printed on higher quality paper called glossies and slicks. This way the term pulp fiction was derived. The pulp used for magazines were high quality pulp, in which wood chips and the material which has high quantity of fiber were used to produce pulp.
So the magazine paper can be used for long time, which also looks cool and can be printed with any ink and doesn’t spread.
Pulp is daily need of an individual. How?
Fresh food wrapping, paper bags and paper cups are also made by the woods chip pulp. Filter for coffee and tea also made by recycled paper pulp. Napkins, handkerchiefs, baby wipes, sanitary napkins are all made by pulp. These are some daily used products which are directly related to the health.
Therefore, the pulp must be clean and hygienic. The waste paper from office which is also clean and unused is recycled to manufacture the napkins. Cotton is also used in making sanitary napkins which is safe and clean and doesn’t affect to the health. The raw material like cotton and paper is taken to the pulper and it breaks down into fibers.
The paper napkins are absorbent by creating empty spaces in between the towels two layers. It is best way of recycling waste and getting proper results.
The kraft process
The wood is combed and taken to the large big vessels and mixed with the chemicals. There, the pulp is heated and then the chemicals break down into lignin, which binds cellulose fiber together. Chemical pulp is used to give the product strength and characteristics.
The product needs to be strong and long lasting. In earlier time, soda pulping was the chemical used for the pulping method which was successful pulping method.
The machines are the most valuable part of producing pulp which can give better results. Machines can also save time and money. There are many industries globally who look forward to manufacture larger machines for paper making process.
