Open AccessEffects of Recycled Fiber Fines on Hand Sheet Properties of Different Unbeaten and Beaten Pulps
Author(s) -
Sezgin Koray Gülsoy,
Saffet Uysal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
drvna industrija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.287
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1847-1153
pISSN - 0012-6772
DOI - 10.5552/drvind.2020.1904
Subject(s) - pulp (tooth) , kraft process , pulp and paper industry , kraft paper , pinus brutia , composite material , materials science , pinus <genus> , botany , dentistry , engineering , medicine , biology
In this study, 5, 10, and 15 % secondary fines of recycled pulp were added to unbeaten and beaten (28 ºSR) samples of recycled pulp, Turkish Calabrian pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) kraft pulp, and European aspen (Populus tremula L.) kraft pulp. The effects of the addition of fiber fines on hand sheets properties were evaluated. The addition of fiber fines to the unbeaten pulps improved the strength properties of hand sheets. The roughness of hand sheets was also decreased with the addition of fines. When fiber fines were added to the beaten pulps, the type of pulp strongly affected the paper strength properties. The strength properties of beaten pulps of Turkish Calabrian pine and European aspen were decreased with the addition of fiber fines, while the strength properties of beaten pulps of recycled pulp were increased. On the other hand, the air permeance of unbeaten and beaten samples was decreased with the addition of fiber fines. Consequently, the addition of fines to unbeaten and beaten pulps had a more pronounced effect on European aspen kraft pulp and recycled pulp than on Turkish Calabrian pine kraft pulp. Also, the strength of paper made of unbeaten recycled pulp with the addition of 15 % fines was higher than that of fines-free beaten recycled pulp.