Packaging Flashcards
Types of packaging diagram
See slide
What are matter or felted sheet usually composed of
Plant fibres
ISO stands for
International Standards Organisation
What is the weight of paper with a basis weight?
…
Fibre sources (4)
1
2
3
4 Mixed fibres of spruce, pine and birch
What is the most important characteristic of fibre
Fibre length
What can density variations of long fibres lead to? (2)
1 Poor absorption of ink when printing
2 Problems with adhesive bonding
Short fibres produce paper with (2)
1 smoother surfaces
2 ..
Recycled fibres has the characteristics of what source?
Original fibre source
What type of fibre degrades each time it is re-pulped and what does it do?
Recycled fibres
- reduces fibre length
Types of pulp methods (3)
1 mechanical pulping
2 chemical pulping
3 combination process
Mechanical pulping is the
…
What type of yield do you get from timber?
High yield
What makes the fibres in pulp hard and rigid?
Lignin
What are the five chemical pulp characteristics?
1
2
3
4
5 high purity yields