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A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus. These establishments have been noted for producing an obnoxious smell in the general surroundings.The undesirable odour (usually at pulp mills, which are a little different from paper mills) is caused principally by process by-products, specifically the reduced sulfur gases resulting from the cooking process. Thankfully, these airborne particles are not harmful to the health of the community, but they are considered a nuisance. The Kraft process of reducing wood logs to their fibre constituent is primarily responsible for the odour, as opposed to the sulfite process.
Paper mills can be fully-integrated mills or smaller processing mills. The integrated mill will receive the whole forest log (or wood chips), process it down to the individual fiber level and into a 4% (approximately) pulp slurry, then process that pulp slurry into a sheet of paper. Non-integrated mills cannot process the log or wood chips but instead purchase preprocessed pulp slurry in a dried and baled form, known as market pulp , from pulp mills. The pulp bales are then rehydrated into a 4% solution in order to be processed into a sheet of paper.
The modern paper mill uses large amounts of energy, water, and woodThis article describes the wood that comprises trees and boards. For the Chinese element, see wood (classical element). For the town, see Wood, South Dakota or Wood, Wisconsin. For the type of golf club, see golf club (equipment). Veluwe, The Netherlands in a highly efficient and extremely complex series of processes, using modern and sophisticated controls technologyTechnology ( Gr. tau;εχνολογια < τεχνη "craftsmanship" + λογος "word, reckoning" + the suffix ια) has more than one definition. to produce a sheet of paper that can be used in incredibly diverse ways. Modern paper machines are very large and can be 500 feet in length, produce a sheet 400 inches wide, and operate at speeds of over 100 mph.
Mills
- Braviken Paper MillBraviken Paper Mill (or simply Braviken is a paper mill located outside Braviken, Norrkoping, in Sweden. It is owned by Holmen Paper which in turn is a subsidiary of Holmen. Since the name is derrived from the location, Braviken, and since the name of the, Norrköping, SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf
Pulp and paper industryThe global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American ( United States, Canada), northern European ( Sweden, Finland) and southeast Asian countries (such as Japan). Australasia and Latin America also have significant pulp and paper industries.
