Manufacturing Technology of Paperboards and Specialty Papers (3 cr)

Objectives (course unit)

The students know the manufacturing process of paperboards and speciality papers and how it affects the quality and the costs of the paper as well as the environment. The course strengthens the students’ professional development

Content (course unit)

Special production characteristics (multi-layered webbing, yankee pressing e.g. Condebelt) of paperboard (blached and non-bleached woodfree board, liquid packaging board, folded board, recycled board, liners and fluting, wall paper board, core board, graphical board, gypsum board, wood board).

Special production characteristics of speciality papers (backing and coating of adhesive papers, bag and wrapping papers, tissue, heat-sensitive papers, papers of construction industry, tobacco papers, greaseproof papers, dry paper, thin printing paper and others).

Exam schedules

On December th

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation:
Examination
Activiness in lesson hours; >80% 10 % of grade, tasks
grades 0-5

Teaching methods

Group work, co-operative learning, contact lessons,

Learning materials

Material in Tabula-application
FAPET: Paper making; Paper and Paper board Products

Content scheduling

Week 36 Introduction, Implementation,
Task of terminology,
Paper board products and specialty papers: raw materials,
structure of products, end use properties of products and quality parameters
Week 37 Manufacturing technology of paper board:
: FBB, SBS, SUB, WLC jne.
Week 38 Manufacturing technology of paper board LPB
Week 39 Manufacturing technology of liner boards and corrugated mediums
Week 40 Manufacturing technology of liner boards and corrugated mediums (fluting ja wellenstoff)
Week 41 Manufacturing of core boards and core liners and special-ty paper boards

Week 42 Season holiday

Week 43 Manufacturing of labelling papers and facings, release papers
Week 44 Sack- and bag papers, Packaging papers and liners
Week 45 Packaging papers (food packaging)
Week 46 and 47 Manufacturing of tissue papers (WC-, wiping and napking papers)
Week 48 Manufacturing technology of soft papers (Air-laid tissue)
Week 48 Manufacturing technology of other specialty papers (fil-ter, tape etc.)
Week 49 Manufacturing technology of laminating papers

Examination

Practical training and working life cooperation

Paper and Paper board Samples of Practical training

Assessment criteria - excellent (5) (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Student understand structure, raw material, end properties of specialty paper, paper board and specialty board grades, understand unit processes and process parameters of production line,
Student can research and develop high quality speciality papers and paper boards.