Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

The student knows and understands
• the unit processes of paper and paper board making and can evaluate their effects on paper quality and on environment
• the paper machine cloths and understands their effects on quality and on costs.

Content (course unit)

- Pulp slushing, deflaking and refinin
- Short and long circulations
- Handling the broke
- Headbox and wire section
- Press section and dryerg section
- Surface sizing and calendering
- Reeling, winding and sheeting
- Equipment and processes
- How to affct quality, costs and the environment

Location and time

Schedule to be shared with the students at the beginning of the course. In general 3h contact learning each week and 2h distant learning each week.

Exam schedules

Excursion to paper board or paper mill or to paper machine manufacturer if possible.

Assessment methods and criteria

Exams 2 * 20p, seminar 10 p, homework 6p and participation to lectures 4p. Altogether 60p. You have to get at least 8 points from each exam to pass the course.

Assessment scale

0-5

Teaching methods

Contact learning, distant learning, theory lectures, group tasks and discussions, potential visiting lectures & excursion, homeworks, individual repetiotin and recap sessions of earlier lecture contents, 2 partial exams, group works and seminar presentation

Learning materials

Knowpap
Papermaking science and technology, a series of 19 books. Some chapters of the following books:
- 8. Papermaking Part 1, Stock preparation and Wet end, ed. Hannu Paulapuro
- 9. Papermaking Part 2, Drying, ed. Markku Karlsson
- 10. Papermaking Part 3, Finishing, ed. Pentti Rautiainen
Material handled in lessons (Moodle)

Student workload

50 contact lessons, 88 h own work: preparing for exams, homework, group work & seminar

Content scheduling

Topics covered at lectures: Implementation plan, paper board and paper grades and properties, stock preparation and refining, water circulations, broke handling, headbox, wire section, press section, drying, calendering, surface sizing, reeling, winding, reel packaging, sheeting, manufacturing lines for different grades

Completion alternatives

No

Practical training and working life cooperation

Excursion to paper board or paper mill or to paper machine manufacturer if possible.

International connections

Potential visiting lecturers

Further information

Follow course Moodle pages for course material & exercises and Moodle news channell for up to date information sharing.