FS-FPL-4710

Research Highlights

• Frothing Agent Spray: A Novel Technology to Increase Yield in Recycling of Waste Paper.
  
• Biopulping: The pulp and paper industry utilizes mechanical or chemical pulping methods, or a combination of the two to produce pulps of desired characteristics. Mechanical pulping accounts for about 25% of the wood pulp production in the world today. This volume is expected to increase in the future as raw materials become more difficult to obtain.
  
• Pressure-Sensitive Adhesives: FPL Researchers with industry input, developed a protocol to evaluate the newly developed pressure-sensitive adhesives using typical recycling sequences.
  
• Fiber Loading: Precipitating calcium carbonate inside of wood fibers enhances printing qualities of the resulting paper and reduces the sludge that results from subsequent recycling. To learn more about Fiber loading contact John Klungness.
  
• Enzymatic Deinking: FPL Researchers are using enzymes to bleach and deink laser-printed papers as an alternative to conventional bleaching and deinking methods. To learn more about Enzymatic deinking contact John Klungness.
  
• Pulping of Nontraditional species: Small-diameter, insect-killed and standing dead trees are pulped and evaluated for papermaking.
  
• Utilization of Small Diameter Trees: Our objectives are to show how forest products research contributes with other areas of research to help restore and maintain healthy ecosystems and to establish suitability of nontraditional woody materials for kraft and mechanical pulp.
  
• Pulp Extrusion of Secondary Fibers: A new process to convert undesirable wastepaper and papermill residues into millwork for housing. To learn more contact Tim Scott.
  
• Restoring Papermaking Properties to secondary fibers: Secondary Fiber is North America's largest fiber source. This process directly impacts conservation of forest resources/sustainability.
  
• Corrugated Modeling Addresses National issues: U.S. and Forest Service issues include utilization of wood waste/wood residuals per NRA and utilization of overstocked, small diameter stands. Our Objectives are to quantify economics of corrugated fiberboard from issue-causing materials and characterize benefits at optimum pulping conditions. To learn more contact Thomas Urbanik.

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