Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making MaterialDewey, Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie)
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Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material
Dewey, Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie)
Fiber plants; Hemp; Paper industry
In run No. 143 stock from cooks Nos. 315 and 316 was given a medium
brush and washing for one hour and was medium brushed for one hour more,
bleached with 11.3 per cent of bleach assisted with one-half pint of oil
of vitriol, made into a furnish of 16.5 per cent of sulphite, 22.3 per
cent of soda poplar, and 61.2 per cent of hurd stock, loaded with 22 per
cent of clay, sized with 1.38 per cent of resin size, given a hard brush
for one hour, tinted very strongly, and pumped to the stock chest. This
stock was beaten to a greater extent than in previous runs. The stock
was run on the paper machine at a speed of 75 feet per minute, using a
medium Jordan brush, and no trouble whatsoever was experienced. Not over
2 pounds of "broke" was produced during the whole run, and that was in
the "threading" of the machine. The color of the sheet is entirely
satisfactory for many uses. The wood shives apparently were reduced to a
satisfactory degree. Experienced paper makers commented very favorably
on the running of this furnish and the quality of the paper produced.
Run No. 144 was intended as a duplicate of run No. 143. Stock from cooks
Nos. 317 and 318 was given a medium brush and washing for one hour and a
further medium brush of one hour, bleached with 11.4 per cent of bleach,
and made into a furnish composed of 15.5 per cent of sulphite, 23.5 per
cent of soda poplar, and 61 per cent of hurd stock, loaded with 21.4 per
cent of clay, sized with 1.17 per cent of resin size, hard brushed for
one hour, tinted by the expert colorer of the company, and pumped to the
stock chest. Stock from cooks Nos. 319 and 320 was treated in exactly
the same manner except that the stock was bleached with 12.1 per cent of
bleach and pumped to the stock chest to mix with the former furnish. The
stock acted very well on the machine, which was speeded to 75 feet per
minute, with the Jordan refiner set at a medium brush. The sheet is as
good, if not better, than that of run No. 143, and it is also a good
illustration of the extent to which proper tinting will enhance the
general appearance of a paper. The poor appearance of the samples of
previous runs is due largely to lack of proper tinting. Various degrees
of whiteness, however, are demanded by the trade.
=COMPARISON OF THE TESTS AND COMMERCIAL PRACTICE.=
In work of this nature and on this scale it is practically impossible to
arrive at a cost figure which would be susceptible of commercial
interpretation, and in this preliminary publication nothing will be
attempted beyond a comparison of the process used with the hurds with
that process commercially applied to poplar wood. The process last used
with the hurds should not be regarded as final, satisfactory, or most
suitable, as it has been shown that progress was being made up to the
conclusion of the work.
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