Preliminary Treatment

Waste Cotton rags are cut into small bits with the help of hand knives or power operated rag chopper after sorting ( to remove non cellulosic material) cut material is dusted on a wiremesh frame. In case of agro fibres the material after chopping is cooked in a small open digester with low percentage of Alkali and washed.

Beating

Cut and dusted rags are beaten to pulp/stock in small power operated Holder beater, with or without bleaching. The material is washed by means of a washdrum followed by further beating. Addition of natural fillers/loadings and dying and sizing chemicals as required for the end product is also accomplished during beating..

Sheet Formation

Wet Sheets are lifted by Vetman with the help of wiremesh frames wither by dipping the same into traditional vat containing pulp or by pouring measured quantity of pulp into the mould held in the improved type paddle operated univat containing water. Coucher transfers the wet sheet to the cloth napkin or woolen felt by mild pressing of the mould. This lifting and couching process continues till a post of wet sheets interleaved with cloth/felt is made.

Pressing

The post is then pressed under a hand operated screw press or a small power operated Hydraulic Press. Upto 50% of water from the wet sheets is removed. Pressed sheets are peeled/seperated from the couching cloth/felt and loft dried for natural drying colours.

Tub Sizing

Document Papers, certificates drawing and other specialities in particular are dipped in a bath containing Animal Glue, Starch etc. & dried again to build unique characterstics like permanance, erasability and long shelf life by preventing mold growth and damages from insects..

Calendering

Dried paper i splate glazed interleaved between zinc/G.I Sheet and passed to and from under heavy mechanical pressure through a small power, operated calendering machine. Calender paper is hand sorted, edges trimmed and neatly packed.