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Calendering
After reading this article you will..
- understand why papers and boards are calendered and what happens in calendering.
Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Paper structure
- Fibres and bonds
- Paper surface and thermal, electrical and friction characteristics
- Paper optics
- In-plane tensile properties
- Structural mechanics of paper and board
- Moisture transport
- Rheology
- Dimensional stability
- Printing
Authors & references
Author:
Krista Nukarinen, Valmet
References:
- Ahlstedt, J. et al. Calendering (Chapter 1). In: Rautiainen, P. (ed.), Papermaking Part 3, Finishing, (Book 10), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Finnish Paper Engineers´ Association /Paperi ja Puu Oy. Porvoo, 2010, p. 14–15.
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This page has been updated 15.11.2020