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
- Printing
Pigment coating Why are many base papers and boards coated with pigment coatings? The answer to this question can be sought from the end-use requirements for the paper’s and board’s surface properties. Many of these products are printed and converted in the later phases of their life cycle. Good printability requires controllable interaction between ink
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
References:
- Paltakari, J., Lehtinen, E. & Imppola, O., Introduction to pigment coating and surface sizing of paper and board (Chapter 1). In: Paltakari, J. (ed.), Pigment Coating and Surface Sizing of Paper, (Book 11), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Finnish Paper Engineers´ Association / Paperi ja Puu Oy. Jyväskylä, 2009, p. 12–28.
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