- Bamboos are a group of
woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae,
subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Some of its members are giants,
forming by far the largest members of the grass family. Younger tips of
some of the larger species can grow over 1 meter per day.Bamboo pulp
means moist, slightly cohering mass, consisting of soft, undissolved
animal or vegetable matter.Pulp made from wood, used especially to make
paper.
- Bamboo is botanically
classified as a grass and for pulping purposes it is regarded as an
annual plant. Bamboo pulp is very similar to softwood in terms of fiber
length and strength. However, pulping conditions are also very similar
to eucalyptus. Hence, bamboo can be pulped together with hardwood. Mixed
cooking provides stronger pulp than hardwood pulped separately and later
mixed with bamboo. Bamboo can also be cooked with acacia.
- Bamboo can be formed
into a suitable pulp if prior to digestion it undergoes a process of
shredding, washing and wet depithing.The fibres are then chemically
digested preferably by a process which uses rapid pressure drops to open
the fibres using the energy contained in the wet superheated
fibres.
- Plant cell walls are
composed of cellulose which is the main material used to make paper.
Wood contains high levels of these papermaking fibres and is the main
pulp source utilized in North America. The structure and shape of the
cellulose wood fibre varies from species to species and even within an
individual tree.
- Chemical pulping turns
the wood pulp brown in colour. Although this is fine for such packaging
as cardboard and some paper bags, whiteness is an important
characteristic in papers used for printing or high quality packaging.
Bleaching is used to whiten and purify the pulp fibres. How much
bleaching is required depends on the end product that will be
manufactured from the pulp. Bleaching, however, weakens the wood fibre.
Different paper products have different requirements for the balance
between strength and whiteness. To meet this range of needs, mills
produce a variety of pulps such as fully bleached, semi-bleached and
unbleached.
- The international
commodity market for paper pulp is well established, and the supply side
is dominated by a few very large multinational companies. Prices in the
domestic market in Australia essentially track the cycles in world
price. Indicative costs of bleached pulp are $700-$1,000/t. The economic
success of a pulping plant hinges on its ability to commercially produce
pulp when prices are at the bottom of the cycle.
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General
Information
- Introduction to
Bamboo
- Bamboo
information
- Grades of pulp
- Origins of paper
Manufacturing
process
- Making pulp from
bamboo
- Century's bamboo pulp
production process
- Manufacturing process
of pulp in paper production
- Handmade pulp making in
paper production
- Manufacturing process
of recycled handmade paper
- Manufacturing process
of rice paper
- Production process of
handmade bamboo paper using pulp
Company
Profiles
- Anhui Snow Dragon Fibre
Technology
- Century Pulp and
Paper
- Metso Corporation
- Phoenix Pulp &
Paper
Consultants
- Hurter Consult
Incorporated
- Central Pulp &
Paper Research Institute
- Development Consultants
Private Limited
- Joseph E.
Atchison
- KSH consulting
- Panel of experts
- Wan
Razali Wan Mohd
Patent and Technology
- Process for making a
pulp from bamboo
- Process for bleaching
paper pulp using melamine as a viscosity stabilizer
- Diaphragm of
electro acoustic transducer and method of manufacturing the same
- Kind of yarn comprising
bamboo fiber and the processing method thereof
- Cleaner production
techniques and technologies
- Pulping
Terminology
- Enzyme Processes for
Pulp and Paper
- Patented technology of bamboo
fiber
Plants, Applications
and Properties
- Ion Exchange Ltd.
production plants
- Automatic Pulp Molding
Machines
- Longkou's pulp molding machines
- Bamboo weaving
machines
- Pulp, paper and
packaging industry of Myanmar
- Nonwood Plant Fiber
Uses in Papermaking
- Raw material for production of
medical and hygiene products
- Non-wood Plant Fiber
Characteristics
- Chemical Properties of
Dissolving Pulps from Nonwood Fibers
- Physical, chemical and
mechanical properties of bamboo
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Projects and Case
Studies
- Training workshop on
bamboo cultivation and utilization
- Development of AOX
standards for large scale pulp and paper industries
- Formation and
evaluation of bamboo pulp for medical applications
- A Bamboo Growing Base
for producing 250,000 tons of Pulp
- Green Rating Project
- Pulp and paper
- Manufacture of paper
and paper products
Market
- Market opportunities
for non-wood fibre crops
- Status of bamboo and
rattan in India
- Overview of market of
bamboo pulp
- Market of non-wood
fibre paper
- Bamboo pulp export
market
- Metso to supply fiber
line for bamboo pulp mill to Guizhou Chitianhua Paper industry
- Production of pulp and
paper
- Overview of market of
paper and pulp
- SEPA Warns of
Environmental Bearing Capacity in Bamboo-pulp Papermaking
Development
- International pulp and
paper industry in the Mekong Region
- Overview of Market Pulp
Association
- The Green Gold: Under Exploited Wealth of the North East
India
Report
- India’s Pulp and Paper
Industry
- Fibre line designed for bamboo
pulping
- Refining of non-wood
fibres
- FAO pulp, paper and
paperboard capacity survey 2000-2005
- Andritz annual
report
- IFC conclusion
report
- JK Paper Ltd annual
report
Manufacturers,
Suppliers and Buyers
- China Bambro Textile
Co., Ltd.,
- Myo Hset Aung Trading
Co., Ltd.
- Xiamen Deye Imp. &
Exp. Co., Ltd.
- Selling leads of bamboo
pulp
- Bamboo pulp
manufacturers
- Sell trade leads of
bamboo pulp
- Bamboo pulp
suppliers
- Bamboo pulp
buyer
- Bamboo pulp buyers
list
Equipment
Suppliers
- D.B. Engineering
- Hangzhou Eurasia
Machinery Manufacture
- Hollander beater
suppliers
- Selling leads of pulp
molding machines
- Pulp molding machine
suppliers
Safety and Guides
- Guidelines for Growing
Bamboo
- Environmental
Guidelines for pulp and paper mills
- Environmental, Health,
and Safety Guidelines Pulp and Paper Mills
- Pulp-Useful
links
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