Abstract:
The invention relates to a ply of a linerboard for corrugated board, which ply exhibits high strength properties and which enables the production of lightweight linerboards. The ply of the invention comprises 20 –80 wt % CTMP from wood fibers and 80 –20 wt% chemical pulp, calculated on the total fiber weight of said ply and strength additives chosen from the group of microfibrillated cellulose (MFC), anionic or cationic polymers and starchor combinations thereof. The ply exhibits a geometric SCT index of above 22 Nm/g and a density of below 680 kg/m 3 , preferably of below 650 kg/m 3.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a continuous method for cooking cellulose-based pulp and to a pulp digester suitable for the method. In continuously operating cooking, the fibrous pulp moves downwards in a vertical cooking vessel (1), whose upper part forms a cooking zone (2) and lower part forms a pulp counter-current washing zone (3) for cooked pulp, and is removed as cooked pulp from the lower end of the vessel to an exhaust pipe (9). In the invention, the liquid phase in the washing zone of the cooking vessel is separated and transferred as wash liquor to a location higher than the separation point (10) and also to the lower part of the cooking vessel to form diluting liquor reducing pulp consistency. The invention has the special purpose of reducing fibre agglomeration and scuffing, which damages fibres and deteriorates the strength properties of cooked pulp removed from the vessel.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a lightweight linerboard for corrugated board with good strength properties and which reduces problems with washboarding in the thereof produced corrugated board. The linerboard of the invention comprises at least one ply comprising 20 - 80 wt% CTMP from wood fibers and 20 - 80 wt% chemical pulp, all percentages calculated on the total fiber weight of said first ply, wherein the CTMP exhibits a bulk of at least 2.5 cm 3 /g.