elements: asahiguard labaratory
DESCRIPTION
A look at the papermaking process at AGC-Exton, from market pulp, with AsahiGuard and other additives.TRANSCRIPT
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AsahiGuard
LaboratoryElements:
Exton, PA
Papermaking
Refining –
Valley Beater
Testing ‐Canadian
Standard
Freeness
Tester
Papermaking
Casting paper
sheets –TAPPI sheet
former
Manual press
dewatering
Papermaking
Paper is Made at AGC‐Exton,
from Market Pulp, with AsahiGuard
and other Additives
Pneumatic
Dewatering
British
Dewatering
Press
Customers / Markets Affected
• Helps us to duplicate their experiences; solve their problems; predict performance at low cost
• Simulates what our customers do as they apply AsahiGuard
through direct incorporation into the paper itself
• Pressed‐form plates, bowls, hinged boxes for consumer and food‐service applications
• Continuous web paper for fast‐food packaging; pet food bags
Post‐Coating of Paper
External Sizing ‐Mathis press
Gravure
Coating –K‐Proofer
Post‐Coating of Paper
Glass Products
Paper is post‐coated with
AsahiGuard
and other
chemicals
Customers / Markets
• Helps us to duplicate theirexperiences; solve their problems;predict performance at low cost
• Simulates customers’
applications ofAsahiGuard
through external sizingprocesses
• Fast food packaging• Pet food bags• Corrugated cardboard• Pizza boxes
Exposure Testing of Paper
Electronics Glass
Setting up the
practical food test
Environmental
chamber testing
of practical food
test samples
•
Simulates customers’
test methods•
Provides insight on performance in real
world applications (ex. Creasedand folded pet food bag)
Exposure Testing of Paper
Customers / Markets:
Paper is tested through
standardized methods of
exposure and aging
• Fast food packaging• Pet food bags• Corrugated cardboard• Pizza boxes• Pressed form plates and boxes
AGC Chemicals Americas, Inc.
For More Information
Go to:
www.AGCchem.com
Or call:
800‐424‐7833