Supplemental and Recycled Fiber - Fiber Cleaning

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Wood fiber accounts for more than 90% of the raw material used in the production of paper and board products, and it can come from a variety of sources. These sources can be slushed virgin fiber that is produced onsite, market pulp from other pulp mills, or recycled/secondary fiber. In the "recycled" fiber category, the most difficult source to process is post-consumer waste. This fiber arrives at the mill contaminated with a variety of undesirable materials. This course will focus on how the fibers are cleaned and separated from the contaminants using the two categories of physical separation: centrifugal cleaning and screening.