Wet End Chemistry is the eleventh of 15 CD-ROMs in the Making Pulp and Paper CD-ROM Series. Through this highly interactive, self-paced CD-ROM participants learn wet end chemistry terms, concepts, and processes.
Learning outcomes:
After completing the Wet End Chemistry CD-ROM, participants should be able to:
- Understand the reasons why papermakers use wet end additives in paper
- Describe commonly used functional additives
- Describe commonly used process additives
Benefits for Everyone
The series is designed for anyone who would benefit from a working knowledge of the pulping and papermaking process, including:
- Paper machine operators
- Process and product engineers
- Sales and Technical support staff
- New employees
- Students
It will also be beneficial to experienced production or technical employees who need a more thorough understanding of a specific area of the operation, especially for cross-training purposes. New employees of chemical and equipment suppliers and paper industry consultants will also benefit from the series.
The complete set of 15 Making Pulp and Paper CD-ROMs is also available.
Product code: MPP-11
Member Price: $78.00
Non-Member Price: $119.00
Even as far back as 1967, in an article by then V.P. of R&D for Union Camp William Aiken, he said, “The money donated by our companies to educational institutions, the efforts of our recruiters at schools, and the programs of our industrial relations and public relations departments have been inadequate to supply the technical manpower which our industry needs.” The paper industry continues to have a shortage of technically trained employees. The reasons for this shortage are the overall shortage of scientists and engineers and the tremendous amount of baby-boomer retirements. TIME magazine recently reported that the pulp and paper industry will hire 24,000 people in the next 4 years in North America alone. Throughout the country, an estimated 600,000 manufacturing jobs are going unfilled because employers can’t find people with the right skills.
If you are in the pulp, paper, or packaging industry it is a safe bet that your education was funded in part or in whole by individuals, companies, and/or school foundations. It has always been the case that to attract young engineers and scientists to a specialized program like ours there needed to be some type of scholarships. Committing to not only a major but an industry when you are a freshman in College can be a pretty scary undertaking.
So today, what we are asking is for you to “pay it forward”. Others were there for you; please give whatever you can to the future of our industry. The need is great. We would love for you to give a gift to the TAPPI foundation, but if not to the TAPPI foundation, please give to one of the foundations at the paper or packaging schools.