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Digital Printing Helps Boxmakers Embrace the Future, Paper360º March/April 2023

Editorial: Shaping industry and career success with TAPPI Standards involvement, TAPPI Journal May 2023

ABSTRACT: Within TAPPI, there are many ways to help advance our industry and make sure it thrives for years to come. Writing a research paper for publication or acting as peer reviewer for TAPPI Journal, presenting at a conference or helping to organize one, and becoming involved in the many committees that are part of TAPPI Divisions are just some of the ways. One other very important way to contribute to our industry is through the standards development process.

Operations Maintenance Coordinator: A Beneficial Role, Paper360º May/June 2023

Employee Selection Can Help Weather the ´Silver Tsunami’, Paper360º January/February 2020

Employee Selection Can Help Weather the ´Silver Tsunami’, Paper360º January/February 2020

Business Cycles • Questions Executives Need to Ask, Paper360º January/February 2020

Business Cycles • Questions Executives Need to Ask, Paper360º January/February 2020

The Paper360° 2020 TOP 50 POWER LIST, Paper360º July/August 2020

The Paper360° 2020 TOP 50 POWER LIST, Paper360º July/August 2020

Understanding extensibility of paper: Role of fiber elongation and fiber bonding, TAPPI Journal March 2020

ABSTRACT: The tensile tests of individual bleached softwood kraft pulp fibers and sheets, as well as the micro-mechanical simulation of the fiber network, suggest that only a part of the elongation potential of individual fibers is utilized in the elongation of the sheet. The stress-strain curves of two actual individual pulp fibers and one mimicked classic stress-strain behavior of fiber were applied to a micromechanical simulation of random fiber networks. Both the experimental results and the micromechanical simulations indicated that fiber bonding has an important role not only in determining the strength but also the elongation of fiber networks. Additionally, the results indicate that the shape of the stress-strain curve of individual pulp fibers may have a significant influence on the shape of the stress-strain curve of a paper sheet. A large increase in elongation and strength of paper can be reached only by strengthening fiber-fiber bonding, as demonstrated by the experimental handsheets containing starch and cellulose microfibrils and by the micromechanical simulations. The key conclusion related to this investigation was that simulated uniform inter-fiber bond strength does not influence the shape of the stress-strain curve of the fiber network until the bonds fail, whereas the number of bonds has an influence on the activation of the fiber network and on the shape of the whole stress-strain curve.

Synthesis of filtrate reducer from biogas residue and its application in drilling fluid, TAPPI Journal March 2020

ABSTRACT: Biogas residues (BR) containing cellulose and lignin are produced with the rapid development of biogas engineering. BR can be used to prepare the filtrate reducer of water-based drilling fluid in oilfields by chemical modification. BR from anaerobically fermenting grain stillage was alkalized and etherified by caustic soda and chloroacetic acid to prepare filtrate reducer, which was named as FBR. The long-chain crystalline polysaccharides were selected as dispersing agents (DA), and the water-soluble silicate was used as the cross-linking agent. After the hot rolling of FBR in saturated saltwater base mud for 16 h at 120°C, the filtration loss was increased from 7.20 mL/30 min before aging to 8.80 mL/30 min after aging. Compared with the commercial filtrate reducers, FBR had better tolerance to high temperature and salt, and lower cost.

SetPoint: Creating a New Normal, Paper360º May/June 2020

SetPoint: Creating a New Normal, Paper360º May/June 2020

The Coronavirus and the European Pulp and Paper Industry, Paper360º May/June 2020

The Coronavirus and the European Pulp and Paper Industry, Paper360º May/June 2020