The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-16

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lon appears t. b. hettcr .ittc,! t.,
manufacture iron aud Stcrl ,llan to
handlr the thin, milky nuii whi b
stands ready Tor manipulation 1T In,
upper cod nf the machine Tia. wet
pulp, Of which - per cent Is water,
first passes through a screen where it
is cleaned. it then flows mo vat,
ut the further edge Of which is pro.
vidcd an outflow, which consists of a
true. level. edge or lip which forms Il
kind Of weir. nyrr which IL broad thin
stream Of pull. flows onto the paper
machine proper. This stream is the
full width If the machine, and it's
depth has t" be kept perfectly true
aud wen throughout. The pulp falls
onto what is flnown as the Fourdainier
wire. This il an endless wire cloth,
seventy mcshcs to the inch, which is
the full width Of the machine. and
travels continuously over a set Of
parallel rolls. passing around an end
couch roll aud returning again
under the machine. In addition to
It's forward motion, tins wire cloth or
screen has Il lateral rocking motion
across the machine. As the pulp
flows onto this wire a Iarc portion of
the water, assisted by the shaking.
strains through and passes away, lcay-
ing Il thin film Of pulp. which is the
future ehrct of paper. This il,n j.
picked up off ihc .~:roncll roll by an
endless WOODEN lci.. Which carries The
wet sheet between several I'M. metal
.Iuccnc roll.' nr .rrcss rods.
which force out u sufficient amount nr
water for the Sheet, t. he able to su.
t,in its " weight.
At this point the ,hcc, i, trlns-
fcrrcd to an endless cotton felt. which
supports it. while thcv both mass ovrr
and around q dozen ar mor. Jr;crs
which are hollow cylinders :; feet in
diameter and extending the full widtl,
Of the machine. through which , can
slant flow Of live steam is maintained
These thoroughly drv out tic pa,,cr.
Al this stage of the process the
sheet is rough and uneven. presenting
very much the arpearancc Of :: sheet
Of pancr hat has hccn wet,c3 aud
allowed to drv ont ,ya;n il now has
to be ironcd out os IT, were and IN.
desired finish imnartea 70 ;.s su.e,.o
For tl,;s ,,ur,osn !, ;s r,ssod tbro,,l,
the calcndcrs which cors;st of ,,vo
vertical standards which carry ns,,uy
II suncrimnoscd chilled stccl rolls of
the ycrv birbcst poss;blc nol;sh nh.
pa,mr IS inserted between Tho un,,cr
twp and nassrs dawn .bro,rb tho
whole set. the desired pressure heinz
ohtoincd hv mo,rs &c rov.rr,l ~
This process is rcncatcd IN , socona
stack IF rolls after which Tho i,;,bod
papcr is wound into , largo rc,I T.
is thcn passed through tbecu,,ors and
cut to the rcnuircd width and ,c,otI,
If hirblv finished svrf.oc ia dos;r.
cd. the napcr is nasscJ tbrourh what
arc known rs suncr.c,]ond.r wh;.b
consist. Of rolls 4 oe cb;,iod stoo1
and , Of nrcsscd r,ncr ,rr,nood .l,or.
natc]y. the combination, &c tbo two
material. IN H.. rolls r;v;rr I'LL,
finish. The whole machine is RIM #
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