Paper mill

Kaipola paper mill in Jämsä (Finland), 1956

A paper mill is a production facility for paper on an industrial scale, which combines a large number of different work processes and mainly produces paper with the help of machines , production workers and management.

Paper mill and paper mill

The paper mill is differentiated from the paper mill , in which the mechanical equipment is usually only minimal and paper is scooped mainly by hand with a large, sequential division of labor . The physical equipment of a paper mill, on the other hand, consists of at least one or more paper machines that enable a significantly higher production capacity.

history

Former Mahler OHG paper mill in Rennersdorf, Ober-Grafendorf, Austria, 2018

The industrial production of paper began in 1799 with the invention of the paper machine by the French Nicholas-Louis Robert . In 1798 he had constructed a working prototype of a Fourdrinier machine that replaced the scooping of individual sheets and made it possible to produce a continuous paper web. He received the patent for this invention on January 18, 1799.

See also

Examples:

• Inden paper mill
• Paper mill cable

Web links

Commons : Paper Mills  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Friederike Milbradt: Germany map paper mills. In: ZEITMagazin. Die Zeit , November 4, 2015, accessed on October 19, 2018 . 
• Association of German Paper Mills. Retrieved on October 19, 2018 ( VDP official website). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Dieter Freyer: The mechanization. In: A little paper story. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .