A method of producing microfibrillated cellulose

    公开(公告)号:FI127682B

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-14

    申请号:FI20135016

    申请日:2013-01-04

    Applicant: STORA ENSO OYJ

    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of producing microfibrillated cellulose (MFC). According to the invention a fibrous pulp suspension is fibrillated mechanically at a consistency of less than 12.5 %, dewatered to raise the consistency of the fibrillated suspension to at least 12.5 %, and then subjected in the dewatered condition to further fibrillation. Alternatively an initially fibrillated fibrous pulp suspension may be dewatered and fibrillated in the dewatered condition, after which these dewatering and fibrillating steps are repeated one or more times so that pulp consistency is increased for each fibrillation step. The goals of raising the consistency between subsequent fibrillations are energy saving and an increased aspect ratio in MFC. The invention even comprises uses of the MFC product, e.g. as an additive for papermaking furnish or injection molded plastic composites.

    METHOD AND INTERMEDIATE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGHLY REFINED OR MICROFIBRILLATED CELLULOSE

    公开(公告)号:CA2881332A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-02-27

    申请号:CA2881332

    申请日:2013-08-16

    Applicant: STORA ENSO OYJ

    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for the production of highly refined or micro- fibrillated cellulose (MFC), comprising the steps of treating cellulosic fibres to remove at least a major part of the primary wall of the fibres, drying the treated fibres, rewetting the treated fibres, and disintegrating the wetted fibres by me- chanical means to obtain the final product. The invention further concerns dried cellulosic pulp as an intermediate product of the method, having an aver- age fibre length of at least 0.4 mm, while less than 50 % of the primary wall material of natural untreated fibres is left in the intermediate product. Instead of transporting large amounts of dilute MFC dispersion the invention enables transport of the dry intermediate product to the MFC end user, who would complete the process by turning the intermediate product to final MFC by use of standard disintegrating devices.

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