The PAPTAC Bleaching Community is a group of North American pulp & paper industry representatives comprised of mill personnel, research personnel, suppliers, consultants and academics. The group meets to discuss the latest developments and technologies in the field of chemical pulp bleaching. These meetings are also a forum to discuss and solve the latest technical challenges or problems which face individual mills. During the year, subcommittees work on projects which are of interest to the community and to the pulp & paper industry as a whole.
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UPCOMING Bleaching Community Spring 2012 Meeting - Click here for details
FALL 2011 MEETING OF THE PAPTAC BLEACHING COMMUNITY
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| The Fall 2011 meeting of the PAPTAC Bleaching Community was graciously hosted by Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries (ALPAC) in Athabasca AB, September 26-28. Nearly 50 attendees were present, including members from 15 different pulp mills.The technical session theme for this meeting was Process Control, and the group heard presentations on topics ranging from chip and digester control, through brownstock washing, and into the bleach plant and chlorine dioxide plant. The always-popular Problems & Opportunities session was filled with questions and discussions on practical problem-solving, so much so that it was extended into the following day.Chlorine Dioxide was the safety topic for this meeting, and attendees also discussed recent safety incidents and heard short presentations on current mill projects. The group toured the ALPAC mill on the Wednesday. As always it is good to see another mill’s operations and learn about their practices. Stay tuned for the location of the Spring 2012 meeting, where the technical session theme will be “Decreasing Variability Prior to the Bleach Plant”. |
