How to Optimize Wood Chip Storage and Prevent Fiber Loss in Pulp Mills
Wood represents 40% to 60% of the total manufacturing cost in chemical and mechanical pulp production. Yet millions of tons of usable cellulose fiber vanish inside pulp mill woodyards every year before ever reaching the digester. Since the widespread adoption of outside chip storage (OCS) in the 1950s, pulp mills have balanced the logistical convenience … Read more