Large Paper-making Machine.

Progress, Volume II, Issue 2, 1 December 1906, Page 70

Large Paper-making Machine.

Some idea of the dimensions of the largest papermakmg machine ever constructed in the United Kingdom may be had from the fact" that it fills a shed 185 ft. long. It has great width, due to the fact that the Swedish Paper Mill Company, for whom it was built, intends to use it for the production of two 75-in. sheets of paper, a total width of 150 ins., or 12J ft. The paper is to be run through the machine at the high speed of 500 ft. per minute, which calls for very heavy and accurate driving gear and large rolls. To provide paper of a superior finish a stack of calender rolls is fitted, weighing 70 tons, the lowest one alone accounting for nearly 15 tons. The entire machine weighs 550 tons, and is driven by a 200-h p. steam engine.

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