Paper Industry
Technical Association

5 Frecheville Court, Bury Lancashire BL9 0UF Tel: 0161 764 5858 Fax: 0161 764 5353

Equipment Description:Acacia Hardwood Kraft To print this FactSheet click here To return to the FactSheet home page click here

Equipment Description:
Acacia Hardwood Kraft
Date Added: 02 April 2005
This Fact Sheet has been viewed: 5851 times.

Distribution...	Indonesia Africa
Fibre Types...	Acacia mangium is grown in plantations for wood pulping in Indonesia. Originally, only a mixed species of A. mangium and Gmelina arborea and some Eucalyptus was grown. Now 100% A. mangium is available.
Fibre Properties...	Fibre Length mm 0.9 - 1.0 Fibre Width µ Wall Thickness µ Fibre Coarseness µ;g/m 75 - 90

Typical Pulp Properties...   Only bleached ECF pulp is available. Single species Acacia has similar properties to Eucalyptus, and can be mixed with Eucalyptus; 50% Acacia being a maximum. It needs more refining than Eucalyptus pulp to develop sufficient strength for runnability, but at the same schopper reigler Acacia pulp will have a higher opacity and will provide a smoother sheet than Eucalyptus pulps, although at this increased refining level, formation may be a problem.

Typical Uses...   Smoothness and opacity characteristics make it suitable for a wide range of printing and writing papers, particularly digital printing papers. The pulp has found applications in bible tissue, envelopes, directory stock, carbonless paper and release paper grades. The pulp’s smoothness also makes its suitable for some tissue grades (EG Facial tissues). However Acacia has a higher resin content than Eucalyptus which reduces its absorbency.

What else should I look at?... Acacia Hardwood Kraft was also mentioned in the following Fact Sheets (28): Acacia Hardwood Kraft :: Birch Hardwood Kraft :: Eucalyptus Camaldulensis Hardwood Kraft (also known as E. rostrata) :: Aspen Hardwood Kraft :: Softwood BCTMPSW :: Hardwood BCTMPHW :: Debarking :: Canadian Softwood Kraft (Softwood "Sawdust" or "Minichip" Pulp) :: Eucalyptus Grandis Hardwood Kraft :: Hardwood (beech) Sulphite :: Southern Mixed Hardwoods Kraft :: Eucalyptus Globulus Hardwood Kraft :: SCANDINAVIAN SOFTWOOD KRAFT :: Base Sheet :: Hardwood (eucalyptus) Sulphite :: Cooking :: Radiata Pine Softwood Kraft :: Stone Groundwood (SGW) and Pressurised Groundwood (PGW) :: Southern Pine Softwood Kraft :: Softwood Sulphite Pulp :: Canadian Softwood Kraft (West Coast, Interior British Columbia) :: Northern Mixed Hardwoods Kraft :: Canadian Softwood Kraft (Eastern Canada, Central and Maritime Areas) :: Canadian Softwood Kraft (West Coast British Columbia) :: Mechanical Pulping :: Chemical Pulping :: Methods of Drying :: Sizing ::

Suppliers of content relevant to Acacia Hardwood Kraft These 2 companies are suppliers of relevant equipment/services. (This information is from suppliers listed in the Industry Directory. Contact PITA to have your company listed here) M-real Alizay Pulp Mill :: Alizay :: FRANCE M-real Stockstadt :: Stockstadt :: GERMANY There are 0 other potential suppliers of relevant equipment/services. (This information is from suppliers listed in the Industry Directory Contact PITA to have your company listed here)