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A gypsum board may look like a simple construction panel, but its performance depends on a carefully balanced combination of materials. While the gypsum core provides the main structure, the paper facing plays an equally important role in maintaining strength, surface quality, and durability. But there is a challenge. During manufacturing, the paper must interact…

A gypsum board may look like a simple construction panel, but its performance depends on a carefully balanced combination of materials. While the gypsum core provides the main structure, the paper facing plays an equally important role in maintaining strength, surface quality, and durability. But there is a challenge. During manufacturing, the paper must interact…

A paper machine can be hundreds of metres long, yet some of its biggest efficiency gains are decided within the first moments of sheet formation. At the wet end, fibres, fines, fillers, water, and additives come together in a highly dynamic environment. The challenge is simple to describe but difficult to perfect: keep valuable solids…

A small deposit can create a much bigger problem than it seems. What begins as a thin layer of scale, a patch of microbial slime, or an accumulation of pitch can interfere with machine operation, affect paper quality, and increase cleaning and downtime. In a process built around continuous production, keeping unwanted material off machine…