Materials for Better Productivity in Pulp and Paper Mills:
Metals and Polymers
Author: Dr. Mahendra Patel
Publisher: Industrypaper (2015); ISBN No.978-81-923542-5-5 (616 pages, 36
chapters)
Foreword by Mr N. Gopalarantam,
Chairman, Seshasayee Paper and Boards Ltd,India
Words of Congratualtions by: Prof. (Dr.) Pradeep Rohatgi;
State of Wisconsin and UWM Distinguished Professor and Director of UWM
Centres of Composites and Advanced Materials manufacture, University
of Wisconsin Milwaukee, U.S.A.
The total
annual corrosion costs for the pulp, paper and paperboard industry,
determined as a fraction of the
maintenance
cost, is about 6 billion dollars per year. All pulp and paper mills are
confronted with corrosion, incurring
huge financial
losses and productivity. This book provides solutions to the persistent
problem of corrosion and help
enhancing
productivity and profitability of the pulp and paper mills.
Selecting
machineries etc with appropriate materials is a baffling issue today
because the number and quality of
materials have
increased enormously, for example, there are more than 3000 grades of
steels produced today unlike
earlier days.
This increase has been due to incorporation of iron scraps, which have
quite different compositions
from one
another. Moreover, lot of developments has taken place in technology and
material quality by changing the
compositions
and microstructure.
This book presents the compositions and designations of most of these iron
and steel grades, employed in construction
of machineries
etc in pulp and paper as well as in other industries. Similar is the case
with the polymer products such
as plastic
pipes and other parts, rubber, Teflon and fabrics, used in the pulp and
paper mills. Polymer, metal and
ceramic
composites exhibit exceptional qualities and are now used commonly in many
parts of the pulp and paper
manufacturing,
which are discussed extensively in this book.
This book
reviews the use of conventional materials such as cast iron, carbon and
mild steels, alloy steels like 304,
304L, 316,
316L, 309 and 310 etc, which are used still in large quantities by the
mills and at the same time presents
the new and
innovative products such as duplex steel, super duplex steel, super steel,
super alloys containing Ni, Cu,
Co, Mo etc
with examples of applications made in some of the mills. New FRP (Fibre
reinforced plastic) and Teflon
materials,
developed recently can replace metals in many areas.
This book has been written to provide these multi-disciplinary science and
technologies having commercial applications.
No earlier
book was devoted to such multidisciplinary fields. This book is going to
serve for reference to the paper
technologists
as well as metallurgists in industries, teaching and research
organisations. Machinery manufacturers,
on reading
this book, are certain to come out with better products by replacing the
corrosion-prone materials with
products
without suffering from corrosion. The book is a must for the maintenance
department and those interested
for starting
new pulp and paper industries.
Contact:
E-Mail: industrypaper@yahoo.co.uk/ www.nanoindustry.in
Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills Association; 404-Vikrant Tower;
4-Rajendra Place, New Delhi-110008
Price- 230US$ +Mailing cost (Price in India- Rs. 3900)