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Industrial Process
Drying and Packaging
The objective of this stage is to mold and dry the sheets of pulp and to package them in bales. Pulp from the storage tower is pumped to the drying line, passing through a system of pressurized purifiers which removes any impurities still remaining in the pulp.
The drying line, strictly speaking, begins where the pulp enters the molding and compacting section. At this point, the sheets of pulp, 54% to 56% dry, are sent to a drying tunnel, where blown heated air completes the process to approximately 90% dryness.
When they leave the dryer, the sheets are cut and piled in bales, which are then taken by conveyors to the packaging line, where the bales are compressed and wrapped with sheets of the same pulp and stamped for identification.
Each bale of pulp weighs 250 kilograms; bound in groups of 8, they form 2-ton units for shipment.
The unitized bales are shipped by truck directly to domestic customers or to ports for exportation.
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