Tissue paper

Tissue paper (including tissue paper ) is an absorbent creped tissue paper from pulp. It is mostly used in multiple layers for toilet paper, kitchen wipes, paper napkins and paper towels.

Production

Tissue paper is produced on special paper machines. This is not ( as in conventional paper machines) to a plurality of drying cylinders, but a mostly 4.5-5 m large crepe - cylinder. It is surrounded by two drying hoods in which the paper web is dried within hundredths of a second. This is done with a temperature around 460 ° C.

The grammage of tissue paper is typically in the range of 15-30 g / m² (gsm), but may also assume values ​​less up to 5 g / m². Determination of grammage of tissue paper is due to the creped surface is not trivial, and is regulated by the DIN standard DIN EN ISO 12625-6.

The largest tissue producer

Among the world's largest producers of tissue paper include the company SCA from Sweden and Kimberly -Clark in the USA.