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Paper Making Paper : The Making Of Paper

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The Making of Paper Paper is a material manufactured in thin sheets from the pulp of wood or other fibrous substances used for writing, drawing, printing, or as wrapping material. Paper, whether produced in the modern factory or through the most delicate hand methods, is made up of connected fibers. The fibers can come from a number of sources including cloth rags, cellulose fibers from plants, and, most trees. The use of cloth in the process produces a high-quality paper. A large proportion of cotton and linen fibers in the mix creates many uses, from wedding invitation paper stock to special paper for pen and ink drawings (Paper).
In order to start making paper a fir, birch or a spruce tree must first be cut down. Timber paper makes up 71% of paper supply. Timber used for papermaking comes from well managed forests. Most trees are planted and then harvested to ensure sustainable growth. Papermakers only use the parts of the tree that other commercial industries do not want or will not use, such as saw mill waste and forest thinning. The bark from the trees is then stripped from the trunk of the tree by a hydraulic barker. Stripped bark is used for fuel and soil enrichment (Paper Facts).
The stripped logs are sent to the chipping machine, where logs are chipped into small pieces by moving knives mounted in a massive steel wheels. As the chips make their way to the end of the cycle they pass through a huge vibrating screen. While the chips run over the vibrating screen the

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