Innofibre posseses equipment for mechanical pulping in the pilot plant and for chemical pulping at the laboratory level.
Equipment available
Chip screen
| Manufacturer | Rader |
| Model | M-2215 |
| Type | Disks |
| Thickeness fractions | >= 8 mm, 8-6 mm, 6-4 mm, 4-2 mm, <= 2mm |
Chip washer
| Manufacturer | Kvaerner Hymac |
| Model | LC-20 |
| Type | Rotating drum and shower |
Atmospheric impregnation system
| Manufacturer | Kvaerner Hymac |
| Capacity | 10-15 tm/j |
| Pre-heating bin | APS-60, 3.7 m3 |
| Side feeder | SF-07, 180 mm dia. |
| Plug screw feedeer | PSF-0740, 180 mm dia., ratio 4@1, 45 kW |
| Imprégnator | AVIS-1008, 240 mm dia., 2 vertical screws |
Refining system
| Manufacturer | Metso |
| Capacity | 0.65-3.3 tm/j |
| Pre-heating bin | 0.14 m3 |
| Plug scew feeder | PR 4, 100 mm dia., ratio 2@1, 7.5 kW |
| Pre-heater | 0.11 m3, Pmax 1700 kPag, Tmax 207°C |
| Disk primary refiner | CD-300, 150 kW, variable speed |
| Steam separator | Pmax 1200 kPag, Tmax 190°C |
| Interstage bin | 0.7 m3 |
| Disk secondary refiner | CD-300, 150 kW, variable speed |
To know more about mechanical pulping, contact Gaston Michaud at 819-376-5011 poste 4536.
Six liter digesters
| Manufacturer | M/K |
| Number of units | 2 |
| Volume | 6 L |
| Maximum pressure | 1.5 barg |
| Maximum temperature | 203°C |
Twenty liter digesters
| Manufacturer | M/K |
| Number of unites | 2 |
| Volume | 20 L |
| Maximum pressure | 2.2 barg |
| Maximum temperature | 220°C |
To know more about chemical pulping, contact Sylvain Duquette at 819-376-5011 extension 4524.
Examples of projects
- Thermomechanical and chimicothermomechanical pulping
- Multistage impregnation
- Alkaline peroxide mechanical pulping
- Reject refining
- Tropical wood pulping
- Hardwood pulping (birch, aspen, maple)
- Annual plant pulping (kenaf, industrial hemp)
- Kraft, sulfite and semi-chemical pulping
- Delignification of lignocellulosic material