Blandin coater sets speed records.On June June: see month. 8, 2001, UPM-Kymmene Blandin set a new 24-hour coater world record of 5652 fpm, 1724 m/min (64 mph) with its Valmet two-station, off-machine coater number 6. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Metso Paper statistics, Blandin's off-machine coater #6 is the fastest in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and only one of a handful of coaters in the world that can run at such a speed. The coater has a web width of 307" (7798 rom), produces coated groundwood grades, and operates with two SurfaceBlade short dwell applicators. The record was set in a 24 hour production period during which the line produced 1543 miles (2482 km) of coated paper Coated paper is paper which has been coated by an inorganic compound to impart certain qualities to the paper, including weight and surface gloss, smoothness or ink absorbency. Kaolinite is the compound most often used for coating papers used in commercial printing. . |
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