PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PAPER PRODUCTS

摘要

A process and an apparatus for the production of paper products, such as "cat litter" or paper fuel, comprising reducing paper to a particulate form by shredding and grinding, conveying the particles of paper as a layer on a first conveyor (21) firstly beneath a first levelling and compacting roller (22) and thereafter beneath a first set of water sprays (24), before discharging from the conveyor onto a second conveyor (21') through a rearwardly inclined transfer chute (27) to invert the layer during transfer. The inverted layer on the second conveyor passes firstly beneath the second levelling and compacting roller (28) and thereafter beneath a second set of water sprays (29). The paper product is completed by extruding the paper and water mixture and cutting the extruded mix into pellets before subjecting the pellets to dehydration. In the case of paper product to be used as paper fuel, the paper is mixed with coal dust.