APPARATUS FOR DISSOLVING AND SORTING WASTE PAPER

摘要

A b s t r a c t Apparatus for dissolving and sorting waste paper supplied in the form of bales, comprising a bale shredding device having a spray pipe for steeping water, a subsequent steeping drum driven about an approximately horizontal axis and followed by a mixing device for mixing the steeped waste paper with diluting water as well as a sorting drum also rotatable about an approximately horizontal axis. The circumferential wall of this sorting drum has openings in a first sorting area which are smaller than the openings in a second sorting area which follows the first sorting area in the direction of flow. A deflaking device is provided for the suspension passing through the openings of the second sorting area, the outlet of this device being connected to the mixing device via a pump.