Two Hands Up for Two More Advanced Hands-On Papermaking Courses This Year

The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology and TAPPI have partnered together to bring you these exciting courses to advance your papermaking knowledge this year:

Held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, there are two courses remaining this year that feature classroom sessions and hands-on training using the university’s Fourdrinier Pilot Paper Machine.

Led by Dr. Gerry Ring, Professor Emeritus of Paper Science and Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, attendees will gain fundamental knowledge of the commercial papermaking process.

Dr. Ring has an impressive background in the industry. He has written 15 publications including editing the Colloid Chemistry of Papermaking Materials textbook. He holds four patents and was recognized in the 1994, 2000 and 2004 editions of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. He is also listed in the Marquis Who’s Who in America. Ring received an Award for Excellence from the Wisconsin University Continuing Education Association, Region IV in 1999. Ring is a TAPPI Fellow, and a recipient of TAPPI Journal’s Best Research Paper for 2011.

the relationship between sheet structure and paper qualities
why paper making fibers floc
manufacturing techniques that minimize fiber floccing
the relationship between sheet structure, formation, and paper properties
both visual and instrumental measurement of formation
the difficulties associated with the correlation of visual formation assessment and the instrument measurement.

the difference between acid and alkaline papermaking
the difference between process additives and product improving additives
the basics of retention aid functionality
the difference between wet and dry strength additives
foam control, pitch control and biocides
the purpose and use of fillers.

Register and save your seat today soon! Class size limited to just 16 attendees for each course in order to ensure generous time for questions and discussion, as well as hands-on opportunity on the paper machine.