Spring into Advanced Learning with Training in Additives, Formation and Coating

TAPPI and the Paper Science & Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP) are working in partnership to deliver these upcoming, hands-on short courses that you'll want to consider in expanding your industry knowledge.

Advanced Paper Making: Additives
April 10-11
Registration is underway now.

Learning Outcomes:

• Safely participate in the operation of a pilot-scale paper machine
• Recognize the difference between acid and alkaline papermaking
• Explain the difference between process additives and product improving additives
• Product and evaluate paper with retention aid
• Produce and evaluate paper with filler
• Produce and evaluate paper with dyes
• Describe the difference between wet and dry strength additives
• Explain the purpose and use of foam control, pitch control and biocides

Advanced Paper Making: Formation
April 24-25
Register before March 27th to save.

Learning Outcomes:

• Safely participate in the operation of a pilot-scale paper machine
• Identify the relationships among sheet structure, formation, and paper properties
• Explain why paper making fibers floc
• Apply manufacturing techniques that minimize fiber floccing
• Perform both visual and instrumental measurement of formation
• Describe the difficulties associated with the correlation of visual formation assessment and instrument measurement

Coating & Lamination in Packaging Applications
June 5-6
Register before May 8th to save.

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand coating and lamination fundamentals and their applications
• Recognize the various types of coaters and laminators and their applications
• Understand workflow and unit operations
• Recognize the raw materials and their properties, and learn their influences on the final products
• Understand test basics
• Apply the knowledge in operation and quality control

Hands-on Paper Making Course
August 21-22
Register before the limited capacity fills. This course offered in March sold out.

• Safely participate in the operation of a pilot-scale paper machine
• Perform basic tests to monitor paper machine performance
• Expand your knowledge of paper machine operations
• Use what you learn to resolve upsets on the paper machine
• Broaden your awareness of how one part of the process impacts other operations
• Build your knowledge of paper industry vocabulary

The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point College of Natural Resources Department of Paper Science and Chemical Engineering and its partnership with TAPPI offer options in training for papermakers at all levels of expertise in the industry.

TAPPI
http://www.tappi.org/