Process for converting tropical plant material into fibers

A process for converting tropical materials into fibers useful in paper-making, textiles, insulation, general fiber filler and the absorption of liquids. The tropical materials utilized in the process include, banana, plantain or cavendish plant stalks, pineapple crowns, coconut, palm or palmetto fr...

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Hauptverfasser:	HONDROULIS, DIMITRIOS GEORGE, RATOWSKY, IAN PAUL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPARATUS THEREFOR FIBROUS RAW MATERIALS OR THEIR MECHANICAL TREATMENT IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PAPER-MAKING PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCESFROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS PULP COMPOSITIONS REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS TEXTILES TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G
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Zusammenfassung:	A process for converting tropical materials into fibers useful in paper-making, textiles, insulation, general fiber filler and the absorption of liquids. The tropical materials utilized in the process include, banana, plantain or cavendish plant stalks, pineapple crowns, coconut, palm or palmetto fronds, or the pinzote of palm. The process includes the steps of: reducing the raw fibrous plant materials to separated fibers by cutting, shredding or grinding; washing the separated fibers in a mild alum solution to extract latex and natural resinous substances; pressing the fibers to remove a high percentage of excess water and residual latex and natural resinous substances with the consumption of a minimum amount of energy; and drying the fibers to less than 10% by weight water content.