These paper barrel covers are used here in an eastern chemical plant to keep materials clean and dry during temporary storage or during transport from point to point within the plant. They are made of no ordinary paper however; barrels are often...
At left a paper sheet mold used for making paper, showing a sheet of dyed paper about to be taken from the mold. At right a hydraulic press used to press water out of the paper. Equipment at the Technical Laboratory, Dyestuff Division.
A miniature single cylinder paper machine. The box at the far right contains the coloring agent and the furnish, composed of either wood pulp or rag stock, depending upon the type and quality of paper desired. The subsequent option is comparable to...
Paper making machine processing paper from the pulp to the finished sheet in the Technical Laboratory, Dyestuffs Division. A strip of paper made in the machine can be seen wound over the drum at the right.