Plasterboard Liner
Kemsley Mill is one of Europe’s leading sites for the manufacture of 100% recycled plasterboard liners, with an annual production of up to 300,000 tonnes. Plasterboard liner is a technically demanding product that must perform well to ensure that the finished plasterboard is perfectly flat and free from visual defects.
A sophisticated pulping and fractionation process turns carefully-graded waste paper into a high-quality pulp. The resulting plasterboard liner has specific properties, including:
- The ability to expand within just the right tensile and cross-directional parameters
- Consistent colour
- Low-cost drying capability during plasterboard manufacture
- Reliable performance on the plasterboard machine
- A perfect surface for plaster without any fear of shelling
DS Smith Paper makes plasterboard liner in a full range of grammages (up to 240 gsm) and many colours, including grey and ivory.
Recent investments of over £30 million, including three new headboxes and two state-of-the-art pulping lines, have helped to establish DS Smith Paper as a leading European producer of plasterboard liner.
For plasterboard manufacturers in the UK or Europe who want a high quality liner with strong environmental credentials, DS Smith Paper is the ideal supplier.
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Three new head boxes on K3 | Give tight cross-directional control and enhances visual appearance |
| Two new pulping lines | Facilitates grammage reduction |
| Fractionation process ensures the perfect mix of long, medium and short fibres | Ensures a good, consistent and uniform product |
| Online wet end analyser improves process stability and optimises chemical additives | Results in a product with good formation and excellent profile control, which equals good flat board without cockling |
| Online colour measurement | Meets consistent shade requirements |
| Low Gurley porosity values | Low-cost drying capability during board manufacture |
| Absence of surface sizing | Allows paper to be plastered without fear of shelling |
| Wide range of grammages in a full spectrum of colours | Meets all product needs |
| 100% recycled papers | Helps green credentials |
| Own source of quality fibre | Guaranteed product and even more environmental benefits |
| Own transport company | Excellent delivery service |
| Available ex-stock | Short lead times reduce working capital |
Specifications for Plasterboard Liner
| Property | Nominal Grammage |
|---|---|
| Standard g/m2 | 160 Grey 180 Ivory |
| Moisture Content % | 10 10 |
| Tensile Dry MD N/25mm | 260 345 |
| Tensile Dry CD N/25mm | 130 130 |
| Cobb TS 1min gsm | 35 40 |
| Cobb BS 1min gsm | 30 30 |
| Porosity TS sec/100ml | 30 35 |