Cardboard Recycling Line

From OCC Bales to Recoverable Fiber
This line sits between waste-cardboard collection and downstream fiber use. It does not simply compress boxes, and it is not a conventional paper machine. The job of the line is to make bulky OCC easier to handle, remove damaging contaminants, mechanically open the paper structure and deliver a more uniform recovered-fiber feedstock.

The term OCC refers to old corrugated containers: used corrugated shipping boxes and related packaging grades. In practice, incoming loads are rarely identical. Bale density, moisture, tape, labels, staples, plastic film and non-paper material can vary from one supplier to another. Those differences affect the equipment sequence far more than the name “cardboard” suggests.

Engineering boundary: the core line is a dry mechanical recovery system. When the final product must meet a paper mill, molded-fiber or specialty-fiber specification, the receiving process may still require screening, refining, wet preparation or other downstream treatment.
OCC bale and carton size reduction
Ferrous contaminant protection
Mechanical fiber opening
Dust extraction and collection
Loose or baled fiber discharge
PLC-coordinated line control