Do you know how papers are made using industrial hemp?

Industrial hemp is a great rotation crop and can be substituted for almost any harvest. This is very beneficial for economic growth and saves environment. There are lots of benefits which are still hidden from us.

Now cannabis cultivation in India also became very popular and Indian government is working to make this legal. In all the benefits which we get from industrial cannabis paper production has also given us tremendous results because it is batter then other produced paper and three times recycles faster than other.

Find how papers are made fromcannabis in India-

Seven bast fibers are usually used and are put into a spherical tank (digester) with water and chemical. The fibers are separated from each other by heated mixture for up to eight hours at elevated temperature and pressure. The chemical and the extracted binding components (pectin) removed by washing with excess water. 

The clean fibers are then fed into Hollander beater (a machine consist of large tub equipped with a wheel revolving around a horizontal axis). The fiber are cut’s to the desired length after this beating step, which lasts for up to 12 hours and produces the required surfaces  roughness for proper bonding. During this step bleaching chemicals are sometimes added. It is pressed to dryness suitable for transportation after pumping the bleached pulp in the paper.

Here we discussed about a single benefit of cannabis cultivation in India to know other benefits in details you can visit the given links...

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