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International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) Volume: 09 Issue: 05 | May 2022 www.irjet.net

e-ISSN: 2395-0056 p-ISSN: 2395-0072

Design and Fabrication of Automated Paper Recycling Machine: A Review Bhaskara Gowda1, Yashin Mohammed P2, Sourav Dinesh3, Shashikant Pawar4* 1, 2, 3, 4Mangalore

Institute of Technology & Engineering, Moodbidre-574225, Karnataka, India -------------------------------------------------------------------***-------------------------------------------------------------------

Abstract - The generation of waste paper is quite

common especially in the educational institutions like schools or colleges. The recycling of paper is possible to overcome of this problem, recycling the waste paper is best way to protect the wastage of paper instead of disposing off. This has many advantages like saving of cost, along the contribution toward the environment protection. To achieve this, considering the design and fabrication of automated paper recycling machine, to use in schools and colleges. In the current paperwork, a detailed review on the paper recycling machine especially used in educational institutions like schools or colleges is described. Reviews have also considered recovery techniques for pulp paper making. Keywords: Design, Refining, Sorting

Fabrication,

Pulping,

Recycling,

I. INTRODUCTION The recycling of paper from the waste paper in India per yearly basis is only 20% which is very low compared to other countries. Be it a chamber, multi-chamber, or millsized baler where you can install recycling bins and collect waste paper on a regular basis for recycling or a large waste paper manufacturer, such as a publisher. It is easily installed to safely store and bale your paper waste which is ready for recycling [1]. Paper is one of the most essential products created by man. Paper recycling reduces capital costs and operating costs for a paper unit, natural wood raw stock. Water consumption is very low here. The primary raw material for pulp fibers derived from wood is a complex chemical process for paper production. There is a lot of energy demand for this fiber and from the perspective of environmental protection, there are many chemical issues that are very problematic in its manufacturing process. Drying, grinding, and defibering processes make changes in the mechanical properties. The main problem in paper recycling is the influence of energy consumption on production [2, 4]. Howard and Bichard, Hartler, McKee, Bovin, and Teder, and Bobalek and Charturvedi have attempted the research work on small scale design and fabrication of paper recycling machine. They have determined the property changes with repeated cycling. Aditya V P et al. [1] developed a paper recycling unit especially to minimize the large quantity of waste paper produced in the © 2022, IRJET

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educational institute. In their work, the heating coil is operated to vacate the excessive amount of water from the pulp content. Hydropulper has employed to convert the paper and water mix into the pulp. To lower the water content, a heating coil is united to the hydro pulper. Mildsteel with carbon content of 0.3% used for the fabrication of the paper recycling machine. Machine ensures that a cheap and non-complex method of production of paper product. M. A. Olutoye [2] developed a paper recycling system includes main six components the hydropulper, disc refiner, the head box, the driers, the rollers, and the felt conveyor. The machine was efficiently built, it producing 7.6 kg of recycled paper from 10 kg of used paper. Oluwole et al., [3] considers the paper recycling machine i.e., the existing one with slight modifications. In that, the high-speed electric motor used to rotate the rotary blades. In their experiment work, produced 25-30 kg of recycling of the paper per hour, and which was turned to high and good efficiency of pulp at the speed of 1440 rpm. The suitable binders are chosen with composite samples to make the pulp in the production of waste paper. Vrushabh R et al. [4] designed and fabricated a paper recycling machine for the purpose of saving a paper wastage in the schools or colleges. They managed a unit at a fixed position or stationery, else it could be shifted from one place to another. In the current paperwork, a detailed review on the paper recycling machine especially used in educational institutions like schools or colleges is described. Reviews have also considered recovery techniques for pulp paper making. Paper recycling process The recycling of the waste paper process involves sorting of the collected recyclable materials to make new products using of these materials [3]. However, some difference in process occurs for the recycling of other collected materials. The waste paper will be categorized in the recycling process, generally it will be used as feedstocks like the mill is pre-consumer waste and postconsumer waste. The mill breaker is another paper scrap from paper trimming and paper making and is recycled internally in the paper mill. Pre-consumer waste is a material that leaves the paper mill but is discarded before

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