Meaning of Hollander beater | Babel Free

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A machine developed to produce paper pulp from cellulose containing plant fibers.

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“With the advent of the Hollander beater, the work⟳ that previously went on for two days full of ceaseless noise, could be accomplished in less than two hours. The Hollander beater, also known as a cylinder mill, shredder, or refining cylinder, is a […]”

“The invention of the Hollander beater, which could do in an hour what an old hammer⟳ mill took a day to do, was followed at the end⟳ of the 18th century by the Fourdrinier papermaking machine; given enough quantities of pulp, it could make⟳ an […]”

“Known throughout Europe as “the Hollander beater,” it could produce⟳ more pulp in a day than a stamper could produce⟳ in a week. Despite its nickname, it used metal blades to chop rags into pulp, whereas the stamper beat⟳ rags into pulp.”

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