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PULP AND PAPER DICTIONARY

This page contains definitions of the terms, words and phrase commonly used in pulp and papermaking, printing, converting and paper trading.

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Z-DIRECTION             The direction perpendicular to the plane of a sheet of paper.If the paper is placed flat on a horizontal surface, then the Z direction would be vertical.  Also see machine direction (MD) and cross direction (CD).

Z-DIRECTION TENSILE STRENGTH   The tensile strength measured in Z-direction.

ZERO (EFFLUENT) DISCHARGE  No effluent discharge from pulp & papermaking plant.

Z-FOLD                         A paper fold represented by back and forth folds into three panels.

ZIG ZAG FOLDING     Folding used with continuous forms with alternating position (head and foot). Commonly used to convert roll paper to easily managed flat-back.