Toilet Paper Factories Are Surprisingly Clever. Here’s Why.
Australians flush over 205 million kilometres of toilet paper every year - but have you ever wondered how it's actually made? Dr Karl visits a toilet paper factory, to take us inside the surprisingly clever process of turning recycled paper waste into toilet paper. From a watery slurry that's 99.5% water to soft, multi-ply rolls - the whole process can take only two hours! 📺 Dr Karl's How Things Work — Stream now on ABC iview: https://ab.co/DrKarlHowThingsWork This is an excerpt from Dr Karl's How Things Work, Series 1, Episode 1. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:22 Raw materials - virgin and recycled fibres 1:59 Turning bales into pulp slurry 2:46 Tissue Mill 4:19 Forming the paper web 5:12 The Yankee drum - drying at 120°C 6:12 Creping: the secret behind softness 7:23 Building multi-ply toilet paper 9:27 Cutting and packaging Subscribe: https://ab.co/2YFO4Go Like: / abcscience Follow: / abchealth --------------------------------------------------------------- This is an official Australian Broadcasting Corporation YouTube channel. Please see the ABC Online Terms of Use for the reasons why we may remove content from this page, or ban people: http://about.abc.net.au/terms-of-use/
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