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It
begins with feeding the paper from the large roll through a winding machine that
cuts and rerolls the paper. A technician monitors the winding machine, ensuring
that the paper is fed at the same speed as the rollers on the other side, and
that the tension on the paper is just right. |
| On this day, the winding machine on Paper Line 1 was running
at almost 2,000 feet per minute. That's 20 miles of paper per hour! |
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Technicians
on the receiving-side of the winding machine prepare cardboard cores for winding.
The cardboard core is already cut to the lengths that each roll of paper will
be. |
| By the time the roll is done spinning, it
will contain around 47,000 linear feet of paper! What we can't see is that this
one, long roll is actually several smaller rolls, sitting side-by-side. |
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As
the roll of paper rolls off the winding machine, workers separate the individual
rolls that are cut to size. |
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rolls have been made to customer specifications. |
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These rolls are ready to be sent
for packaging and shipping! |
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