Development of Cylindrical Paperpot Manufacturing Equipment

This study was conducted to develop a cylindrical paperpot manufacturing equipment which is capable of continuously producing paperpots with a constant size.The equipment consists of the soil supply part, the paper supply part, the pot manufacturing part, the paperpot cutting part and its process for manufacturing paperpot from the soil supply to the paperpot cutting is continuously performed.As a result of the performance test using this equipment, we suggest that the optimal moisture content and injection pressure to supply soil are 50%~60%, and 0.5 Mpa respectively.Moreover the appropriate temperature for adhesive strength is 150~160 o C taking into account the performance of device and adhesion time.Also, considering the cutting speed and safety, it is appropriate to adopt a straight blade having a clean plan at a minimum angle of 30 o .In addition, the manufacturing capacity of the developed equipment was 3300 pots per hour.