Do You Know How To Choose A Good Roll Slitting Machine For Paper Straw Project?

Nowadays the war on plastic is prevalent in countries all over the world. The plastic products in our daily lives are gradually being replaced by paper products.

Paper straws are one of the paper products which are quietly popular and have been banned in many countries. Compared to plastic straw, the paper straw has many benefits, they are biodegradable and they only takes few weeks to decompose completely but plastic straw will take hundreds of years. Using paper straws will automatically reduce the number of plastic straws used resulting in a smaller footprint.

Let us introduce how to product a paper straw. In general, it requires roll paper slitting machine, flexo printing machine, paper straw forming machine, paper straw paper packing machine, microwave dryer, paper straw bending machine.

Generally the inner diameter of paper straw is 3.8-12mm, which consistes of  3-4 layers of paper. As usual the paper width would be between 7-35mm. The thickness of inner and middle layers is same 120gsm, the outer layer is 60gsm. The paper for paper straw is relatively in a lower thickness which is 28gsm. Most clients are using roll paper width 500-1200mm.

Therefore, it requires a high tension control of paper slitter rewinder machine. As a professional manufacturer, we adopt the center and surface winding method to meet the customers’ needs. The slitter can work smoothly and perfectly for paper straw project.