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MODERN PAPER-MAKING

The Taylor beater (Fig. 23) is used principally in mills whose furnishes
contain a large proportion of esparto.

In beating such stock as esparto and wood it is possible to dispense with
those factors which are an absolute necessity for beating strong rag stock.
The ultimate fibres of wood and esparto are short, and if the papers made from
them do not require to be very strong, their treatment in the beater is sharp

[Masson, Scott and Co. Ltd,
FIG. 23.—A BATTERY OF TATIOR BEATERS, -WITH A RANGE OF BLEACHING
TOWERS IN THE BACKGROUND •
and quick, and must be as uniform as possible in order to produce a very close
and evenly made sheet.
The Taylor beater fulfils these requirements admirably, and is being success-
fully operated in many mills making esparto papers. The beater is entirely
different in construction and design from both the hollander and Umpherston
types, as will be seen from the illustration.
The stuff is fed into the vat and drops down to the bottom of the enclosed
trough, where it is collected by a centrifugal pump, and forced up again through
a pipe, to be discharged in front of the roll.
This method of-circulation relieves the roll of the necessity of performing