Client: Weyerhaeuser, Paper Pulp Division
Location: Montazuma, GA
Contact: Terry Dail
Purpose: Promote the benefits and features of Verizon Online Backup & Sharing

One of my regular freelance clients was the southeast regional office of Weyerhaeuser, the Paper Pulp Division. Here is a script excerpt from a Customer Orientation video that I wrote and produced. Customers were assumed to be familar with the process, so you may find used some unfamilar terms.

EXCERPT

             Pulp production is dependent upon four main processes. Wood 
               yard, Pulping, Pulp Drying and Finishing.

               Pulp drying & finishing is the final stage of the pulp 
               stream. The pulp slurry is pumped to a paper machine where 
               the water in the pulp is removed by vacuuming & pressing, 
               thereby forming a wet paper sheet.At this point the paper 
               is still about 50% water. The wet sheet is then carried into 
               a dryer where hot air floats the sheet and evaporates one 
               ton of the water per minute. The dryer is four stories tall and 
               floats nearly a half mile of pulp.

               The fluff pulp is wound onto spools in the reel area to 
               form "jumbo rolls". Approximately 20 tons of pulp are on 
               each spool. Samples of the jumbo roll are taken for quality 
               testing to ensure it meets customer specifications.

               Once a jumbo roll is completed, it moves from the storage 
               area to the winder. At the winder, the jumbo roll is cut 
               into sets of smaller rolls. These individual rolls are 
               called baby rolls. Core tags are inserted in each core and 
               checked for easy identification by the customer.

               When a set of baby rolls is completed at the winder, they 
               are discharged onto the sorting deck where the rolls are 
               prepared and taped.

               In the past, the outer layer of the roll was taped with 9.5 
               cm. wide tail tape. Today, the outer layer of each roll is 
               removed on the sorting deck, and the tails are taped with a 
               2.54 cm. non-re-pulpable tail tape. Once the tails are 
               taped, they are released to the packaging line where the 
               finishing process continues.

               While the sets of rolls continue through the packaging 
               line, another set of rolls has been created at the winder 
               and moved to the sorting deck. The rolls are prepped by the 
               operator to ensure that all creases and wrinkles in the 
               outer layer are removed prior to add the tail taping.

               Rolls are weighed and moved to the stretch wrapper where 
               they are packaged in bundles. Once the bundle 
               is wrapped and labeled, it is turned and moved to the base 
               wrapper where a protective layer of plastic is wrapped onto 
               each bottom roll to prevent damage during shipping.                                                                                                    

               The rolls are then transported by clamp truck to the 
               warehouse where they will be loaded into rail cars, trucks 
               or containers for shipment to our customers.

END OF EXCERPT