Paper Specialties

Cartaspers® PSM
Cleaner, faster, for longer
Cartaspers® PSM:
Cleaner, faster, for longer

Cartaspers PSM helps the papermakers to enhance the

performance and the sustainability of their production
processes. Stickie contamination of machinery is minimized,
practically eliminating down time for cleaning. Solvent
usage, for dissolving and removing the contamination, can
be reduced by up to 90%.

Cartaspers PSM was designed by Clariant for control of

“stickies” in the papermaking process (e.g. tissue).
“Stickies” are contaminants such as latex, adhesives, pitch
and resins, inherent in wastepaper as a raw material.
Such “sticky” particles have a natural affinity for synthetic
wires and felts on papermaking equipment.

Keeping the paper- and board-making machinery free of

such contamination is not an easy task and longer periods of
downtime may be necessary to facilitate thorough cleaning,
typically employing large quantities of volatile and flammable
solvents.

Cartaspers PSM is a nonionic, readily biodegradable (OECD

301A 97% – 28 days), hydrophilic polymer with high affinity
for hydrophobic surfaces. The product is a water-based
polyester dispersion, with the ability to modify the surface
energy of non-polar substances.

This patented product is applied to machine clothing in the

form of a diluted solution. Added continuously to the shower
water, the fabric monofilaments are encapsulated by a
“protective hydrophilic polymer layer”. On each revolution of
the papermaking fabric, the contamination is easily washed
away and a fresh layer of product applied.
Cartaspers® PSM:
Application and benefits

Pulping and fibre preparation

Pitch dispersion during pulp washing
Improved washing of recycled fibre
Passivation of contraries in recycled process water

Wet-end applications
Wire and machine felt conditioning
Stickies passivation and control
Dispersion of synthetic fibre (non-woven applications)
Competitor cationic wire treatment Cartaspers PSM liq wire treatment

Surface treatment
Improved printability for low surface energy papers
Decreased surface resistivity (antistatic effect)
Enhanced inter-coat adhesion

The unique chemistry of the product, with its low foaming Further crucial competitive advantages of the product are
tendency and minimal effect on other papermaking additives, its safety and its eco-friendliness:
is far more effective than conventional surfactants or It is FDA compliant (Food & Drug Administration; important
hydrophilic polymers such as polyvinylalcohol, carboxy­ for the use in food packaging applications) and is in
methylcellulose or hydroxyethylcellulose. line with the eco labels NORDIC SWAN and EU Ecolabel
(EU Flower).
The nonionic nature of Cartaspers PSM liquid ensures com-
patibility with a wide variety of anionic and cationic additives
commonly encountered. Hard water and the presence
of multivalent cations do not affect the performance of the
product.
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Europe
Clariant International Ltd
BU Paper Specialties
TechCenter Reinach (B.03.22)
Rothausstrasse 61
4132 Muttenz 1
Switzerland
Tel +41 61 469 72 18

Global:
paper@clariant.com

Austria:
paper.austria@clariant.com

Germany:
info.papier@clariant.com

Latin America
Clariant S.A.
Av. Nações Unidas 18.001
04795 – 900 São Paulo
Brazil
Tel +55 11 5683 7509
paper.brazil@clariant.com

North America
Clariant Corporation
4000 Monroe Road
Charlotte NC28205
USA
Tel +1 800 727 3710
paperexpert@clariant.com
Asia
Clariant Chemicals (China) Ltd
1-3/F, Block No. 25
No. 69 GuiQing Road
Shanghai 200233
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