by Nadine Peneder | Aug 16, 2018 | WFTE Blog
Nadine Peneder MFC Application Engineer Usually, microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is used as an additive. To reduce shipping costs the material can be thickened up but is not dried due to issues with hornification (read more about this in Water and MFC – An...
by Nadine Peneder | Dec 22, 2017 | WFTE Blog
Nadine Peneder MFC Application Engineer After 5 years, the National Research Programme “Resource Wood” (NRP 66) was completed. The project, with a budget of CHF 18 millions, had the goal to establish basic scientific knowledge and practical methods in order to enhance...
by Nadine Peneder | Oct 20, 2017 | WFTE Blog
Nadine Peneder MFC Application Engineer In a way, water is microfibrillated cellulose’s best friend. The water molecules interact with the hydroxyl groups on the surface of the cellulose fibrils and prevent the fine network structure from agglomerating, thus the MFC...
by Nadine Peneder | Jul 4, 2017 | WFTE Blog
Nadine Peneder MFC Application Engineer Just last month Weidmann celebrated its 140 years jubilee. The company is the world leader in electrical insulation materials for transformers and has amassed an immense amount of knowledge about cellulose in these years. But...
by Nadine Peneder | May 30, 2017 | WFTE Blog
Nadine Peneder MFC Application Engineer As already mentioned in other blog posts, microfibrillated cellulose can be used in a wide variety of applications. Often, MFC has the function of an additive which is used before or during the production process. To retrieve...