How Does a Toilet Paper Machine Work? A Step-by-Step Breakdown

21 Jul.,2025

 

How Does a Toilet Paper Machine Work? A Step-by-Step Breakdown

Toilet paper is an essential household item, and understanding the machinery behind its production offers insight into modern manufacturing processes. A toilet paper machine transforms raw materials into the soft, perforated rolls familiar to consumers. Here's a step-by-step breakdown of how these machines operate:

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1. Pulp Preparation

The process begins with creating pulp from raw materials:

  • Virgin Pulp: Wood chips from softwood or hardwood trees are cooked in large digesters with chemicals, breaking down lignin and separating cellulose fibers.

  • Recycled Pulp: Used paper products are soaked and mechanically agitated to separate fibers. Contaminants like inks and adhesives are removed through screening and cleaning processes.

2. Bleaching

To achieve the desired whiteness and purity, the pulp undergoes bleaching using environmentally friendly agents such as oxygen, ozone, or hydrogen peroxide. This step enhances the aesthetic appeal and ensures the paper is hygienic.

3. Pulp Refining and Mixing

The bleached pulp is refined to improve fiber bonding, contributing to the paper's strength and softness. Additives may be introduced to enhance specific properties, such as softness or absorbency.

4. Sheet Formation

The refined pulp mixture, now called paper stock, is sprayed onto mesh screens. Water drains away, and fibers interweave to form a continuous sheet. This wet sheet is then pressed and dried to remove remaining moisture, resulting in a thin, continuous paper sheet.

5. Rewinding and Perforation

The dried paper sheet is wound onto large reels. These reels are then unwound and passed through machines that perforate the paper at regular intervals, facilitating easy tearing.

6. Embossing

To enhance texture and absorbency, the paper may undergo embossing. Embossing rollers press patterns into the paper, improving both functionality and aesthetic appeal.

7. Rewinding onto Cores

The embossed and perforated paper is rewound onto cardboard cores, forming long "logs" of toilet paper. This process ensures consistent tension and alignment.

8. Cutting

The long logs are then cut into individual rolls of the desired width using automated cutting machines. This step ensures uniformity in the final product.

9. Packaging

Finally, the individual rolls are packaged for distribution. Depending on the production setup, this can range from simple plastic wrapping to more elaborate packaging solutions.

Understanding this process highlights the precision and technology involved in producing everyday items like toilet paper.

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paper rewinding making machine

This machine adopts international new PLC computer programming technology (system can be upgraded), frequency control,

automatic electronic brake. The touch-type human-machine interface operating system uses a coreless rewind forming system. application the

PLC program wind column forming technology achieves the characteristics of faster rewinding and more beautiful molding.

Machine Model //// Paper Width(mm) mm/mm/mm/mm/mm Paper Diameter(mm) φmm(Please Specify) Paper Core Inner Diameter φ76mm(Please Specify) Product Diameter φ40mm-200mm Paper Backing 1-4layer,general chain feed or continuously variable transmission feed paper Punch 2-4 Knife,Spiral Cutter Line Hole Pitch Positioning of Belt and Chain Wheel Control System PLC Control,Variable Frequency Speed Control,Touch Screen Operation Product Range Core Paper,Non Core Roll Paper Drop Tube Manual,Automatic(Optional) Non core roll paper automtic core pulling Production Speed 150-280m/min Spray,Cutting and Rewinding Automtic Finished product launch Automtic Point Moving Mode Before and After the Point Moving Power Configuration 380V50HZ Required air pressure 0.5Mps(The Self) Embossing Single Embossing,Double Embossing(Steel Roller to Wool Roller,Steel Roller)Optional Blank Holder Airbag Control,Cylinder Control,Steel to Steel Structure Outline Dimension mm-mm*mm-mm*mm Machine Weight KG-KG

Working Principle
Four-roller automatic feeding→synchronous conveying→embossing→punching→automatic winding→cutting→packing→sealing.
1. Rewinding---The main purpose of the toilet paper rewinding machine is to process the large shaft paper into a long strip of toilet paper roll.
2. Cut the paper---The long piece of toilet paper cut by the paper cutter is cut into semi-finished products of the length required by the customer.
3. Packaging---Packaging can be packaged in a packaging machine or manually wrapped, and the semi-finished products of the toilet

paper are packaged and sealed by a sealing machine.

Performance Characteristics
1. Using PLC computer to program the finished paper in the rewinding process to achieve the tightness and looseness of the different

tightness to solve the looseness of the finished product due to long-term storage.
2. Full-automatic rewinding machine can choose double-sided embossing, gluing compound, which can make paper more soft than single-sided

embossing, the effect of double-sided finished products is consistent, and each layer of paper does not spread when used, especially suitable for

processing. Roll up kitchen paper towels and reduce weight by 15% or more when finished in the same size.
3. The machine is equipped with processing unintentional, solid, paper tube toilet paper, which can instantly switch between products, and can

also be selected according to user needs.
4. Automatic trimming, glue spraying, sealing, and shafting are completed synchronously, so that there is no paper loss when the roll paper is

cut into the band saw and packaged, which greatly improves the production efficiency and the grade of the finished product. Easy to enable.
5. Pneumatic belt feeding, double reel and each axis of the original paper have independent tension adjustment mechanism

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Purchase Guide:

1.We have napkin paper machine,toilet paper machine,facial tissue paper machine and pocket tissue paper machine.etc. Firstly,what machine are you looking for ?

2.The one that you are checking is the toilet paper machine,there are various models for choice,,, and ,etc. Which model do you want ? Among them,the

model is the most popular to export abroad,and the Model is the most popular in China.

3.Usually to make the toilet paper machine,three machines are needed,it contains rewinding machine,cutting machine and sealing machine.This is basic three machines.

4.Do you make the toilet paper roll with inner core or without inner core ? If you will make toilet paper with inner core,the paper core making machine is optional.Of course

you can buy finished paper core directly to use.

5.For the toilet paper rewinding machine,do you need embossing or not ? The basic function has no embossing function,if you need embossing,single embossing or double embossing ?

6.If you want embossing function,what embossing pattern do you want ? The embossing patterns can be designed as your request.Of course we also can supply some patterns designs for choice.

7.If you will make the toilet paper roll with inner core,do you need automatic paper core dropping function ? This is optional function.If no paper core dropping function,the machine

also can do both toilet paper with inner core and without inner core.

8.The rewinding machine own functions include automatic rewinding,perforation,cutting,glue spraying,automatic pneumatic paper loading,and automatic synchronous belt. Other functions are optional.

FAQ of toilet paper machine:

1*What is the net profit of toilet paper and napkin paper?

For toilet paper, it is about 20%. That is, the profit is about USD100-USD140 for per ton.

For napkin tissue, it is about 30%. That is, the profit is about USD350 for each ton.

2*How can customers obtain the raw material?

The raw materials are mainly made from wood pulp, cane syrup, deinked waste paper.

You can purchase the raw material in your area. If you like, we can purchase raw material from our cooperated suppliers in China at low cost for you.


3*How many bags can we get from 1 ton of raw pulp material?

If 100g for one roll of paper, 10 rolls in a bag, we can get about 900 bags from 1 ton of raw material.

4*For our toilet paper rewinding machine, what is the plant area?

The overall dimension of our machine is 6m(length)*3m(width)*1.8m(height), to take the working table into account, the plant area is about 50m2.

The height of door is 2m. (The warehouse is not included. )

5*What is the investment for processing toilet paper?

About USD19,000. It includes the equipments(rewinding machine+slitting machine+sealing machine), workshop, raw material, etc.

6*How many workers to operate the whole line machine ?

Total need four workers to operate the semi-automatic whole line. One is for rewinding machine, one is for cutting machine,

one is for put the paper roll together, one is for sealing bags.