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: Chips are literally "beaten to a pulp" using mechanical force.

: Vacuum boxes underneath the screen pull more water out to solidify the mat. ijv6TP

The process begins by harvesting trees, which are debarked and cut into small wood chips about the size of a coin. : Chips are literally "beaten to a pulp"

: As the pulp moves along the screen, water drains away, and the fibers begin to weave together into a wet mat called a "web". water drains away

: Chips are "cooked" with steam and chemicals in large pressure tanks called digesters to dissolve the lignin (natural glue) holding fibers together.

Wood chips are broken down into a fiber suspension called pulp.