How to make egg trays from waste paper? Firstly, you need to make waste paper into pulp. Secondly, form the paper pulp into trays. Then dry the wet tray and pack them for sale. In short, it includes pulp making, molding, drying, and packing systems. And the most important equipment you will use is the pulp molding machine. Below we will introduce the egg tray making process step by step.





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How to Make Egg Trays From Waste Paper?

1. Making Pulp from Waste Paper

The first step is to break waste paper into paper pulp. The raw material can be old newspaper, old cartoons, old books, etc. The main euqipment includes hydraulic pulper, a pulp refiner, pulp pumps, water pumps, etc. It is simple to operate. What workers need to is to put the waste paper and water into hydraulic pulper. It will be smashed into pulp and stored in the pulp pool. Then there is a pulp refiner to make pulp smooth for use. The prepared pulp will be pumped into molding system. By the way, Beston Machinery offers intergrated pulping system for small egg tray machins, which is easy to install and save your space.

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2. Molding Pulp into Trays

This is the key section of an egg tray production line. The prepared pulp will be transferred through pumps into pulp molding equipment. With the use of vacuum pump and air compressor, paper pulp is molded in forming molds. Different pulp products can be formed by means of different molding dies. Then the transfer molds will demold the wet trays. Beston pulp molding system is automatic, which makes egg tray production line easy and safe to operate. Moreover, with different designs of molding dies, you can make different trays, such as egg trays, egg cartons, cup holders, etc.

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3. Drying Trays

Although most water of pulp trays is removed with the help of a vacuum pump, the egg trays after demolding are still wet. So you need to dry them. There are 3 different drying modes to choose from, which decide the automatic level of an egg tray production line. They are natural drying (manul), brick drying line, and metal drying line. Which one is the best? It depends on many factors, such as your investment cost, the scale of your egg tray plant, etc.

For example, if you have a BTF-1-3 egg tray machine and want to lower your cost, natural drying will be your best choice. However, if you have a BTF-5-12 machine, you have to choose a brick or metal drying line. The former one is cheaper but requires more construction works. While the latter one is more expensive but easy to transport and install. More importantly, it can be multi-layer to save space. You can contact Beston for a customized business plan.

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4. Packing Trays Up for Sale

After drying, you need to stack the trays up for sale. Beston Machinery offers different equipment according to your requirements, including hot press machine, packer, counter, etc. Among them, a hot press can make the appearance of trays beautiful and tidy. Packer can stack egg trays compactly so that it is easy to transport and store. Moreover, a counter is used to count the trays to improve working efficiency. All in all, we can supply whatever you need. Better yet, the whole process is free from contamination.

All in all, it is easy to recycle waste paper into egg trays. You can also find egg tray machine videos from Beston Youtube. Also, it is eco-friendly. With the ban of plastic, pulp molded products are greatly demanded. If you want to set up a business like this, welcome to contact Beston Machinery for help.