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[Industry News]Technological Upgrade in the Pulp Molding Industry: Core Paths and Value of Process Standardization and Cost Reduction through Automation

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Jan 08,2026

Driven by the global "dual carbon" goals and the continuous tightening of plastic restriction policies, the demand for pulp molding, a core category of degradable and environmentally friendly packaging, has experienced explosive growth. However, in the early stage of the industry's development, constrained by issues such as non-standard processes and insufficient automation, pulp molding products faced pain points including high costs and unstable quality. In recent years, process standardization, raw material optimization, and full-process automation have become the core of technological breakthroughs, driving down costs, improving performance, strengthening the substitution advantage over plastic packaging, and laying the foundation for large-scale development.

[Industry News]Technological Upgrade in the Pulp Molding Industry: Core Paths and Value of Process Standardization and Cost Reduction through Automation
[Industry News]Technological Upgrade in the Pulp Molding Industry: Core Paths and Value of Process Standardization and Cost Reduction through Automation

Technological Upgrade in the Pulp Molding Industry: Core Paths and Value of Process Standardization and Cost Reduction through Automation

Preface

Driven by the global "dual carbon" goals and the continuous tightening of plastic restriction policies, the demand for pulp molding, a core category of degradable and environmentally friendly packaging, has experienced explosive growth. However, in the early stage of the industry's development, constrained by issues such as non-standard processes and insufficient automation, pulp molding products faced pain points including high costs and unstable quality. In recent years, process standardization, raw material optimization, and full-process automation have become the core of technological breakthroughs, driving down costs, improving performance, strengthening the substitution advantage over plastic packaging, and laying the foundation for large-scale development.

Core Implementation Paths of Process Standardization and Cost Reduction through Automation

The technological upgrade of pulp molding is a full-process systematic innovation. By standardizing production parameters and improving operational efficiency through automation, it achieves dual breakthroughs in cost and quality.

I. Process Standardization: Establishing Full-Chain Technical Specifications to Ensure Quality Stability

Process standardization is the key to solving quality fluctuations and reducing losses. Its core lies in clarifying technical parameters, raw material ratios, and quality standards in each link to form a replicable production system.

In the raw material processing link, standardization specifies the beating degree and fiber ratio of different pulps: for food packaging, the ratio of short fibers (60%-70%) to long fibers (30%-40%) is adopted to balance fineness and compressive strength; for industrial buffer packaging, the proportion of long fibers is optimized to improve buffer performance. At the same time, it standardizes the selection and dosage of waterproof and oil-resistant additives. For example, Shaoneng Oasis clarified the parameters of fluorine-free waterproof agents, saving tens of millions of yuan annually in terms of oil-resistant agents alone.

In the molding and post-processing links, standardization focuses on mold design and hot-pressing parameters. The industry has introduced 3D simulation + tung oil sand mold rapid prototyping technology, clarifying standardized mold parameters, which shortens the prototyping cycle by more than 30% and reduces costs by 40%-50%; the standardized control of hot-pressing parameters solves the problems of uneven moisture content and deformation, increasing the product qualification rate from about 85% to more than 95%.

II. Automation Upgrade: Full-Process Intelligent Linkage to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Costs

Automated production lines are the core engine for cost reduction and efficiency improvement. By replacing manual labor to realize full-process intelligent and continuous operation, they greatly improve efficiency and reduce energy consumption and labor costs.

Full-process automated production lines have achieved integrated linkage from pulp preparation to sorting and stacking. Taking the patented technology production line as an example, through the coordination of pulp suction and flipping, hot-pressing mechanisms, and robotic arm transportation, it integrates multi-dimensional detection and automatic sorting systems, reducing labor demand by more than 60% and increasing production efficiency by 50%-80%.

Intelligent technology further enhances the cost reduction effect: Fupeng Green Technology's IOT molding machine reduces material waste and energy consumption by 40% through precise control of pulp injection volume and molding pressure, reducing carbon emissions by about 100 tons annually; Guizhou Fute Meng's automation transformation combined with water recycling system reduces energy consumption by 10%-15% and the water reuse rate exceeds 90%.

III. Raw Material Formula Optimization: Expanding Low-Cost Raw Material Channels and Improving Material Adaptability

Raw material costs account for more than 60% of the total cost. Optimizing formulas and expanding low-cost renewable raw material channels are important cost reduction paths. The industry promotes the use of bamboo pulp, bagasse pulp, etc., to replace wood pulp, reducing dependence on imported wood pulp and lowering costs by leveraging local resource advantages: Guizhou Fute Meng uses bamboo pulp and sugarcane pulp boards as raw materials to ensure stable supply and save transportation costs; Shaoneng Oasis realizes the resource utilization of bagasse, a waste from sugarcane crushing, with raw material costs 20%-30% lower than that of traditional wood pulp. Adding additives such as bentonite can optimize bonding performance, improve strength, and reduce raw material consumption.

Conclusion

Process standardization and automation are the core driving forces for the high-quality development of the pulp molding industry, which collaboratively solve the pain points of high costs, low efficiency, and poor quality in the traditional model. Standardization ensures quality stability and lowers the threshold for technology promotion; automation improves efficiency and saves energy consumption and labor costs. With the deepening of raw material optimization and intelligence, product costs will further decrease, and the substitution advantage will continue to expand. In the future, it is necessary to deepen R&D to promote technological iteration, refine scenario parameters, and help the industry penetrate the global market.

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