SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD, PULP-DERIVED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND PULP-DERIVED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet manufacturing apparatus and a sheet manufacturing method which enable a higher degree of freedom of a material to be procured.SOLUTION: A sheet manufacturing apparatus comprises: a raw material supply section supplying a raw material; a fibrillate section fibrillating the raw material and forming raw material fibers; and a pressurizing section pressurizing a deposit obtained by depositing the raw material fibers in a thickness direction. The raw material supply section includes a cutting section cutting the raw material and comprises a sterilization section sterilizing the raw material before supply thereof to the cutting section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1