The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus (1) for dry manufacturing rigid
cellulose product (2) having essentially non-flat general shape from a
cellulose blank (10). The method comprises the steps of providing a
cellulose pulp sheet (7), disintegrating the
cellulose pulp sheet (7) in order to generate a quantity of separated cellulose fibres, forming a cellulose blank (10) in the cellulose blank forming unit (9), transferring the cellulose blank (10) to a product forming unit (11), and producing rigid cellulose products (2) in the product forming unit (11), wherein the product forming unit (11) comprises heating means for heating the cellulose blank (10) to a forming temperature T, the product forming unit (11) comprising a moulding tool having a first mould part (15) and a second mould part (16), wherein the heated cellulose blank (10) is pressed between the first mould part (15) and the second mould part (16) by applying a
forming pressure P in the axial direction of the moulding tool. The primed
cellulose pulp sheet (7) has an added barrier dispersion (34) that comprises deionized water (35), a barrier additive (36), including water, a barrier agent and a cationic stabilizer, and a
wet strength additive (37), including water, and a
wet strength agent, wherein the total amount of barrier agent, cationic stabilizer and
wet strength agent is in the range 5-20 wt% of the barrier dispersion (34), the ratio between the wet strength agent and the barrier agent being in the range 1:2 – 2:1.