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Superior quality paper after rebuild - Sappi Gratkorn PM 11
Sappi's Gratkorn mill rebuilt their PM11 to improve the printing paper quality. The rebuild concept was optimized for improved formation and printability and reduced two-sidedness and validated in the series of pilot trials at Valmet facilities.
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Valmet WEM prevents chemical overdoses at Drewsen
When faced with a challenge of high number of web breaks, Drewsen Spezialpapiere GmbH & Co decided to install a Valmet Wet End Analyzer (Valmet WEM) with savings of approximately €100,000.
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Stora Enso Imatra Mills Tainionkoski BM 5 safety upgrade
Safety was the main driving force behind modernizing the Stora Enso Imatra Mills Tainionkoski board machine 5 (BM 5). Valmet delivered safer winder, transfer rails from reel to winder, and some measurements and controls for the board machine because the roll handling equipment from reel to storage needed a major safety improvement.
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Cartiere Ermolli: New refiner replaced two old, and saved energy up to 20%
Cartiere Ermolli, produces specialty grades in Italy for flexible packaging like food wrapping papers. When creating specialty papers, doing refining right is fundamental. Mechanical properties of the fiber cannot be destroyed so the amount and the quality of the refining must be right, without any harmful cutting effects. When they needed increase in capacity and end product quality, the solution was OptiFiner Pro refiner.
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One cleaning shutdown eliminated every 6 weeks at Stora Enso’s Skoghall mill
Stora Enso’s Skoghall mill decided to renew their old smoothing press cleaning device and improve the roll cover durability of their BM 8.
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Raw material savings with latest headbox technology at Dongil Wolsan PM1
New headbox technology enables raw material cost optimization at Dongil Wolsan PM1 in Korea as less starch is needed and worse quality raw materials, such as OCC waste, can be utilised without compromising strength properties.
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Energy savings through vacuum system improvement
The Burgo Verzuolo mill in Italy was able to radically improve the energy efficiency and controllability of the vacuum system in a rebuild of its PM 9.
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Increased efficiency and less production breaks through paper machine upgrade by Valmet
Stora Enso Veitsiluoto mill in Finland decided to invest in improving the PM 5’s runnability and production efficiency. Valmet carried out a complete tail threading upgrade project from the press section to the reel during eight days shutdown.
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Dongguan Jianhui saves energy and costs with an air dryer nozzle
With Dongguan Jianhui Paper’s impressive 30% share of the South China white lined chipboard market, the mill needed further energy efficiency improvements in order to meet environmental requirements set by the Guangdong government.
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Saica's PM 11 breaking records from the kick-off
The Saica Paper's PM11 in UK started 15 days ahead schedule with world record speed. The continuous total performance of the containedboard machine is ensured as the mill has maintenance agreement with Valmet that covers responsibility for maintenance related improvements.
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