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A view to better control bed height and shape of the recovery boiler’s smelt bed

A North American mill did not have a working camera for monitoring bed height and shape, which did not allow operators to monitor black liquor conditions. By installing Valmet Furnace Imaging System, IR, the mill is now able to improve burn efficiency with better black liquor monitoring.

Safe and efficient operation control of the recovery boiler

A North American mill looking to monitor bed height and shape, and bed temperatures, installed a Valmet Furnace Imaging System, IR, to better monitor its recovery boiler and control the SO2 levels. A service agreement together with the analyzer helps the mill experience little to no downtime with the servicing of its camera.

The world's largest and fastest woodfree-producing paper machine

The world's largest and fastest woodfree-producing paper machine was started-up at the Zhanjiang Chenming mill in China. The recorded speed was 1,808 m/min. During a 24-hour run, the 11.15-meter-wide PM 1 produced high quality printing paper at a basis weight of 70 g/m2.

Setúbal PM4 - modern paper making line for producing high-quality uncoated fine paper grades

The PM 4, known as About the Future, was officially opened in 2009 and boasts one of the world's largest and most sophisticated machines for producing uncoated paper. Turing out reels 10.4 metres wide, this machine is able to produce more than 500 thousand tons of paper a year, at a rate of 30 metres a second.

Improving press performance step by step at Thai Cane PM2

Thai Cane Paper tackled press section problems in close cooperation with Valmet’s Laem Chabang Service Center and global experts.

Coating kitchen automation renewal at Norske Skog Bruck

Norske Skog Bruck mill replaced coating kitchen automation system with Valmet DNA

Energy savings with Valmet Air Dryer Nozzle - Nippon Paper Industries' Ishinomaki

The air dryer nozzles cut air dryer energy consumption by close to 20% at Ishinomaki.

Successful QCS migration leads to second system ahead of schedule

Faced with replacing an aging quality control system on board machine 3, Ningbo Zhonghua Paper selected Valmet* because of its innovative sensor technology, especially the direct coat weight measurement. The results were so good that within a year they replaced a second quality control system on BM2 ahead of schedule and report being very satisfied with both deliveries.

Valmet DNA extends lifetime of paper machine controls at Stora Enso Nymölla

In May 2015, Stora Enso Nymolla successfully started up its PM2 with up-to-date control technology. In Nymölla mill there are two paper machines and a pulp mill. All processes have been controlled with Valmet DNA for years. In this project the PM2 Siemens S5 machine control system was replaced with Valmet DNA and connected to the existing Valmet DNA automation system.

Decreased drive energy consumption with Press Roll Cover PP

A pair of press rolls in BillerudKorsnäs Gruvön PM 6, producing containerboard grades, started to require recovering as the old rubber covers were wearing out. BillerudKorsnäs has clearly detailed targets on energy-efficient production. In addition, mill’s primary requirement for press rolls was uncompromised durability.