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Boosting predictive maintenance in fiber processing
Transitioning from a reactive maintenance strategy to a predictive one calls for the 24/7 visibility of the condition of fiber processing equipment. Valmet’s new reliability monitoring systems offer a cost-effective way of achieving this goal.
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Drying Section Performance Agreement aims for increased safety and sustainability
Did you know that the drying section consumes as much as 70% of all energy needed in the tissue-making process and therefore is a tissue mill’s major source of CO2? Or that the huge Yankee cylinder taking care of the drying process is a pressurized vessel filled with hot steam, causing a safety risk if not maintained appropriately?
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Stora Enso Imatra Mills and Valmet celebrate their 50 years of cooperation in air system maintenance
The first agreement covering air system maintenance at Stora Enso’s Tainio Mill in Finland was signed in March 1974. The long-lasting and successful cooperation, which today covers Imatra Mills’ both units Tainionkoski and Kaukopää, was recently celebrated at the Tainionkoski Mill.
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Operating in icy conditions safely with Valmet’s automation system
Only state-of-the-art icebreakers create a sense of confidence when operating in the offshore oil and gas field of Arkutun-Dagi, Sakhalin-1. When breaking thick ice and taking cargo to the oil field in harsh conditions, operating in demanding oil spill recovery action or firefighting, the automation system must offer the highest level of reliability and availability to enable a vessel to successfully carry out its key mission. To assure high performance, the Vitus Bering icebreaker is equipped with Valmet DNA automation system.
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21 and counting - Framework for success with CNIM
Constructions Industrielles de la Méditerranée (CNIM) chose Valmet as a partner for delivering automation systems to waste-to-energy plant projects through 2018.
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Turun Seudun Vesi relies on Valmet DNA
The Valmet DNA automation system plays a key role for Turun Seudun Vesi to ensure it can produce and distribute naturally treated household water to nearly 300,000 people and numerous industrial companies in the Turku area.
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Hyogo Pulp invests in both quality and process control
Hyogo Pulp Tanigawa mill recently invested in new measurement technology from Valmet, to ensure the highest quality of pulp in addition to improving process efficiency.
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Improved pulp refiner control at Jujo Thermal
Jujo Thermal’s paper mill installed a Valmet Pulp Analyzer (Valmet MAP) on their PM 1 papermaking line to gain a better understanding of the refiner conditions and their effect on paper quality.
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Valmet Paper Lab takes off after its renewal
The first commercial project for the updated Valmet Paper Lab was successfully finalized at Mondi Bupak site in Czech Republic during the summer of 2018. Mondi Bupak specializes in the production of high quality corrugated boxes, where the paper quality testing for the incoming paper for corrugating was changed from manual laboratory testing to automated with Valmet Paper Lab.
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Good planning is half the battle
For the Borealis Polymers plant in Porvoo, Finland, regular automation lifecycle roadmaps have proved valuable in ensuring smooth process continuation. As part of their latest automation system migration, more than 3,000 centralized input/output (I/O) cards were successfully replaced.
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