High availability for twin wire presses at Metsä Board Joutseno BCTMP plant
The aim is to maintain high operational reliability and avoid unplanned roll changes in the middle of production. It was time to invest, not just in new technology, but in a partner who would share our reliability goals now – and in the future, says Juha Luukas, Production Manager at Joutseno.
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Overcoming the barriers of the new normal in the remote analyzer startup at Arauco Puerto Esperanza
Last year, before the start of Covid-19, the Arauco mill in Puerto Esperanza, Argentina, acquired a Valmet Fiberline Analyzer and 4 Valmet Filtrate Samplers (Valmet Piston) to replace an old Kappa-i analyzer. The order also included a performance contract, supervision for installation, start-up, and training.
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Fast fiber morphology analysis enables UFV to develop new technologies
The Pulp and Paper Laboratory at the Federal University of Vicosa (UFV) wanted to increase the analysis range of cellulose and paper with a modern solution.
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Building mill-wide automation for the mill of the future
With mill-wide automation, Metsä Fibre Kemi bioproduct mill aims to run the new mill in a balanced way, control the process and ensure its running flawlessly, and through that, ensure high quality, cost-effectiveness and environmental efficiency.
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Valmet solutions improve production efficiency and pulp quality
Valmet’s advanced measurements and recovery boiler camera improved the production efficiency and pulp quality of Sichuan Vanov New Material Co., Ltd in China.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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