Customer case:

Valmet provides the big Q in Quality

Dec 5, 2019

The BillerudKorsnäs production facility in Pietarsaari, western Finland, produces world-leading kraft and sack paper intended for users with very high demands on strength, durability, flexibility, food grade purity and printability. Pietarsaari also produces advanced and high-performance paper grades for a variety of technical applications, such as abrasive papers, reel & ream wrapping. With a total of over 150 production grades, extensive knowledge of raw material fiber properties is essential to help meet the high quality that customers have come to expect and rely on for subsequent converting operations. To this end, the mill decided in 2018 to purchase the soon to be introduced Valmet Fiber Furnish Analyzer (Valmet MAP Q).

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We can have up to 15 grade changes per day and presently adjust conditions according to grade specifications. Now with the analyzer we have the capability to enhance control according to incoming pulp properties as well as matching grade specifications to the incoming pulp. We can now produce certain grades according to incoming pulp properties and optimize refining, which translates to energy savings and reduced broke while producing the same high quality.
Matti Myllylä, Production Superintendent in Pietarsaari

Summary

Location Pietarsaari, Finland
Customer challenge With a total of over 150 production grades, extensive knowledge of raw material fiber properties is essential to help meet the high quality that customers expect and rely on for subsequent converting operations.
Solution Valmet Fiber Furnish Analyzer (Valmet MAP Q) which provides fast and precise online updates of key fiber and furnish properties
Results
  • Monitoring incoming pulp quality and subsequent fiber development provides the opportunity for better control of stock preparation
  • Much earlier evidence of fiber spins (where fibers mechanically entangle themselves very tightly) and possibility to adjust process conditions to minimize them
  • Capability to enhance control according to incoming pulp properties as well as matching grade specifications to the incoming pulp
  • Refining optimization translates to energy savings and reduced broke while producing the same high quality
Keywords Valmet MAP Q, Analyzer, Automation, Europe
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Fiber Furnish Analyzer

Fiber Furnish Analyzer

Valmet Fiber Furnish Analyzer (Valmet MAP Q) provides paper, board, and tissue makers with fast and precise online updates of key fiber and papermaking furnish properties.

Analyzers and measurements

Analyzers and measurements

We in Valmet believe that analyzers and measurements are the key cornerstones for successful process controls and optimization. We offer a wide portfolio of analyzers for different pulping and papermaking process needs.

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