YFY Group China:Valmet Paper Lab stabilizes quality and reduces costs
Oct 17, 2015
China’s Yuen Foong Yu Yangzhou paper mill relies on automated laboratory testing with Valmet Paper Lab to ensure its container board meets the most critical requirements. Key benefits reported by the mill include higher frequency of tests, better repeatability, less manual labor and faster feedback time to the operators.
*) Note!: Product and company names are changed while Valmet acquired Metso’s Process Automation System business and products on April 1st 2015.
Being fully automatic, the fast test speed and stable results (repeatability) are the biggest benefits with Paper Lab. Test results are transferred to the mill’s quality control system quickly so that information is shared to enable rapid feedback for production improvement.”
Mr. Sun Yu, engineer at YFY
Summary
Location
Yuen Foong Yu Yangzhou paper mill, China
Customer Challenge
Individual laboratory test devices could not meet the mill requirements of fast test speed and stable results.
Solution
The Valmet Paper Lab *) was installed for measurements of PM3 containerboard with basic weights from 110 to 300g/m2. After just minutes, test results are communicated to the mill’s quality control system and seen where needed in the mill for timely response of process adjustments to ensure the highest level of productivity.
Results
Automated paper testing provides higher frequency of tests, repeatable results, minimal maintenance and faster feedback time to the operators.
