Customer case:

Fast results at Nippon Paper Akita's bleaching process

Sep 28, 2016

Nippon Paper Group is one of the leading producers of paper and cardboard in the world and it's Akita mill the leading Japanese producer of paper, cardboard and pulp. Valmet implemented a new Valmet Kappa Q analyzer and the Valmet Bleaching Optimizer solution to reduce quality variability and to reduce bleaching chemical consumption.

A highlight of the project was the fast, on-time delivery which allowed the customer to enjoy savings in a very short time."

Mr. Kameda, Manager of Automation Department, Akita Mill

Summary

Location	Akita, Japan
Challenge	Need to reduce chemical consumption in bleaching. Room to improve the kappa and brightness variability across the bleaching process.
Solution	Valmet Kappa Analyzer Valmet Bleaching Optimizer Process consultation, projects and engineering Remote support and optimization using Industrial Internet technology
Results	Final brightness variability reduced 27.8 % Total chemical consumption reduced 7 % Control uptime 95.3 %
Keywords	Automation, Pulping and fiber, Asia-Pacific

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