Metso-supplied Ningbo APP board machine sets new production and speed records

Published July 1, 2008 13.00.00 +2 GMT

The world's largest paper and board production line, the Ningbo Asia Pulp & Paper PM 6 in Xiaogang, Ningbo city in Zhejiang province, China, repeatedly sets new production and speed records. In April, this year, the machine once again broke its own world production record by producing 3,500 t/day of 350 g/m2 art board in 24 hours.

The PM 6 has set a new world speed record as well. The board machine ran at a speed of 950 m/min for a period of 24 hours, producing art board with a basis weight of 300 g/m2. The speed record was set on June 3, 2008, during normal production running.

The line’s previous world records from November, last year, were 3,110 t/day and 900 m/min.

The 410-m-long Ningbo Xiaogang PM 6, which was started up in November 2004, produces high-quality Duplex and Triplex grades of white lined chipboard (WLC) and art board in the basis weight range of 250 to 450 g/m2. The line has a trim width of 8.1 m and a design speed of 900 m/min. Supplied by Metso Paper, the line consists of a complete eight-line stock preparation system for both virgin and recycled fiber, and a complete five-ply board machine including a five-station on-line coater.

Metso is a global engineering and technology corporation with 2007 net sales of over EUR 6 billion. Its over 27,000 employees in some 50 countries serve customers in the pulp and paper industry, rock and minerals processing, the energy industry and selected other industries. www.metso.com

For more information: Stig Renvall, Senior Paper Technology Manager Paper and Board business line, Metso Paper Tel. +358 40 559 1693, stig.renvall@metso.com