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Making quality happen

“We make it happen,” says Krisztina Kuusisto, VP, Operational Excellence at Valmet’s Paper business line. She explains how quality is defined at Valmet, and how we ensure it’s integrated in each phase of our value chain.

Helping out a children's home in South Africa

Valmet’s team in South Africa decided to look at its local community, see what is being done close to them, and then give their support.

Steady and reliable feed ensured at a chemical plant in Germany with Flowrox pumps

CURRENTA is managing and providing services to CHEMPARK in Leverkusen, Germany. All of its hazardous waste incineration plants were using conventional filter presses to separate solids from waste water generated by flue-gas scrubbing. In 2009, CURRENTA started a modernization project to replace the existing filter press installations. Nowadays, Flowrox™ LPP-T peristaltic pumps feed fully automatic filter presses for flue-gas scrubbing process in this German chemical plant.

Reel water jet turnup improves reliability and safety, case study

The use of water jet turnup systems at paper, board and tissue reels is growing. Safety, reliability and turnup efficiency are improved while bottom losses are reduced.

Overview and troubleshooting of size press threading system

This article presents an example multiple-device threading system, briefly describing each device, and then lists methods to troubleshoot the threading system.

Severe service control

Many services are severe services. High-pressure drop applications are always considered severe service. Selecting a reputable and proven technology and brand is extremely important to the long-term reliability required in these types of applications.

Pumping 76% rock solids with Flowrox™ hose pumps

LKAB Svappavaara iron ore mine in Sweden chose Flowrox LPP-T100 transfer pumps for their pelletizing plant. They were looking for a solution that would allow them to pump effectively paste and high-density slurries. "The most important thing in terms of pump performance is that they function reliably. All the other benefits come after that. If a pump is not reliable, there is nothing else to benefit from either", the customer states.

Rubber hose solves scaling issue -Increased uptime and process efficiency with Flowrox pumps

A smelting plant in Norway had a scaling problem. Their spill process water contains lots of carbonates which caused reoccurring damage to the previously used centrifugal pump. Another challenge for the new pump was to also empty the 3-meter-deep tank located underneath the pump’s location.

Flow control partner spotlight: IBEJ

Channel partners provide a valuable community to support Valmet's flow control customers all over the world. We interviewed one of our newest Valmet partner community members, IBEJ, from Bosnia to describe their daily work and projects. They were recently awarded as the Best new partner at the European Distributor Days 2023. Read the interview with Dragan Čizmić, Executive Director at IBEJ, and watch the video.

Outstanding performance and zero maintenance with reliable Flowrox pinch valves

Reliable Flowrox™ high performance PVE pinch valves proved to be a perfect solution for a power generation water treatment plant located in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Six years after the installation of PVE pinch valves in power generation plant no maintenance has been required.