Mill Safety - Lockout procedures save lives and equipment
Locking out power sources and drives is an important safety procedure. If not done, components can be started while personnel are out of the operator's sight.
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Asia Symbol PM 13 advances to a new high
The construction and start-up of Asia Symbol Guangdong Paper’s (ASGD) PM 13 represents a new success. The project took just 17 months and started up on schedule in March 2022. Just four months later it reached a speed of 1,610 m/min.
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Reel service case study - Faulty turnups and mechanical audit
A U.S. mill was having problems with faulty turnups. Valmet personnel arrived at the mill, performed a mechanical audit and made adjustments to fix the problem.
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Solar gas turbine controller retrofit at Lahti Energy
There are hundreds of Solar gas turbines at power plants around the world. Valmet has developed a total concept for gas, steam and hydro turbine controllers that creates a deeper view into the process and improves turbine reliability and availability. One recent successful retrofit case comes from Lahti Energy Ltd.
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Significant steps taken in reducing emissions in Valmet’s own operations
As part of its climate program Valmet is targeting for an 80% reduction* in CO2 emissions in its own operations by 2030. During the past two years, we have already taken significant steps especially in reducing CO2 emissions from fuels, heating, and electricity.
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Reel audit leads to increased tonnage on fine paper machine
Audit recommendations included replacing a carrying roll with a driven bowed spreader roll. This decreased broke due to winkles, adding 18 tons/day production.
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Leveraging vendor partnerships
Together, as partners, reliability, plant operation and equipment performance can be greatly improved.
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5 Keys to Better Pulp Washing Operations (tips from the OEM)
In a recent interview, the Process Engineers and Product Managers from Valmet’s vacuum washer team offered five helpful tips for operators.
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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.
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Teamwork maximizing the fiber saving results at Progroup PM2 line´s OCC process
Progroup completed a successful improvement project on its coarse screening process for PM2 OCC line in Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany. The project aimed to reduce fiber losses and optimize the performance of the OCC line. Franziska Ströse from Progroup and Outi Kukkamäki from Valmet shared their experiences and insights on the background, challenges, and outcomes of the project.
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