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Instant success in fine paper market for Shandong Huatai mill
Shandong Huatai mill invested in a new PM 8 papermaking line to extend their offering and break into the Chinese fine paper market. Just three months after start-up, PM 8 was already producing art paper that met the market’s quality standards and their customer’s expectations.
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Ensured roll reliability and improved performance through roll service agreement
To ensure its paper machine roll reliability and availability, the Kerinci mill has entered a full-scope roll service agreement, including a condition monitoring system.
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Service agreement leads to improved machine efficiency at Naini Papers Limited
Ever since its establishment in 1995, the Indian paper manufacturer Naini Papers Limited (NPL) has steadily developed its operations by technology upgrades and process refinements. In 2020, NPL decided to pursue another improvement and contacted Valmet in order to discuss the performance of the mill’s PM2. Their target was to improve the machine efficiency for increased production, and to enhance the quality of the paper produced.
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Metsä Board Simpele improving capacity and quality
Metsä Board Simpele has almost doubled its production capacity since 2006. The mill produces board with significantly increased bulk without any compromises in surface quality or stiffness. These results were achieved from two different rebuilds supplied by Valmet. Metal belt calender offered a remedy to the production bottleneck and extremely good board surface quality.
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Papelera Ecker now has eyes into the machine
Papelera Ecker is a small integrated paper mill producing 100% recycled paper. Production concentrates on packaging papers including white and brown liner, and fluting medium, from recycled paper pulped onsite. The mill, originally built in 1967, has seen many improvements since the Garcia family took it over in 1993. One of these was the Valmet IQ quality control system (QCS) supplied by Valmet in August 2013. Valmet IQ replaced a competitor’s QCS which, although only a few years old, was not providing the measurement accuracy that the mill needed for the production of quality packaging paper.
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Valmet Coater Roll Cover CC provides four times longer operating cycles at Metsä Board Husum mill
The Metsä Board Husum mill had problems with wear at backing roll due to the hard-coated blades wearing the rubber cover edge.
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QCS Maintenance: uptime plus extra value by On-site Expert
QCS Maintenance: uptime plus extra value by On-site Expert
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Neenah Coldenhove QCS replacement
When faced with end-of-life issues of quality control systems (QCS) on its two paper machines, Neenah Coldenhove in the Netherlands turned to Valmet for a new solution.
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Valmet IQ Web Monitoring System guides further board machine improvement at AB Grigeo Klaipėda in Lithuania
In order improve runnability on its PM3 board machine, AB Grigeo Klaipėda in Lithuania recently installed a Valmet IQ Web Monitoring System (WMS) to discover more about the origins and causes of web breaks.
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Excellent ROI with Valmet Press Roll Cover PP in Telangana, India
The Indian board-maker Vijay Anand has overcome the challenge of traditional rubber covers by upgrading with a Valmet roll cover. Press Roll Cover PP premium polyurethane covers have provided remarkable benefits with an outstanding payback from the investment.
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