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Transforming efficiency and safety through a lower furnace rebuild

Transforming efficiency and safety through a lower furnace rebuild

HARMAC partnered with Valmet to rebuild its lower furnace, improving combustion efficiency, reducing emissions, and cutting boiler washing time in half. The upgrade resulted in optimized operations, reduced maintenance, and alignment with sustainability goals.

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Economy meets ecology at Mondi Świecie PM 7 containerboard making line

Economy meets ecology at Mondi Świecie PM 7 containerboard making line

Świecie PM 7 in Poland, which produced its first reel on 2009, is Mondi’s response to the growing trend towards lightweight corrugated case material. In PM 7 economy has been designed to meet ecology: maximum product quality is achieved with minimum environmental impact.

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Innovative moisturizer application provides immediate benefits

Innovative moisturizer application provides immediate benefits

The Iggesund Workington board mill in the UK has successfully applied a Valmet IQ Moisturizer in board production to achieve higher production rates especially with higher grammage products.

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Steam profiler generates energy savings at Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf

Steam profiler generates energy savings at Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf

Smurfit Kappa Nettingsdorf is one of the leading producers for Kraftliner in Europe. Their PM6 has a capacity of up to 450,000 ton/year. Energy efficiency is a key element in their management system in order to improve operational costs and reduced environmental impact. An existing steambox was found to work inefficient, and after careful evaluation of the current process parameters and assessment of improvement potential, Nettingsdorf decided to replace this steambox by state of the art Valmet IQ Steam Profiler. Target was to achieve a significant decrease in specific steam consumption for the paper machine.

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New press section rejuvenates Greif corrugating medium machine

New press section rejuvenates Greif corrugating medium machine

A new OptiPress press section, with matching Valmet clothing included, boosts productivity, improves quality of the corrugating medium and reduces energy consumption at Greif Packaging mill in Riverville, USA.

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MM Kolicevo BM 3: quality, runnability and efficiency improved with coater section rebuild

MM Kolicevo BM 3: quality, runnability and efficiency improved with coater section rebuild

All the targets for the coater section rebuild project were achieved at the Mayr-Melnhof Kolicevo's BM 3 in Slovenia. In the rebuild, a multilayer curtain coater and a blade coater were installed, which improved quality, runnability and efficiency.

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Cartones Ponderosa strengthens its competitive advantage

Cartones Ponderosa strengthens its competitive advantage

Mexico’s leading producer of folding boxboard invested in curtain coating and air impingement drying technology to improve board quality, lower costs and boost productivity.

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Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill and Valmet’s shared journey forward

Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill and Valmet’s shared journey forward

Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill has a Valmet co-operation service agreement for maintenance and remote control of the Valmet Breast Roll Shakers (earlier FormMaster) on both of its paper machines PM 9 and PM 10. The service agreement has increased the reliability of the mill ensuring that the paper they produce remains of high quality.

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Energy savings with OptiDry Coat air dryers at Hansol Daejeon PM 32

Energy savings with OptiDry Coat air dryers at Hansol Daejeon PM 32

Hansol's decision to rebuild their FBB producing board machine at Hansol mill with OptiDry Coat air dryers have resulted in energy savings of up to 45%. They've also seen improvements on their board quality; printability is good and visual appearance has improved. Furthermore, runnability has improved and the “folding” effect reduced.

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From paper to packaging - StoraEnso Varkaus PM3

From paper to packaging - StoraEnso Varkaus PM3

In 2015, Stora Enso converted their existing paper machine In Varkaus Mill to produce linerboard to better meet the market need for renewable packaging. PM 3 is almost like a new machine now; a combination of brand new and good, well maintained trusted technology.

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