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Yinzhou Paper's rebuild for better quality test liner
Frequent customer complaints regarding the evenness and CD profiles of Dongguan’s linerboard led Yinzhou Paper to replace the headboxes and invest in modern quality control system.
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Integrated sulfuric acid production in mega mills
This article is a summary of a paper which will be presented at the International Chemical Recovery Conference ICRC in Brazil in 2021.
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90 years and counting: the history of tissue handkerchiefs through the worlds largest collection
Everyone has one in his or her pockets in most countries of the world, regardless of age, gender, status or cultural differences. It is something you really don’t think of very much, unless a sudden bout of flu hits you or you need to quickly remove some melting ice cream dripping on your t-shirt. Meet Silvio Fioravanti, a collector of tissue packs who has over 16,000 tissue packs.
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From OCC to board and beyond
Today’s board makers aim for stable production and consistent end-product quality. At the same time, the increasing variety of recycled raw materials in OCC lines makes this more difficult. How can you control the production process despite these variations?
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3 Benefits of benchmarking your paper machine performance
Benchmarking is a continuous improvement tool for comparing the effectiveness of production lines within your company or the effectiveness of your production lines against competitors near and far. Valmet Production Survey provides the widest paper and board machine production and energy efficiency data available.
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A perfect project realization by APP and Valmet teams joint efforts
Since the first tissue machine’s successful startup on June 26, 2021, Valmet has completed the delivery and startups for 18 IntelliTissue machines and 2 DCT200 machines for APP Rudong mill by December 30, 2022. The last of these twenty machines, dubbed TM26, churned out its first jumbo roll just before the end of the year 2022.
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Mondi Steti: three times better 2-sigma values with headbox rebuild
The Mondi Steti Mill is passionate about performance. They aim for optimal printability that enables their customers to grab attention while offering the right packaging characteristics, like strength for the end user.
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Second Advantage DCT 135 machine to Crecia-Kasuga in Japan
Valmet and Kawanoe Zoki are once again collaborating in delivering a tissue production line to Crecia-Kasuga Co., Ltd in Japan. The new Advantage DCT 135HS machine will add 40.000 annual tons capacity to the Fuji mill.
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One plus one is more than two
To ensure its paper machine roll reliability and availability, the Kerinci mill in Indonesia has entered a full-scope roll service agreement with Valmet, including a condition monitoring system. This is Valmet’s first roll service agreement combining roll maintenance and remote condition monitoring, and the results can already be seen in improved performance.
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One partner for rolls, covers and services
Metsä Board Joutseno BCTMP mill aims for high operational reliability. In addition to replacing their aging twin wire press rolls, they have selected one partner for everything: rolls, covers and services.
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