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Is it time to convert your boiler to gas for energy savings?
If your power or recovery boilers are older and running on oil or other fuel sources - converting to natural gas may be a wise decision. Valmet has rebuilt several boilers, resulting in a cleaner less costly operation.
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Common pulp washing fundamentals – How and why do we wash pulp?
Washing of pulp is a critical unit operation in the fiberline. Although washer designs differ, each type functions to wash pulp using common fundamental principles.
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Stop waste due to cockle wrinkles - avoid contributing factors
Cockle wrinkles, common on light weight paper machines, cause waste paper and rejected rolls resulting from downstream sheet breaks. They are influenced by basis weight variation and high drying temperatures.
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Control blade beam deflection to maintain coat weight profiles
Coater beams deflect due to coating temperatures, paper temperatures and the temperature of the environment. Newer and wider coating machines are equipped with beam heating/cooling chambers that can be controlled to maintain a straight beam and hence better coat weight profiles.
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Recovery boiler optimization - Reduction rate control, case study
A recovery boiler’s main control variables of reduction rate were studied and the performance of the Valmet Recovery Analyzer’s online reduction rate measurement was evaluated in real recovery boiler conditions at Stora Enso Veitsiluoto in Kemi, Finland.
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Valmet Durable Knife System ensures consistent high chip quality
Valmet Durable Knife System involves a chipper knife usable in almost all disc chippers. The custom-made sharp and strong knife ensures continually high chip quality and longer change intervals for the knives - improving the productivity of the chipper.
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High power generation from recovery boilers: What are the limits?
The energy efficiency of modern recovery boilers, such as Äänekoski, can be improved by introducing high power features. Particularly important are the effect of ash composition and ash treatment.
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Safe, reliable solution for cleaning recovery boiler air ports
Valmet Air Port Cleaning efficiently shaves smelt deposits from recovery boiler air ports. It is easy to install, light weight, corrosion resistant and offers a gas tight solution.
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Valmet Breast Roll Shaker 120 improves sheet properties
Valmet Breast Roll Shaker 120, Valmet's latest self-balancing breast roll shaker, improves the sheet forming process by shaking the breast roll cross-directionally and breaking up fiber flocs. This system improves sheet formation, and strength and visual properties.
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Innovative solutions help tissue manufacturers be more efficient and competitive
Competitive advantage in the tissue industry is paramount for manufacturers. Leveraging innovation in technologies and equipment provides key opportunities for gaining market share, especially when partnering with a world leader in tissue technologies.
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