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A view to better control bed height and shape of the recovery boiler’s smelt bed
A North American mill did not have a working camera for monitoring bed height and shape, which did not allow operators to monitor black liquor conditions. By installing Valmet Furnace Imaging System, IR, the mill is now able to improve burn efficiency with better black liquor monitoring.
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LD Celulose - New dissolving pulp mill
LD Celulose S.A., a joint venture of Lenzing and Duratex for a new 500,000 t/year dissolving pulp mill in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
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Valmet solutions improve production efficiency and pulp quality
Valmet’s advanced measurements and recovery boiler camera improved the production efficiency and pulp quality of Sichuan Vanov New Material Co., Ltd in China.
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Building mill-wide automation for the mill of the future
With mill-wide automation, Metsä Fibre Kemi bioproduct mill aims to run the new mill in a balanced way, control the process and ensure its running flawlessly, and through that, ensure high quality, cost-effectiveness and environmental efficiency.
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Rebuilding with state-of-the-art technology in MM Količevo BM 3
MM Board & Paper’s collaboration with Valmet reached a milestone in October 2023 when their rebuilt BM 3 board machine and the first-ever hard nip sizer with a curtain application were successfully started up at the MM Količevo mill in Slovenia. The investment for the board machine consisted of three main updates: the dryer section rebuild; new sizing technology; and a new winder.
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High availability for twin wire presses at Metsä Board Joutseno BCTMP plant
The aim is to maintain high operational reliability and avoid unplanned roll changes in the middle of production. It was time to invest, not just in new technology, but in a partner who would share our reliability goals now – and in the future, says Juha Luukas, Production Manager at Joutseno.
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Secured production line availability with Valmet service agreement at Sappi Kirkniemi
Sappi’s Kirkniemi mill extended its cooperation with Valmet to a service agreement covering various services and spare parts for all of their three papermaking lines. Especially the tail threading equipment maintenance needed the expertise skills that were not sufficiently available in-house.
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Improving press performance step by step at Thai Cane PM2
Thai Cane Paper tackled press section problems in close cooperation with Valmet’s Laem Chabang Service Center and global experts.
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Decreased drive energy consumption with Press Roll Cover PP
A pair of press rolls in BillerudKorsnäs Gruvön PM 6, producing containerboard grades, started to require recovering as the old rubber covers were wearing out. BillerudKorsnäs has clearly detailed targets on energy-efficient production. In addition, mill’s primary requirement for press rolls was uncompromised durability.
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Successful QCS migration leads to second system ahead of schedule
Faced with replacing an aging quality control system on board machine 3, Ningbo Zhonghua Paper selected Valmet* because of its innovative sensor technology, especially the direct coat weight measurement. The results were so good that within a year they replaced a second quality control system on BM2 ahead of schedule and report being very satisfied with both deliveries.
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