Achieve optimal tissue production with advanced forming technology

Forming section

The forming section plays a significant role in producing high quality tissue products. With a deep understanding of this section's functionalities and its optimization, tissue producers can elevate their production capabilities and achieve optimal results.

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Understanding the forming section is key to enhancing the production of tissue. The forming section is critical to the quality and efficiency of the final product. The forming section comprises components like the headbox and a wire section. Each of these components plays an integral role in molding and consolidating the fiber suspension into a uniform sheet. By pushing the limits of forming technology, Valmet empowers tissue producers to achieve increased productivity, superior product properties, and elevated sustainability.

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Valmet's OptiFlo II TIS Headbox - the first step when producing tissue

Explore one of the most critical components in a tissue machine that enhances tissue makers’ ability to produce various tissue grades at the desired level of quality.

Valmet Advantage ReTurne for energy savings

Why waste useful energy, when it can be recovered? Explore the Advantage ReTurne energy recovery system.

IntelliJet V Headbox

An impressive basis weight profile, sheet formation, and great fiber orientation are results that are achieved with IntlliJet V Headboxes.

IntelliFormer Crescent Former

Our proven Crescent Former technology will add premium quality to your products

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Headbox sheets

Headbox sheets used in the headbox are vital for producing a uniform jet flow from the headbox slice to the forming section. The sheets significantly impact end-product quality features such as formation, CD basis weight profiles, thickness and sheet edges, all of which affect the overall paper machine productivity.

Forming fabrics

Valmet's forming fabrics for tissue machines are designed for high-speed tissue-making, facilitating rapid drainage and leading to high retention and good formation.

Service agreements for tissue making

Are you looking to reach production, capacity and availability targets, improve resource efficiency and environmental compliance, process & machine efficiency and quality improvements? Make savings in costs, find the right skills and competences and improve chemical savings? Enable energy efficiency improvements that leads to improved end-product quality and energy, fiber and water savings? Together we reach set goals and KPIs for your operations and maximized reliability and optimized perform...

Tissue news

Explore our customer success stories and learn more about our full-scope offering in the tissue industry.

Achieve unmatched drying uniformity and profiling with Advantage AirCap Heli

Oct 31, 2024

Valmet has introduced a revolutionary Yankee hood that delivers a perfectly uniform drying profile on one side while allowing for adjustments to correct any non-optimal moisture profiles on the other. This innovation results in improved final product quality, reduced converting issues, and enhanced profitability.

Valmet and Kruger Products celebrate the successful start-up of an Advantage DCT 200 TS Tissue Machine at the Sherbrooke Plant, Quebec, Canada

Oct 23, 2024

Valmet has successfully started up an Advantage DCT 200 TS tissue machine at Kruger Products’ Sherbrooke Tissue Plant in Quebec, Canada. It marks a significant achievement in a project that has been well-executed from start to finish.

Reduction in gas and electricity consumption with air-system upgrade at TM 3 and 4

Oct 23, 2024

A close cooperation between GOLD HONGYE PAPER (HUBEI) (GHY Paper Hubei in short) in Xiaogan and Valmet has generated good results. The TM 3 and 4 air system technology retrofit project has been successfully completed and started up. Since the project started up, the retrofit has shown significant results. The gas consumption of the paper machine has been reduced by an average of 10 cubic meters per ton of paper, and electricity consumption has decreased by 40 kWh per ton of paper. Achieving sig...

Winning combinations to optimize your tissue drying section

Oct 6, 2024

Imagine a deck of powerful solutions for your tissue machine’s drying section, tailored to your unique needs. Join our exclusive webinar to explore how these solutions and energy sources can help you optimize your drying process and reduce emissions in tissue production.