Remote pilot trials

The number one choice for board makers - Valmet Forming Fabric OP

Apr 26, 2024

Valmet Forming Fabric OP is optimized for machines producing packaging paper such as liner and fluting. Over the years, it has proven its high performance by improving machine efficiency and paper quality, also contributing to numerous production records at Valmet’s customer mills around the world.

Valmet’s new low-friction doctor blades improve energy efficiency

Apr 25, 2024

After intensive R&D and successful customer trials, Valmet is ready to introduce a new member to the Doctor Blade family. The new sustainable low-friction doctor blades help to improve the energy efficiency at the dryer section of board and paper machines. 

Sustainable low-friction doctor blades

Apr 25, 2024

Industries all over the world are seeing a wave of innovations that improve sustainability. Doctoring is no exception. ​The new low-friction blades are resulting in exceptional power consumption savings leading to CO₂ emission reductions and savings in operation costs.

From OCC to board and beyond

Apr 24, 2024

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?

Switching to remote gear in bleach plant upgrade

Apr 24, 2024

Phoenix Pulp and Paper’s bleach plant upgrade project faced challenges, as the pandemic restrictions ruled out onsite support. Thorough planning and close collaboration based on trust enabled the project to be successfully implemented on plan and on schedule with remote arrangements.

The cornerstones of safe, successful shutdowns

Apr 24, 2024

Successful shutdowns are an essential part of every mill’s maintenance calendar. They help mills maintain their competitiveness, ensure performance and productivity, prevent failures, and reduce operational costs. However, a lot of work goes into making a shutdown go smoothly and safely. We talked to some of Valmet’s shutdown experts to find out more.

Another great achievement for Palm Aalen PM5

Apr 19, 2024

On 3rd April 2024, Palm Aalen’s PM5 recorded another great achievement – its Valmet OptiWin Pro winder won the title of the world’s fastest winder. It was winding high-quality rolls at 3,220m/min with 1.450mm diameter in less than 4 minutes. The speed record was reached just two weeks after the mill’s annual shutdown.

4-steps to resource efficiency: Quantify and discover the improvement potential for optimizing your production process

Apr 16, 2024

In our previous article about energy efficiency, we determined four steps with which, with our customers, we can improve their production line’s energy use. After completing benchmarking, the first of the four steps (see Figure 1 below), we have determined with the customer where their mill currently sits in terms of resource efficiency compared to the customer’s other mills or competitors. Let’s broaden those 4-steps to cover other resources besides just energy, as savings in water and raw mate...