Customer case:

Efficient wet strength broke pulping after stock preparation rebuild

Aug 2, 2019

Essity’s Collodi Mill in Italy solved their stock preparation challenges by rebuilding the existing system. TM2 produces colored tissue grades and that places high requirements on stock preparation, especially in terms of capacity, energy consumption and safety. The rebuild included a new bale pulper with an innovative rotor design well suited for wet strength broke repulping, two OptiFiner deflakers, an OptiFiner Pro refiner and an under machine pulper.

Essity’s Collodi Mill is striving for efficiency in colored tissue production
The new system is working well, and we’re enjoying producing the right quality for our customers with increased profitability.
Vittorio Bellucci, Mill Manager at Essity’s Collodi Mill in Italy.

Summary

Location Collodi, in Italy
Customer challenge

The old system had high energy consumption, low capacity and productivity. Mill also wanted to improve safety at work. 

Solution
Results

An efficient system for producing the right quality for our customers with increased profitability.

TM2 can now repulp every kind of wet strength broke without any problem at the engine’s maximum speed, and run the rotor energy efficiently, without jeopardizing the correct mixing of dyes. The discharging time is halved, and the working environment is safer for the operators.

The mill is also happy with the energy-efficient deflakers and refiners.

Keywords Tissue, rebuilds, Europe