For improved board and paper finishing Pilot trials for finishing technologies: sizing | coating | calendering | reeling | winding

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Description: Watch the video to learn more about Valmet’s novel innovation OptiSizer Curtain. The most recent innovation in surface sizing, hard nip sizing with curtain application, was developed and tested in Valmet’s Paper Technology Center in Järvenpää. The results from the pilot machine have been exciting: the sizer can successfully run up to 1700 m/min.

Want to create lighter packaging or improve quality and printability?

Is creating lighter end products that meet strength and durability targets your priority? Or are you aiming for superior surface characteristics for a standout print result?

In either case, Valmet Paper Technology Center in Järvenpää provides the world's most comprehensive offering of finishing testing and piloting services to paper and board manufacturers worldwide.

To ensure that your targets really become a reality, Valmet's pilot testing facilities can run tests on a set-up that mirrors your production process, or alternatively the type of configuration you are looking to set up. We are ready to join efforts with your R&D team in order to create new and innovative board and paper products that sustain your competitive advantage and support the demands of papermaking today and tomorrow.

Watch the video to learn more about Valmet’s novel innovation OptiSizer Curtain. The most recent innovation in surface sizing, hard nip sizing with curtain application, was developed and tested in Valmet’s Paper Technology Center in Järvenpää. The results from the pilot machine have been exciting: the sizer can successfully run up to 1700 m/min.

Experience our Paper Technology Center in Järvenpää, Finland, where you can pilot and test latest finishing technologies. The pilot facility offers extensive pilot trials on finishing technology, covering all grades and different finishing technologies from sizing to reeling, winding, and runnability testing.

Interested in pilot trials?

We offer the opportunity to experiment and develop paper and board products and processes without having to put your own production on hold. Pilot trials are very cost-efficient compared to expensive tests in paper and board maker's own production.

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Examples of innovations you can test at our finishing pilot facility

OptiSizer Curtain sizing

The new surface sizing method applies the starch as a curtain of size. When combined with hard-covered rolls the results with coated cartonboards are significant: stiffness, quality and production increased, and energy and raw material consumption reduced.

OptiSizer Hard sizing

OptiSizer Hard is uses higher nip loads to improve sheet strength properties by taking advantage of better starch penetration and decreasing fiber to fiber distance.

OptiCalender Metal Belt calendering

The unique OptiCalender Metal Belt features a long-nip calendering: increase profit with very high surface quality and decrease raw material cost with the increased bulk.

OptiCoat Layer curtain coating

The OptiCoat Layer multilayer curtain coater applies extremely thin – or thick - and uniform layers simultaneously all within one, compact coating station. It is equally suitable for both board and paper machines, regardless of their speeds and widths. The multilayer concept offers several advantages over single-layer curtain coating and other conventional coating methods.

Coating drying

Valmet's coating drying selection offers energy efficient drying solutions for all kinds of coating drying needs. Economical and ecological air dryers can fulfill all the requirements for higher paper quality, lower production costs and improved runnability.

OptiReel Linear reeling

OptiReel Linear is a completely new way to reel paper machine parent rolls. Instead of having a high structure reel spool storage and lowering arms, reel spools and parent rolls are moved on solid rails resulting in a continuous and trouble-free reeling process.

Winders

Utmost reliability and capacity that definitely meets paper machine's needs - that's the best way to describe Valmet's OptiWin winder family. From OptiWin winder family, you will find right winder for each winding need for all paper, board and pulp grades.

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