Articles
Welcome to learn more about Valmet's technology and services offering! This section includes articles that highlight customer cases and success stories around the world, stories about Valmet's innovations and products, as well as give food for thought.
For those interested in helpful tips and practical methods for maintaining and finetuning your processes and equipment, we offer Up & Running articles that are intended to help you keep your paper, board, tissue and pulp machines up and running.
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Articles
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Field Report - Hydraulic safety before, during and after maintenance
Hydraulic maintenance should be performed by knowledgeable, trained technicians. Here are some tips for safely and efficiently working on hydraulic systems.
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Traction for tightly wound paper rolls
With both the hard Valmet Winder Drum Cover TM and the soft Valmet Winder Drum Cover WG, we offer you the best possible traction in the winder for tightly wound customer rolls.
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Case studies: Reduce downtime with press roll maintenance
A scheduled service plan guarantees product quality and machine runnability. Case studies show downtime reduction with Valmet press roll scheduled maintenance.
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Developing more sustainable transportation
Valmet transports large amounts of products in its operations and is therefore constantly seeking more sustainable transportation methods.
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Field Report - Calendering variables, paper properties and mechanisms
Behavior of paper properties during calendering and a description of the mechanisms of compressive load, smoothness, gloss and web plasticity.
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Valmet’s human rights impact assessment
Valmet is committed to the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Within the framework of our Sustainability360º Agenda, we have created a management system for human rights due diligence in our own operations.
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Field Report - Supercalendering process conditions, variables and grinding recommendations
Process variables affecting SC paper production, process conditions affecting supercalender polymer roll life and calender roll grinding recommendations.
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Valmet LC reduces wastewater treatment costs
The Orora Botany board mill in New South Wales, Australia, installed a Valmet Optical Low Consistency Transmitter (Valmet LC) for flocculent control in its wastewater treatment process.
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Making quality happen
“We make it happen,” says Krisztina Kuusisto, VP, Operational Excellence at Valmet’s Paper business line. She explains how quality is defined at Valmet, and how we ensure it’s integrated in each phase of our value chain.
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Quality brings competitive advantage
Quality is a holistic part of an organization’s total competitive advantage, and the role of the customer has thus become increasingly central in quality work. Quality is also connected with a company’s business strategy, management and leadership – and is seen as everyone’s responsibility.