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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ServoNavitas - your toolbox for refiner segment technology
Refining is the key process when producing both mechanical pulp and fiberboard. Valmet continuously develops refiner segment technology to improve customer competitiveness. As a result of this development we present a new unidirectional segment concept called ServoNavitas.
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Bold enough to break industrial boundaries
Professor Fredrik Hacklin urges companies to forget their traditional innovation patterns and take the leap towards more experimental business models. Hacklin took the stage and shared his views on business models of the future at Valmet Customer Days 2018 in Vienna.
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Process data visualization like never before
The new Valmet DNA Dashboards take situational awareness to a new level by offering significant information and highly visualized process data for any user group – from operators to the CEO – at any location.
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What's cooking?
The third generation of Valmet’s CompactCooking launches, with increased flexibility, improved steaming and washing, and easy maintenance.
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Increased winder capacity through optimized set change and gluing
When Steinbeis Papier in Glückstadt, Germany, started to develop papers for high-performance inkjet printing, they needed to make sure their winder was up to the challenge. They turned to Valmet to improve the winder set change time.
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The art of maximizing production
Getting the most out of a production line in terms of capacity and paper quality demands a number of skills, the capability to run at high speed, reliable and efficient equipment, as well as the courage to push boundaries. Fabrica de Papel San Francisco has that all.
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Arkhangelsk BM 2: Aiming higher in recycled packaging
Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill decided to invest in recycled packaging, while seeking a capacity increase of 30 percent. After an extensive rebuild from Valmet, the BM 2 kraftliner production line will start up during the first half of 2019. Improved kraftliner quality and production flexibility are two of the project’s targets.
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Smooth start-up with Valmet Training Simulator
When a new white liquor plant was installed at the CMPC Laja mill in Chile, simulator training and testing of the distributed control system (DCS) were essential parts of the project. They were key factors in achieving a fast, smooth start-up.
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Be different, be successful
When the goal was set in 2013 it looked almost impossible to reach. But less than five years later, Lee & Man Paper had made it: with the help of Valmet, they made it to the top three in the Chinese tissue market.
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Joining forces for innovation with SAICA El Burgo's new off-line coating machine
SAICA was aiming for improved quality, reduced costs, and responsible fiber use, but it found itself with innovative coated white top liner grades with better properties than they bargained for. This was a result of three partners – SAICA, Valmet and pigment supplier Omya – joining forces.