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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 - Press diaphragm causes work stoppage, a case study
A chronic press load/unload diaphragm rupturing problem crippled the operation of the press at a mill. Plate and diaphragm misalignment were only part of the problem. Further analysis pointed to nipping roll diameter changes and incorrect diaphragm specifications.
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Saica Paper Partington renews Performance Agreement with Valmet: Looking for continuous development in paper machine performance
The Spanish paper and cardboard manufacturer SAICA, launched its U.K. operations in 2012 with the startup of PM11 in Partington. As of day one, Valmet’s expertise has been utilized on site. Due to a recent renewal of the Performance Agreement, the co-operation will continue until at least 2020.
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Gasum strengthens its circular economy value chain
Gasum is a Nordic energy company that, together with its business partners, is building a Nordic gas ecosystem and promoting the development of a carbon-neutral future on land and at sea. The present EU and national climate change targets, as well as increasing customer demand, are now steering the transport segment rapidly towards emission reductions and cleaner solutions. In Finland, the company has for some time been building a gas filling station network for filling passenger cars and heavy-duty vehicles. Currently, this network is being expanded to Sweden and Norway to serve heavy-duty transport needs in particular.
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Floor protection in recovery boilers with decanting floors
Optimizing both the floor protection methods and materials and the cooling, washing and cleaning practices can yield significant savings in mill outage time and corresponding increases in mill production and reduced risk of mechanical damage due to mechanical cleaning or hydro blasting during floor cleaning.
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Valmet on the Chinese marine market
Focusing on intelligent vessels and marching on to marine desulfuration industry, Valmet takes advantage of its state-of-the-art automation technologies to deliver advanced solutions to the marine industry, at the same time, imports cutting-edge technologies and control systems to the marine industry in China.
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New measurement method of Sludge Total Solids Content at Stockholm Vatten och Avfall
When Henriksdal's sewage works had to change to a new sludge total solids content meter, they chose Valmet TS from Endress+Hauser. This is a microwave-based inline meter in the form of a pipe section that is installed in series with the pump.
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Field Report - Yankee creping problems and regrinds, a case study
In this case study, creping problems on a Yankee correlated with frequent regrinds. Analysis by the OEM specialist discovered misalignment, and made procedural recommendations to resolve the problems.
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Felsenau hydro power plant emphasizes the importance of automation availability
Hydropower plays an important role in Switzerland’s energy production. Energie Wasser Bern on the Aar River has chosen Valmet’s automation solution to replace its aging system. During the project, Valmet proved to the customer that its specialists are qualified experts with profound skills and competences.
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Field Report - Yankee dryer operation and maintenance
The Yankee dryer is one of the most essential parts of the tissue machine. This pressure vessel serves as a base for creping, pressing and drying of the paper sheet. Condition and performance of the Yankee should be monitored regularly.
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Successful I/O migration at Borealis Porvoo
The Borealis Polymers Porvoo plant in Finland, a fully integrated petrochemical complex, has been controlled with automation from Valmet since 1993. As part of a modernization project to the Olefin Cracker in 2017, Valmet undertook the major task of replacing over 3000 centralized input/output (CIO) cards in 31 I/O cabinets.