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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A cooperation between Valmet, Hera Group and Ayrion for the EU-financed Life Steam project
A cooperation has been initiated between Valmet, Hera Group and Ayrion for the Life Steam project, which is an EU-financed project within the Life programme. This is a joint effort and Valmet will in the beginning of 2023 deliver a pretreatment BioTrac demonstration plant, with a capacity of 23 tons a day of dry material to the Hera plant near Bologna, Italy.
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Good things come in threes
In March 2021, VPK Paper's Oudegem mill in Belgium successfully started up a new Valmet IQ quality control system on PM7. With this installation to replace an aging system that was at end-of-life, Valmet has now replaced the quality control systems (QCS) on all three machines in Oudegem.
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The second generation bioethanol plant operates with Valmet’s automation
Find out that the largest cellulose-based bioethanol plant - AustroCel Hallein - uses Valmet DNA automation system to control the process.
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Coated board production – A harmony of look and function
Every product needs packaging – strong enough to protect its contents and visually attractive enough to tempt the buyers. As a producer of coated board, you need to ensure both the appearance and function of your end products.
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Comparison of hard and soft bearing roll balancing methods
Hard bearing type balancers measure residual unbalance. Soft bearing type balancers use a stroboscope and pickups to measure vibration amplitude and direction.
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Exceeding expectations with OptiAir Recovery mist remediation at Ajin P&P's PM 2
In 2019, Ajin P&P decided to rebuild its paper machine PM 2 with a target to increase the mill’s production and improve the end-product quality. The rebuild was delivered by Valmet and it included OptiAir Recovery mist remediation to reduce and eliminate mist and enable the increase of heat recovery capacity.
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Tips for troubleshooting your roll grinding application
A list of common problems incurred in roll grinding applications and their possible causes. Often, several conditions accumulate to create the problem.
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Successful start-up at Sun Paper’s Beihai Mill in China, despite the pandemic and blockage of the Suez Canal
Bright news from Sun Paper’s Beihai mill in China. At noon on the 6th of December 2021, Sun Paper’s new fiber line was successfully started up and produces bleached pulp.
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Planning roll maintenance yields the best uptime and efficiency
Operating machines at high speeds, longer operation periods between shutdowns and higher operating efficiency requires a planned roll maintenance policy.
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Committing to safety is key to world-class customer service
Valmet aims to provide the best customer experience in all the touch points of the customer journey. Key to the experience is safety, which is an integral part of Valmet’s services from spare parts to lifecycle collaboration.