Automation articles
Automation articles
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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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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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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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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.
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Valmet Paper Lab takes off after its renewal
The first commercial project for the updated Valmet Paper Lab was successfully finalized at Mondi Bupak site in Czech Republic during the summer of 2018. Mondi Bupak specializes in the production of high quality corrugated boxes, where the paper quality testing for the incoming paper for corrugating was changed from manual laboratory testing to automated with Valmet Paper Lab.
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Valmet MAP puts Jujo Thermal on the right track to improved refiner control
Jujo Thermal is one of the world’s leading suppliers of durable direct thermal papers for labels, tickets & tags. As part of its continuous improvement efforts the mill recently installed a Valmet Pulp Analyzer (Valmet MAP) to gain a better understanding of refiner operation and improve pulp quality.
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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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Valmet IQ improves supercalander operation at Sappi Kirkniemi
When faced with end-of-life issues Sappi Kirkniemi replaced quality control systems on two off-machine super calanders with Valmet IQ.
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Hyogo Pulp invests in both quality and process control
Hyogo Pulp Tanigawa mill recently invested in new measurement technology from Valmet, to ensure the highest quality of pulp in addition to improving process efficiency.