Pulping and fiber articles
Pulping and fiber articles
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Valmet Pulper Feed System
Valmet’s modularized pulper feed system is flexible and offers a suitable solution for any paper, board or tissue mill. It increases safety, availability and productivity while reducing lifecycle costs.
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New Valmet Pulp Dryer Fold-up Hatches Changing the game
Valmet’s new pulp dryer fold-up hatches have proved a game changer for Stora Enso’s Imatra Mills: The previously risky operation of pulp dryer hatches has become easier, faster and safer.
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Increased pulp production with the Valmet IQ Steam Profiler
8% increase in pulp machine production made possible by a Valmet IQ Steam Profiler improving drying capacity!
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Taking the learnings from doctoral thesis to work as a product engineer
Tiina Keipi works as a product engineer in Valmet’s Recovery business unit. Before she joined Valmet she did her doctoral dissertation at the Tampere University of Technology but not in the area of recovery boilers but about Technology Development and Techno-Economic Analysis of Hydrogen Production by Thermal Decomposition of Methane.
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Valmet’s participation in InnoEvent led to fresh new ideas and proof of the importance of team functionality
Valmet asked student teams to bring in new ideas related to team work, thriving together and boosting inner motivation in an annual five day innovation festival InnoEvent in Tampere Finland.
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Valmet wins Top of Marketing Award in Industry category in Brazil
Systematic product development combined with an innovative marketing campaign led Valmet to win the 2019 Top of Marketing Award in the Industry category in Brazil.
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Pulp Dryer Machines at Klabin Puma Unit breaks production records in September
In September 2019, Klabin Puma Unit’s Pulp Dryer Machine 26 reached the production record of 1,408 ADt/d, its nominal capacity being 1,300 ADt/d. The machine was provided by Valmet and produces softwood and fluff pulp. In the same month Pulp Dryer Machine 25, which produces eucalyptus wood pulp, reached the production record of 3,710 ADt/d.
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Roll covers from recyclable and renewable raw materials
Could paper machine roll covers be made of recycled or even bio-based raw materials? After less than two years’ intensive R&D work, Valmet has introduced new composite covers for press, guide and calender rolls representing a new, more sustainable generation of roll cover materials.
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Project success is built on experts working together
"The OKI pulp mill project was special in many ways," tells Johan Schotte, who was Valmet’s project director in the project.
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From machine rebuild to new quality control system
Valmet’s capability to cover the entire project scope sealed the deal when BillerudKorsnäs Karlsborg’s pulp mill was looking to replace their old quality control system. The package included a required machine rebuild and the installation of a new system for grammage and dry content control.