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Example hydraulic maintenance schedule - daily, weekly, annual

The need for hydraulic preventive maintenance is determined over time by component operating conditions. The schedules in this article are intended as guidelines.

Understanding the Converflo and Concept IV-MH headboxes

Converflo headboxes use a dump valve as a vacuum breaker. When functioning correctly the valve prevents damage to the flow sheets when the headbox is shut down.

Machine direction coat weight barring solved, a case study

Chronic machine direction coat weight barring at this mill was traced to reel vibration and solved by installing a compliant reel drum cover.

Webinar presents ways to improve safety around the winder

The batch process occurring five to ten times per hour at the winder represents one of highest potential areas of danger in the mill for operators and maintenance personnel. A free webinar on August 3rd, 2016 explored ways to mitigate this risk. The webinar is now archived and available for playback.

Easier boiler outages with Liquor to Liquor Shutdown Service

Planning and executing a boiler outage can be a major challenge. Valmet has created a new lean concept for liquor to liquor recovery boiler outages that is easy, fast and trouble-free.

Race against time at Smurfit Kappa Kraftliner

The Smurfit Kappa Kraftliner paper mill in Sweden was having problems with its evaporation plant. The mill chose to replace the damaged heating surfaces with Valmet’s TUBEL heating surfaces. But with the collapse of a 350-tonne crane, a standard replacement job became a race against time.

Proven by tests: Valmet Black Belt has highest impact strength

The most important property of a shoe press belt, used in paper and board machines, is its toughness, in all probability. Tough material survives in even the hardest and fastest impact situations. In tests made at Tampere University of Technology, Valmet Black Belt showed the best impact resistance compared to other belt designs.

Valmet’s 1,000th Black Belt: success at Palm

There are two good reasons to celebrate the Valmet Black Belt that ran on Papierfabrik Palm’s PM 6 from July 2013 to January 2014: First, it was the 1,000th delivery of this unique shoe press belt, and second, it ran for almost 200 days. Congratulations!

Valmet offers a greener side to power generation

Power producers are faced with a tough challenge. Global energy demand is growing, natural resources are diminishing and environmental legislation is tightening. There are, however, new ways for the fossil fuel-dominated power industry to reduce its dependence on non-renewable energy. Heat and electricity can be generated sustainably, yet profitably.

Optimized dewatering with packaging papers

Liner and fluting producers no longer need to make compromises between long felt lifetime and good dewatering. Valmet’s new LineMaster press felt family for liner and FluteMaster press felt family for fluting provide the optimal solution to achieve both.