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Video: Valmet's value creation

Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper, energy and other process industries. Creating these technologies and services requires a range of resources: from skillful people to natural resources like metals, water and energy, from finances to infrastructure, as well as intellectual and social capabilities.

Navigating the control system upgrades: How are they done on ships?

Upgrading a Damatic XD system to Valmet DNA is typically carried out in stages. The first stage involves upgrading the user interfaces, the system communication network, and the process controllers and gateway stations. The second stage then focuses on upgrading the I/O level. Let's explore each stage in this blog by Per Lie Syvertsen.

Balancing rolls - balance and imbalance, isolating the problem

Unbalanced rolls hammer at the framework of the papermachine, leading to worn journals, bearings and covers. Balancing rolls lengthens component lifetimes.

Coated board reel control rebuild reduces waste, case study

A coated board mill reduced bottom waste at the reel and increased board quality, with a rebuild from pneumatic to hydraulic reel control.

Operational basics of Compaction Baffle Filters (webinar)

Producing chemical pulp requires several unit operations involving washing dissolved solids from the pulp. The CB Filter combines two operations in one machine.

Doctor and press fabric streaking cause scuff marking, case study

A paper machine with a tri-nip press experienced sheet quality problems with scuff marking after an outage. Two factors contributed - center roll doctor setup and felt cleaning. This case study details the analysis and resolution of the issues.

Calendering variables, properties, compression and plasticity

Behavior of paper properties during calendering and a description of the mechanisms of smoothness, gloss and web plasticity and response to compressive load.

Shoe press report - users group, onsite service, belts & rebuild

Maintaining your shoe press has a tremendous impact on paper quality and production line runnability. Valmet offers several services to maintain and improve shoe press capabilities, starting with the Shoe Press Users Group Conference scheduled for early 2018.

Stop waste due to cockle wrinkles - avoid contributing factors

Cockle wrinkles, common on light weight paper machines, cause waste paper and rejected rolls resulting from downstream sheet breaks. They are influenced by basis weight variation and high drying temperatures.

The 1 Mile Rule analogy of MD length profiles and bagginess

The greater the relative length differences are, the more severe the baggy lanes will be. Proper monitoring tools such as iRoll can help eliminate them.