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Shared Journey Forward - Valmet's new services approach

Valmet wants to be a valuable part of your team. This is reflected in our core commitments and unique services offering. Join us on a shared journey forward.

Increase electrical safety before, during and after maintenance

Safe operation and maintenance of machinery requires alertness and safety consciousness on the part of all operating and maintenance personnel. This article reviews basic safety precautions for electrical maintenance.

Start-up checklists help operators avoid missing machine settings

Start-up checklists help new and seasoned machine operators through the start-up process without missing any machine settings. They are also good for training purposes.

Good headbox flow sheet handling and installation prevent damage

Flow sheets are a critical part of headbox performance. They are brittle and must be handled with care. Flow sheets are used to adjust the turbulence level and scale generated in the headbox.

Field Report - Basic steps for troubleshooting hydraulic issues

There are many ways to diagnose hydraulic issues. Here are a list of some basic steps to follow, from research to working safely onsite to troubleshoot the problem.

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.

The purpose, operation and maintenance of belted threaders

Typical threading of a winder starts at the unwind stand and continues to the cores. The equipment used to thread the sheet must be maintained for optimal running. This is a refresher on general operation of a belted threader, installation of belts and maintenance schedule.

Proper setup of a pressure compensate pump and dump valve

Many hydraulic systems on the paper machine use pressure compensated pumps. Pump and pressure compensator adjuster setup is easy if you know what you are doing.

Follow this checklist to troubleshoot CD moisture profiles

Poor CD moisture profiles are usually caused in the press or forming sections, but the dryer section can also play a role. Follow these troubleshooting tips to improve your CD moisture profiles.

Troubleshooting cores falling during a winder auto setchange

Every winder core loader eventually runs into the same problem at some point - the cores fall during the set change process. This article lists safety concerns, probable causes and corresponding corrective actions to diagnose and resolve this problem.