Press felts for tissue machines
Reliable performance throughout the felt lifetime
Reliable felt performance supports stable tissue quality over time. Their easy-to-clean structure, smooth surface, and resistance to wear and hairiness contribute to consistently even paper characteristics.
Fast start-up
Even run
Good CMD stability
High dewatering
Efficient dewatering with stable felt properties leads to high dryness, reduced steam demand, and low hood temperatures—resulting in low total energy consumption over the felt’s lifetime.
Valmet’s comprehensive tissue felt portfolio offers tailored solutions for various machine configurations, including also seam felt option that ensures safe and smooth installation.
Valmet Press Felts STM FT and SPM FT
The STM and SPM felts are especially designed for tissue machines. STM is more commonly used in Valmet ViscoNip machines and also other shoe press machines. The felt designs respond to the requirements tissue makers have, in respect to machine performance, tissue quality, energy savings and cost reductions.
The felts feature
- Fast felt start-up
- Unchanged felt properties during the lifetime
- Good felt CMD stability
- Even run without marking or sheet breaks
- No hairiness and easy cleaning
Valmet Press Felts SMO
As seam felt option Valmet offers special polyurethane treated felt SMO. Seam felt are used in positions where installation is extra challenging.
- Safe and easy installation
- Unchanged felt properties during the lifetime
Valmet’s advantage as a tissue fabric supplier lies in its integrated expertise in tissue machine manufacturing and process technology.
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