Category : Tech Articles
Tech Articles offers a look at what the industry experts have to share about the latest innovations and products designed for the pulp and paper industry.
Italian Company Cartiera Di Momo Increases Energy Savings and Machine Speed
Market demand for increased quantity and higher quality drove Cartiera di Momo to decide in late 2015 to replace the existing 30 years old Bekaert Solaronics infrared systems with the goals of increasing the machine speed, reducing the gas consumption as well as improving the quality. Cartiera di Momo produces......
Judging by the Package
— Ms. Anjana Shanmugavel, Senior Manager, Sustainable Business, WWF-India. A key part of India’s forest fibre consumption story today revolves around packaging. Its importance has been increasing exponentially, owing to retail growth and shifting patterns in the way goods are produced, traded, stored and transported around the country and exported......
Increased Paper Consumption: Best Bet to Combat Climate Change
– Deepak Kumar Khare The real answer to challenges such as reducing massive carbon footprint and combating climate change lies in encouraging usage of paper and paper products, catalysing plantation efforts. For ensuring and enhancing green cover in India, encouraging farmers to undertake tree farming on their private/community land is......
ENERGY-EFFICIENT FIBER TREATMENT — With Durabond Refiner Plates
The cost of fiber and energy represent about 60% of a paper mill’s manufacturing cost. Optimizing refining action with the proper refiner plate technology can, therefore, have a significant impact on the bottom line. This TechTalk discusses the development of low-cost, energy-efficient fiber treatment in the refining process. Energy is......
Data Analytics for Tissue
– Ian Padley, Global Marketing Manager Tissue, BTG Group We hear much about data and data related topic everywhere today: big data, industry 4.0, internet of things, factor of the future and so on. Data really is everywhere, and in tissue making too, use of data is a well-established tool......
LEIPA, Schwedt, Germany — LEIPA’s Mission: Environmental Protection at All Levels
LEIPA, in Schwedt an der Order in the German state of Brandenburg, continues on its serious mission when it comes to environmental protection – each individual process step in the production lines must make a contribution at the mill. ANDRITZ took this mission on board during the rebuild of the......
Sulzer: Improving Reliability With Outsourced Maintenance Strategy
— Claudia Proeger, Marketing and Communications, Rotating Equipment Services, Sulzer Management Ltd. Plant maintenance is a highly skilled operation that requires considerable resources for unexpected repairs and long term planning for preventative maintenance programs. Large scale equipment, such as gas turbines, generators, compressors and large pumps, require specialist knowledge and......
WEIG-Karton – Results with web inspection at former and press section
WEIG-Karton runs one of the biggest recycled board mills in Europe. The mill produces folding box board for the packaging industry and technical board for the building industry. Web Monitoring Vital to Product Quality In the paper industry, customer requirements are constantly increasing and product quality has to be continuously......
Finch Paper Migrates Legacy HMI to Experion®®PKS to Meet Operational Objectives
Finch Paper is in the middle of a 10-year plan to upgrade control technology from one end of our mill to another. With Honeywell’s assistance, the money we save or make from our improvements is funding the next phases of the project. – Steve Padasak, Engineering & Process Control Superintendent,......