Uniform moisture means customer satisfaction for Cascades East Angus
The moisture profile stability provided by a Metso IQAquaPro has meant more uniform paper strength properties, fewer rejects and claims, and a handsome ROI....
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.
How long do inkjet prints retain their colour?
In the past few years, inkjet printing has evolved into a successful competitor with electrophotographic methods. This success is due, among other things, to the fact that the pr int ing proces s i s comparatively simple and has high potential for development both economically and ecologically. Inkjet printing, especially in the production of coloured prints, has made inroads into...
Shouguang Chenming’s PM5 Line Gets a New Lease on Life
Retired yet still valuable paper production capacity can be given a new lease on life in a new location half way around the world. But imagine the complexity and potential risks of uprooting an entire coated paper making line built to North American electrical and piping standards and recommissioning it in China. It is an intimidating mission to be sure....
Forming FABRIC Trends
In the recent past, Indian Paper Industry has been going through exciting as well as challenging times. The globalization of Indian economy has brought vibrancy to Indian paper Industry and added to this, the consumer has now become very much quality and price conscious. This has led to the mills looking inwards and work continuously in pursuit of upgrading their...
Critical Success Factors in corrosion handling in Pulp & Paper industry Fluoropolymer PTFE/ PFA lined Piping & Components
Fluoropolymer-lined systems based on PTFE/PFA prove to be economical and useful alternatives to metallic alloy piping in many applications like handling corrosive solvents in Chemical and Pulp & Paper industry like transfer of Chlorine dioxide (Cl02), NaOH, H2S04 acid etc. Few key points of this technology along with critical success factor has been discussed in this paper after having intensive...
Water Treatment Technologies & Plant
The period in which a source like water is getting more and more important, technologies and plants for water treatment are being installed in order to reduce pollution and contamination which plays a fundamental role. One of the main objectives of paper industry is the closure of water loops and consequently the reduction of fresh water consumption for environmental and...
Transition- The New Face
In order to succeed in today's volatile economy, companies need to change the way they do business by seeing, thinking and acting with increased lucidity. Change is constant; keeping that in mind Abhishek Industries Limited has underwent SAP implementation in the year 2003 across all locations and businesses identifying the major issues in the business environment. Here we present a...
Cost- effective celluloses boost runnability of recycled furnishes
A new enzymatic product can improve freeness of multiple grades of secondary fiber with minimal yield loss and no negative impact on fiber properties. A cost effective solution from Novozymes has in full-scale mill trials shown to enhance dewaterability, increase machine speed, and reduce steam consumption while maintaining the quality......
Novel Concepts for Monitoring & Control of Deposits in Pulp and Paper Mills
Deposit control programs in pulp and paper mills are critical for machine runnability and paper quality. Although these programs are used in most systems, the management of their performance has historically been quite poor and complicated, entailing intensive analytical work and representing, in general, a reactive approach to the problem. This paper introduces the use of online and offline monitoring...
Trend toward Performance Carbonates for UWF & CWF Machines in India
In India's expanding paper industry there is boo increasing pressure to improve paper quality and cost efficiency. Paper properties such as brightness, opacity, print quality, as well as machine runnability, need to improve in order to match imported competitive papers. Recent years have seen step changes in papermaking practices in order to meet these demands, and this has generated a...