The project’s goal was to reduce steam consumption in deaerators by using heat from the digesters (otherwise wasted) to heat demineralised water that was then used in the mill processes.

The MBN pumps are ideal for use in medium-pressure applications. They have a big variety of nozzle position options, thus providing flexibility during installation and simplifying the piping design.

Industrial electric motors are the “life blood” of your plant’s operation. The theoretical design life of an electric motor is 20 years or more. Yet many tens of thousands of industrial electric motors end up in the trash pile prematurely. This results in an enormous loss for industries across the board.

It depends. The drive load increases exponentially as the dryer speed increases, until the condensate goes into a rimming condition. 

A pulp mill was having issues with its pulp drying machine evacuating condensate and the rotary joints and piping were leaking.

The production of paper and fabrics includes the handling of rolls and reels at the end of the production process. These rolls must be moved from the forming or primary processing machines to other machines for further processing, or they must simply be stored correctly. Automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) are often used to automate the movement of these reels.

A damaged headbox apron lip is a common sight on a papermachine and a frequent cause of paper production quality problems.

It depends. If the dryer is running at a high speed (say, 3500 fpm) and the condensate is rimming, there may be no noticeable change in dryer drive power. 

Many papermakers look at the life of the closing or the cost of the clothing per ton. Long clothing life and low clothing costs are good, but, on their own, neither of these are good metrics for clothing performance.

Recently I met a young and enthusiastic engineer who declared that “ We are already done with the reliability and maintenance management strategy, it is well developed and documented by a group in our company” “That sounds good “ I replied, “That means that you are done with about 5% of the work”.

A bubble tube system is a simple, accurate, reliable and a low cost method of measuring liquid level in an open or a vented tank.

The LJX rotary joint and rigid syphon system is designed for critical preheater and preconditioner rolls used in corrugated packaging manufacturing.

In best practices, a closeout review or critique meeting gathers all the information from the last event and uses it to prepare for the next event.

When I am asked to tell the benefits of the Kytola oil lubrication system, I always start with a question: “Have you had a bearing failure within a year?”

How to minimize costly downtime in a complex mill or plant environment? I bet that every mill has faced this question every once in a while.

A pulp mill was having issues with its pulp drying machine evacuating condensate and the rotary joints and piping were leaking.

Online liquor analysis and advanced controls stabilized the liquor conversion chain and increased white liquor active alkali by 3 percent; extra process visibility led to further improvements.

Enzymes are nature’s biocatalysts. They are used by the cells of living organisms constantly, performing the biochemical processes required for those cells to function; working together to ensure the entire organism functions.

When you ask front line supervisors or team leaders if all people in their teams are performing to the same standards or if some are doing more work and achieving more results than others, you will often get the same answer.

At Feltest it is our goal to provide paper mills with knowledge and easy-to-use solutions to improve the performance of their paper machine clothing.

Bulk generation is on the mind of every tissue maker. Light Dry Crepe (LDC) is in the constant pursuit of improved bulk in the finished sheet.