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Initial situation:Since commissioning, the existing double shoe press on PM3 had been showing increased wear and associated dewatering problems, which led to increased breakages, increased downtime, and higher maintenance costs. The wear was evident on both the Nipco-P and the …

Screening requirements have changed tremendously over the last years. Inferior raw material properties with higher levels of impurities for pulp and paper as well as increasing papermaking manufacturing costs, like energy and raw materials, have led to higher demands for more …

Refiners are a very forgotten equipment although here the papermaking starts.This presentation is not about the chosen fiber but how to monitor the refiner itself in online vibrations, no-load accuracy, filling design and influence, refiner filling life time prediction, gap …

Process variation is an important obstacle for obtaining uniform product quality. In today’s paper and board machines, a lot of data is available. The process conditions can be obtained from the DCS system, while a lot of information on the product properties is available from …

The European paper industry bears a special responsibility for the sustainable use of water resources. This is particularly evident against the backdrop of increasing climate-related conflicts over water use: in recent years, thermal power plants in France and Italy have had to …